Quirky World ... First-time syndicate scoops £300k
The group, who work in Glasgow and all live near each other in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, matched five numbers and one Lucky Star in last Tuesdayâs draw.
The âSix of the Bestâ syndicate members will each take a ÂŁ55,527.90 share of the ÂŁ333,167.40 win.
Police are looking for a man they say posed as a guest at a Connecticut wedding reception and stole gifts from the bride and groom.
They say the man fled the Longshore Inn in Westport with a birdcage filled with wedding cards, many apparently containing cash for the couple.
Police used dogs to try to track the man. They recovered the empty birdcage. The wedding crasher was seen on video surveillance cameras. Police have released screen grabs in the hope somebody might recognise him.
Police have cited a 21-year-old man they say entered a home drunk and dressed as a Santa Claus zombie, terrifying a 16-year-old girl who locked herself in a bathroom.
Police said the University of St Thomas student was cited for trespassing and taken to a detoxification centre. Police found him asleep in the house hours after a Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis.
Neighbour and Ramsey County Judge Margaret Marrinan said a 14-year-old boy fled from the house and called for help when he discovered the intruder. She says his 16-year-old sister locked herself in a bathroom to call their parents.
The teensâ father said that no one in his family âwill ever think of Santa the same wayâ.
A snowboarder who has set a new world record after snowboarding for 24 hours has said he will celebrate by having a bath and drinking a beer.
Rich Millington, 31, completed 308 runs of an indoor real-snow slope at the Chill Factore, in Trafford, to claim a official Guinness World Record for greatest distance snowboarded indoors in 24 hours.
A crowd of supporters counted down from 10 and cheered as Millington snowboarded his final run and reached the bottom of the slope.
David Cameron has admitted he cannot refuse selfie snaps with voters, claiming it would be rude to turn down a request.
Explaining why he posed for the pictures, the prime minister said politicians were âin the business of trying to win people overâ.
Appearing on ITVâs The Agenda, Cameron also said he expected a large turnout in next yearâs general election because voters faced a âvery big choiceâ between him and Labour leader Ed Miliband.
A prosthetic leg reported stolen from a veteran in a wheelchair outside the Eagles-Giants football game in south Philadelphia was later recovered on a subway train, police said.
Sonny Forriest Jr, who is known for singing for fans outside Phillies and Eagles games, told officers that he had taken off his prosthetic leg during his performance.
He said he was packing up to leave when a woman in her 20s wearing Eagles gear who appeared intoxicated approached and took the leg.
Authorities in Finland have ordered the Beer and Whisky Expo Finland 2014 to change its name, arguing that it violates Finlandâs law against advertising liquor.
Organisers say next weekâs event will now be called simply a beer expo, since advertising mild alcoholic beverages such as beer and wine, is allowed.
Chief organiser Mikki Nyman said the decision âsmacks of typical patronising attitudesâ of bureaucrats.
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