England: Corn-on-the-cob-consuming contestants have failed to break the sweetcorn-eating world record despite their “valiant efforts” in the UK championships.

ENGLAND: The High Court has upheld a decision to strike off “for public protection” a dentist who tried to carry out work on a woman’s teeth in a McDonald’s.

USA: The 3-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a northwest Portland emergency animal hospital. It was something he ate-

A ROMANTIC marriage proposal on the US west coast turned deadly for the bride-to-be when a wave swept her out to sea.