Out of hours

1. Diners go nuts for squirrel pie

   Pub customers in York are going nuts for their local pub’s latest special - squirrel pie and mash.

   Andy and Stephanie Cross, of the Black Swan, were already keen on serving game, reports the York Press. Rabbit, pigeon and hare were already on the menu - and now they have been joined by squirrel.

   10.Mar.10

2. Street signs to warn of drunks

   Road safety chiefs in Romania have put up traffic signs warning motorists of drunks in the road in a bid to reduce accidents. Mayor Petru Antal of the border town of…

   9.Mar.10

3. Broody hen adopts puppies

   A hen has astonished its owners on a Shropshire farm by taking a litter of puppies under its wing. Mabel took a shine to the pups and now keeps them…

   8.Mar.10

4. More drink when you can’t hear yourself think?

   Scientists from the University of Portsmouth are to study whether loud music makes people drink more alcohol. Dr Lorenzo Stafford, of the university’s psychology department, is to carry out the research,…

   5.Mar.10

5. Greek singer offers pension to fellow countrymen

   Greek singer Nana Mouskouri says debt-stricken Greece can have her European Parliament pension to help ease the pressure on the public finances. The singer, who served as a Euro MP from…

   4.Mar.10

1. Fish rain down on desert town

2. Belgium offers chickens to waste-cutting households

3. Parcel arrives - after 27 years

4. 2010: the year of the jet pack

5. Ditched via digital

6. People are happiest at 74

1. The rise in Alpaca farms

   

   Even on a sunny day the wind is predictably bitter, a mood and sentiment matched by the recently sheered…

2. The Kite Man Cometh

   

   The nostalgia is obvious, but the pleasure is somewhat more secretive. A guilty little niggle that something so simple…

3. I don’t believe in ghosts

   

   I don’t believe in ghosts. The annoying contradiction is I am very, very easily frightened, and old ghost stories…

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