giant Dalmatian Pelican spotted in south west

strange place to sleep.

dear loyal reader have you slept in a strange place well in my past i have two one of which you may doubt true .the first being a sauna room at my local gym - in essex-i trained in back in 80s due to leaving home for reasons long forgotten and i was charged 20 pound a week for this privilege and lasted about a month. second one was bushes in barnstaple devon in 90s due to fact got dropped off from police van as  then to be wife was taken to a place of safety due to then and now deceased ex partner so hence i was forced to sleep rough for a couple of nights in a bush and unsure if see then to be wife again.,this has a happy ending due to whilst walking around barnstaple with the weight of the world on my shoulders i saw my now wife come around the corner with her step son she then got me a b and bas not happy with me sleeping rough -fate.

How to Survive a Lion Attack

Safaris through wildlife reserves are a thrill ride. Now, the popularity of walking safaris is growing, and these are more thrilling than ever before. Along with the thrill comes a heightened amount of danger. While most lions flee from people, even while you’re on foot, an attack is always a possibility. Knowing how to react ahead of time could save your life.^{[1]read more}

Disney rollercoaster helps pop out kidney stones

A study from Michigan State University has found that a ride on a rollercoaster is just the ticket for those needing help in passing a kidney stone.

More specifically, you need to get yourself to the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at Disney World Florida. And you need to sit at the back.

To verify their findings, the doctors took more than 60 rides on the ride clutching urine-filled devices containing kidney stones, or renal calculi. The study's findings were published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

The renal models were created by scanning the renal system of a renal calculi-forming patient. That information was passed to a 3D printer which created a cast of their renal system. The cast was then placed into a silicon block and removed. The block was then filled with urine and four kidney stones.

The study was sparked almost 10 years ago by patients reporting to the university that they had passed stones after taking the ride.

One lucky punter passed a stone three times after three consecutive rides on Big Thunder.

The study found that renal calculi were passed just four times out of 24 rides in the front seat. But sitting in the back pushed these figures up to 23 out of 46 times.

Rides containing quick drops and sharp turns are best for dislodging kidney stones. But there’s no need to exceed 40mph or go upside down.read more and see video

Lads, I caught some fin big: Three friends find giant 7ft tuna in River Severn

A7ft-long tuna fish has been found dead in the River Severn near Gloucester - hundreds of miles from its normal habitat in warm sea waters.

Friends Kevin Brady, Steve Burgess and Alec Foster found the giant fish in the estuary at Minsterworth, Glos, at the weekend when they were paddle boarding.

It had been washed up into the side of the river better known for salmon and elvers.read more and see video

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YOU CAN CALL 105 TO REPORT OR GET INFORMATION ABOUT POWER CUTS IN YOUR LOCAL AREA.

You can also call 105 if you spot damage to electricity power lines and substations that could put you, or someone else, in danger. If there’s a serious immediate risk, you should call the emergency services too.

105 is a free service, available to people in England, Scotland and Wales.

You can call the number from most landlines and mobile phones.read more

BBC Sooty row over 'sexing up' revealed

The idea to introduce a female puppet to Sooty's children's TV show in the 1960s was so controversial that the BBC director general had to intervene, a new documentary has revealed.

The suggestion by Sooty creator Harry Corbett caused a furore in the press, which claimed it would "introduce sex into a children's programme".

The show's producer and a BBC governor were against Sooty having a girlfriend.

BBC DG Hugh Carleton Greene stepped in to allow panda Soo's introduction.

Matthew Corbett, Harry's son, told the documentary: "My father was called into the head office and the director general of the BBC said he had made a decision."

He said Greene had ruled that Sooty having a female friend "was to be allowed - but they must never touch".So Soo was introduced in 1965 - originally voiced by Harry Corbett's wife Marjorie - and she has been at Sooty's side ever since.

The documentary, titled Sooty Ungloved, will have its world premiere in Guiseley, West Yorkshire, on Saturday, with profits from the screening going towards providing a defibrillator for the area.

Corbett and his family lived in the town for 35 years. He and the puppet found fame on TV in the early 1950s.

When Corbett suggested introducing a female character in the 1960s, the show's producer Trevor Hill dismissed the idea "on the grounds that sex would be creeping into the programme", according to a letter written by Corbett in 1965.

The tabloid press picked up on the disagreement, causing a row between Corbett and Grahame Miller, the BBC's head of north regional programmes.read more and see video