Weird News

This is the moment a meteor was spotted soaring over the Russian port city of Murmansk

Stephen's Story: teenager who created a bucket list of things to do before he died to raise money for a cancer charity has seen his fundraising exceed £1m, as he said the achievement was "cool"

Squirrels smashing windows, babies vomiting over laptops and snails eating carpets are among a list of successful insurance claims filed by homeowners

Tracy Johnson is jailed after she was caught funding a 'globetrotting lifestyle' through benefits by claiming she was agoraphobic

After eating some marula fruit, these elephants were a little worse for wear

Support group holding conference for people who have been in contact with aliens

Researchers find that cutting up children's food rather than giving them meals where they have to bite with their front teeth makes them better behaved at the dinner table

Rise of energy-efficient LED bulbs threatens to expose grubby truth of chemical trick that makes shirts seem whiter than they really are

Well, that's one way to launch a memorable party political broadcast.... Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's brief rendition of the famous Beatles song Hey Jude becomes an internet hit

A curious cheetah, a hungry chameleon and Spiderman meets Spider-man

A man in the US who has a tattoo saying “murder” on his neck wants it removed before going on trial for murder

Three Florida fishermen haul in their record-breaking prize catch after battling the 11ft predator for more than an hour

Footage emerges of the terrifying moment a pensioner is hit by a train at a level crossing but miraculously avoids injury

A Scottish pensioner surprises family by leaving £1.1 million to charities after secretly playing the stock market

Group of prisoners at a south London jail claim they face discrimination after service refuses to recognise religion inspired by Star Wars films

Councils in the UK have spent more than £130,000 on iPads this year, which is a 550 per cent increase on two years ago

A German inventor fulfills dreams of superhero fans by creating a Spider-Man style web shooter

A man who gave up on his dream of being a pilot has spent the last 15 years building a replica cockpit in his terraced home

A cat has become an internet sensation after it was caught perfecting the art of scratching while spinning the decks

Robert Stevens, a 58-year-old convicted robber, fled jail because he was fed up with younger prisoners playing rap music 'day and night', a court hears