A cow with its head stuck in a tree is freed by firefighters in North Yorkshire.

A Kerry judge has given a 60-year-old bachelor farmer who lives in an isolated area a six-month delay on a drink-driving ban so he has time to find a "good woman".

An Italian mayor frustrated by his town’s persistent lack of money has taken the unusual step of attempting to sell it on Facebook. Francesco Garofalo, who has been the mayor of San Sossio Baronia in southern Italy for seven years, apparently made the plea due to the dwindling reserves in the municipal coffers.  Writing on Facebook, he said: “Wanted: a rich Chinese investor to come and take over the town,” adding that this was due to “perennial lack of funds”.

A 'terrified' teenager has claimed she found a decomposing bat in a Rice Krispies box, putting her off the cereal for life.

2. Hairstyles Are Restricted Sure, you can smoke pot but you’re not free to style your hair at whim in North Korea. In 2013 there were 28 state-approved hair styles that citizens could choose from. Married women were ordered to keep their hair sensibly short while single ladies were allowed to wear their locks a …

It is the news which should give class geeks everywhere a rush of blood to the head.

Grandson says May Ashworth believed she was writing to a person at Google HQ when typing in search queries

Two weeks ago, an Irish farmer found a massive hunk of ancient butter buried in his local bog. It's been sitting there for about 2,000 years, but experts say it's technically still edible. The lump of "bog butter" weighs about 10 kilograms, or 22 pounds. It was found five meters deep into the bog in the country's northern Cavan county, an

Thieves capitalise on booming black market for the fruit amid soaring demand

“The whole idea is ridiculous,” says an NYU medical professor

Toy cash was sandwiched between euro notes or disguised with paper bands, fooling jewellers in London, Bristol and Leeds