Quirkies

Driver Smashes Through Gardens In Cop Chase: A wanted criminal evaded police by taking his car off-road, and through the back gardens of houses in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri.; Read the full story

Man v Predator: Wrestling With An Added Bite: Wrestlers are testing their skills against a new jaw-dropping opponent to find out who's the real Big Daddy.; Read the full story

Woman, 130, Wants Age-Old Guinness Record: A woman from Georgia is staking a claim to be the oldest person in the world.; Read the full story

Woman Survives 3,000ft Horror Parachute Fall: A skydiver has survived plunging 3,000ft to the ground after a parachute jump went disastrously wrong.; Read the full story

Restorers Get Full Picture Of 'Lost' Frescos: Restorers in Italy have discovered long lost details in frescos by Giotto on the walls of the Peruzzi Chapel in Florence's Santa Croce church.; Read the full story

Lowry Laid Bare - Hunt For Nudes In The North: LS Lowry's iconic paintings of industrial northern England are to be recreated - using nudes.; Read the full story

Odds On: Punter Leaves Wagers To Charity: A man who donated a series of gambling bets to Oxfam when he died, could raise the charity £330,000.; Read the full story

Nut Crackers: Squirrels Go Mad For Coconuts: A pair of squirrels have taken their love of coconuts to a different level - by getting stuck into their favourite snacks.; Read the full story

Woof Justice: Vote On Lawyers For Animals: Polling projections suggest voters in Switzerland have rejected a plan to appoint special lawyers for animals that have been abused by humans.; Read the full story

Agatha Christie Fortune 'Sold By Accident': An auction house is fighting for the return of a collection of treasures which belonged to Agatha Christie after mistakenly selling it inside a trunk for a thousand times less than its value.; Read the full story

Trebles All Round With Hangover-Free Booze: The dreaded morning-after feeling could be a thing of the past after scientists in Korea came up with a technique that allows drinkers to avoid a hangover.; Read the full story

Mystery Behind Dinosaur Demise 'Revealed': A massive asteroid was to blame for the demise of the dinosaur, and not a volcanic eruption, scientists have finally agreed.; Read the full story

Surfers' Paradise On The River Severn: Surfers turned out on the banks of the River Severn to catch a wave.; Read the full story

Wheelchair Fan Skewered At AC/DC Gig: A quadriplegic man has been seriously injured at an AC/DC concert after his friend hit the joystick of his motorised wheelchair, catapulting him into the mosh pit.; Read the full story

Naked Art: Thousands Flaunt It Down Under: More than 5,000 people have posed naked on the steps of the Sydney Opera House - in the name of art.; Read the full story

Hungry Panda Swipes Bones From Pig Pen: A hungry wild panda broke into a villager's pig pen to chew on bones, China's Central Television has reported.; Read the full story

X-Files Axed: UFO Reports To Be Destroyed: The Ministry of Defence will destroy all future UFO reports it receives so it does not have to make them public, a previously secret memo has revealed.; Read the full story

Miliband Falls Prey To MP Twitter Sex Scam: Cabinet minister Ed Miliband has become the latest politician to fall prey to a Twitter scam that sees sexually explicit messages sent from MPs' accounts.; Read the full story

Cuba Launches 'Julieta', The Cigar For Girls: Cuba's largest cigar manufacturer has begun targeting women - in an attempt to overturn a disastrous fall in sales.; Read the full story