QUIRKY WORLD... Toddler sparks White House lockdown
âWe were going to wait until he learned to talk to question him, but in lieu of that he got a timeout and was sent on his way with parents,â said Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan.
Secret Service agents regularly close off the area due to suspicious packages near the White House, but pint-sized intruders are far less common.
Police have raided a country pub in search of a stolen wooden relic believed by some to be the Holy Grail.
The object of the search, which was unsuccessful, was a frail wooden bowl known as the Nanteos Cup that has been attributed with healing powers since the 19th century, attracting pilgrims and others who believe it may be the Holy Grail itself.
After receiving a tip-off, a team of eight officers and a police dog arrived at the Crown Inn, in Herefordshire.
âThey turned the place upside down. They came with fibre optic cameras to look in all the corners and nooks and crannies, and under the floorboards... they were clearly serious about it,â pub landlady Di Franklyn, said.
Police said the relic had been stolen from a house in the area about a month ago.
Baby owls Ant and Dec have proved a big hit since making their debut at a safari park.
The owlets at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling are burrowing birds native to the US. Despite being able fliers, they spend much of their time running around in search of insects and taking cover in underground burrows.
Neil Davies, head of birds at Blair Drummond, said: âThey have been an instant hit. The audience just love them.â
A man set fire to his house after trying to get rid of an ants nest by dousing it with petrol and lighting it.
South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue were called to the house in Bramley, Rotherham, where the man had initially set light to his hedge. But this spread to the outside of his house, a brigade spokesman said. âWe always tell people never to use petrol or other accelerants to get a fire going, but using petrol to eliminate an ants nest has to be a first for us.â
Giant sculptures of Shaun the Sheep were due to arrive in London and Bristol today, ahead of a public arts trail next summer.
The 5ft-tall versions of the Aardman Animations character have been decorated by celebrities, designers, and artists to raise money for sick children. Shaun In The City will showcase 120 giant sheep herded on the streets of the two cities.
A judge in Iowa got so fed up with a lawyer repeatedly raising objections that he ordered her to produce a video denouncing such tactics.
Judge Mark Bennett criticised June Ghezziâs pre-trial conduct in a case in which she successfully defended Abbott Laboratories against an action alleging its infant formula contained dangerous bacteria that caused a baby to suffer brain damage. He wrote that during depositions, Ghezzi âproliferated hundreds of unnecessary objections and interruptionsâ that coached witnesses and delayed the proceedings.
Bennett says the video must be made available to staff at Ghezziâs law firm Jones Day. The firm plans to appeal.
A woman faces a fine of up to âŹ1,000 for repeatedly venturing out in public wearing only a pair of white tennis shoes.
A police spokesman says the woman was stopped after cycling past officers manning a radar trap in the north-east of the country.
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