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Suspected Mexican smugglers had to abandon their attempt to get into the US after the 4x4 they were in got stuck on top of the 14ft border fence. US Border Patrol spokesman Spencer Tippets said agents spotted the SUV perched on top of the fence on Tuesday at the border between Arizona and...

UK had a hurricane 25 years ago. This is an interview with a gentleman whose mother contacted the weather service at the BBC to warn them. A few tips ..... His mother is named Doris Biscuit is the dog A t-towel is used for drying up the dishes Hopefully the rest is self explanatory...

Insults from an era before the English language was reduced to 4-letter words. The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, "If you were my husband I'd poison your tea." He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it." A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either...

Each to their own I suppose .... but Klingon? really !! :confused: A couple have boldly gone where no other have gone before by tying the knot in what is being touted as 'Britain's first Klingon wedding'. Jossie Sockertopp, 23, and Sonnie Gustavsson, 29, travelled from their native...

Very well done IMO, evocative and sobering Ghosts of war: World War II photographs superimposed on to modern street scenes - after finding old negatives at flea market This haunting collection of images shows what it would look like if the ghosts of World War II returned to our...

I found this too funny this morning LOL :p Now to find all that tea ..... :p The Magazine's recent article about the Britishisation of American English prompted readers to respond with examples of their own - here are 30 British words and phrases that you've noticed being used in the US...

Expensive pizza !! A Daytona Beach man used a stun gun on a Papa John’s deliveryman in a failed attempt to grab his pizzas, police said. Christopher Collins, 19, faces a charge of armed robbery with a weapon for the Monday night incident, Daytona Beach Police said in an arrest...

Everyone say ahhhhhh ........ :p Adorable Twins AJ and MJ Fall Asleep Eating Spaghetti [ORIGINAL!] - YouTube

:eek: A cocktail maker claims he has set a new record for the most expensive cocktail in the world. Salvatore Calabrese says Salvatore's Legacy, made using ingredients dating back to before American independence and the French Revolution, will set you back a cool £5,500 per glass...

Female astronauts need not apply for any missions to this planet?? :rolleyes: ROFL :p A planet about 40 light years away and twice the size of Earth is made largely out of diamond, astronomers have said. The rocky planet, called 55 Cancri e, which is in the constellation of Cancer...

From being the next dinner to hero .... WOW ! A dog that lost its snout while saving two girls in the Philippines has been taken to the United States where vets hope to give it life-saving surgery. Surgeons at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) veterinary medical teaching...

Thats a lot of chat ! :p There are almost as many mobile phone subscriptions in the world as inhabitants, says a United Nations telecom agency. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) stated in its report that there were about six billion subscriptions at the end of 2011...

Unbelievable !! The captain of the Costa Concordia is suing for wrongful dismissal, his lawyer has revealed. Some 32 people were killed after the vessel ran into a rock and capsized off the Tuscany coast in January. Italian skipper Francesco Schettino was sacked by Costa Cruises, but...

Oh my goodness ...... Why! Why would anyone want to do that? BBC News - Florida man dies after roach-eating competition (Double yukky, yuk yuk)

Beautiful pics :) Birds-of-Paradise Evolved in Lost Worlds : Discovery News

A three-week-old baby has been mauled to death by a pit bull in the US. The child was staying at the home of a family friend in Detroit when the two-year-old dog attacker her. She was taken to Sinai-Grace Hospital in the city, but died of her injuries. Police removed the dog from the...

"Mr Goodman predicts that 3D printing could be the next battleground in the fight against organised crime and terrorism. And it won't just be weapons that will be printed online. "It will be the next frontier in IP [Intellectual Property] theft when you are able to manufacture a Rolex watch...

Turkey says it has fired artillery against targets inside Syria after Syrian shells killed five people in a Turkish border town. The Turkish military shelled Syrian targets identified by radar near the border, the office of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a statement. Nato said it would...

"A local news anchor in the US state of Wisconsin has responded to a viewer who said she was obese in a broadcast that has gone viral online. In a short segment on WBKT-TV, Jennifer Livingston called the writer a bully." More and video BBC News - Wisconsin WBKT-TV host 'bully message'...

(Reuters) - One U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot dead and another wounded while on patrol early on Tuesday in Naco, Arizona, the Border Patrol said. The wounded agent was airlifted to hospital with non-life-threatening wounds following the shooting at 1:50 a.m. local time, the Border Patrol...