Five quirky stories you missed as clubber admits sausage incident
A reveller who confessed to bringing a giant sausage into a nightclub features in one of our five bizarre local news stories you may have missed this week.
Coventry Live reported that the sausage caused confusion among clubbers when it was spotted in the 147 venue on Far Gosford Street in the city.
Elsewhere, a zoo in the North West has come up with a novel way to tell two penguin chicks apart, while a bricklaying robot is being used to build homes in the North East.
You can read the full version of each of our selected articles through the links under each story – or read more top headlines from around the UK's regions on the Yahoo UK local news page.
The clubber responsible for this weekend's "SausageGate" incident at a Coventry nightclub has come forward.
The individual, who wishes to remain anonymous, has told how a disappointing result playing bingo led to her and a pal making an impulse purchase of the 'big fella' on their way into city hotspot 147 on Far Gosford Street.
Photos and videos captured on Saturday night showed revellers posing and playing with a giant red sausage in the packed club. Its presence was then discovered after staff found it discarded come clean up time on Sunday morning.
Read the full story from Coventry Live
At Blackpool Zoo, zookeepers have had to come up with a creative way to tell their penguins apart.
To help monitor their new fluffy arrivals at Penguin Cove, keepers have adopted a 'penguin pedicure' solution.
They have painted blue nail varnish on the toes of one chick from each pair in a nest box.
This is to ensure they can accurately record health checks, weight and developmental progress.
Read the full story from Lancashire Live
A stolen Henry Hoover has been returned to a care home after it was stolen from the cleaning cupboard.
CCTV footage at Oakley Court, a retirement home on Southampton Road in Ringwood, showed an unknown man stealing the famous vacuum cleaner.
The footage helped Hampshire police officers uncover the registration of the vehicle used in the theft.
A 47-year-old man was subsequently interviewed and admitted to the theft.
Read the full story from the Daily Echo
An Isle of Wight couple who eloped to Scotland on a Triumph motorbike in defiance of the bride's parents — and then spent three weeks hiding out in a caravan — are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.
Syd and Jane (Hazel) Shawyer, from Binstead, ran away to Dumfries in May 1955 to tie the knot.
Jane was only 17, and without her parents' permission, would have had to wait until she was 21 to marry in England.
Read the full story from the Isle of Wight County Press
A bricklaying robot in County Durham is laying the foundations for a new era in housebuilding.
Known as WLTR or "Walter", the wall-laying robot is constructing 27 homes in Durham as part of a scheme led by JT Lifestyle Homes.
The developer says the robot, developed in the Czech Republic in partnership with GreenBuild, is helping address the shortage of bricklayers across the UK.
Read the full story from the Northern Echo
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