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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Five odd stories you missed this week as husband's romantic gesture goes crispy
A man whose romantic getaway gesture for his wife turned a bit salty is one of our five feelgood Friday local news stories. Lancashire Live reported that Rachel Norman's husband Johnnie wanted to celebrate her birthday in style but hotel staff in Blackpool mistakenly ended up covering their bed with crisps, although thankfully they saw the funny side. Elsewhere, a couple have bought a "village" in France for just £67,000 and a family in Cornwall found their hen has laid a one in a billion round egg. 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. A husband tried to surprise his wife with a romantic gesture only to discover their hotel bed covered in crisps - after a miscommunication with staff. Rachel Norman, 36, and her husband Johnnie, 35, went out in Blackpool to celebrate her birthday and he secretly asked hotel staff to put 30 assorted bags of crisps on the bed while they were out to surprise his crisp-loving wife. But staff misunderstood, opened the bags, and sprinkled the crisps on the sheets like salty confetti. Read the full story from Lancashire Live A British couple quit the rat race and bought a French 'village' for just €80,000 (£67,000) - so they can retire and have a "peaceful life". Ben Pearson, 39, and his husband, Nathan, 31, had always dreamed of moving to France and stumbled across the abandoned farmhouse in Sainte Segros. Read the full story from Wales Online A Cornwall family have been stunned after one of their hens laid a completely round egg. The extremely rare egg is thought to be a one-in-a-billion lay. Josh Elkington said the egg was laid by one of his brown Brahma chickens called Julie. Josh runs a small holding near Bugle, near St Austell. He said: "It was so unexpected and we laughed for hours over how small this egg was." Read the full story from Cornwall Live A patch of sand on a North Wales beach is up for sale with a six figure price tag. The small piece of land is on Abersoch's Porth Mawr beach and offers are invited for over £100,000, the price of a flat or even a small house in parts of North Wales. It is nestled between beach huts and the location had previously housed a wooden shack too. But this was damaged in storms and pulled down by the owner. Read the full story from North Wales News Shoppers can soon expect to see a 'Tardis-style' police box in Watford High Street as part of an 18-month trial. A planning application for the temporary structure which was submitted to Watford Borough Council in March gained approval yesterday (13 May). The Herts Police project will be installed between Metro Bank and the entrance to atria Watford on the corner of Queen's Road. Read the full story from the Watford Observer
Daily Mirror
06-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
'Kind and generous' mum, 21, found dead after inhaling laughing gas with chest infection
Young mum Kira Booth, 21, was discovered lifeless in her Burnley flat by her support worker in November last year - after she did laughing gas whilst battling a chest infection A young mum was tragically found dead after inhaling laughing gas whilst fighting a chest infection, an inquest has concluded. Kira Booth, 21, was discovered lifeless in her Burnley flat by her support worker in November last year. Her family said they were not aware she had been taking drugs until shortly before her death, though said it was more recreational as opposed to a dependency. Kira chose to leave home at a young age, but regularly kept in touch with her five siblings and her parents, the family said. They described the young mum as a "very kind and generous" person, who loved swimming, gymnastics, football, and dancing. Evidence was read into the record at Preston Coroner's Court by coroner Kate Bissett from Kira's mum, Carla Booth. She said Kira's struggle with mental health and with the rules led to her leaving the family home. Kira had a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and had been sectioned a number of times under the Mental Health Act, Lancashire Live reports. She had lived in a mother and baby unit since giving birth, and then moved into her flat in Burnley, Lancashire. Around July last year, she told a social worker that she had been hearing voices, which led to her baby being taken away, and she had access to her child three times a week. In November, alarm bells began to ring for Kira's mum when she noticed her daughter had been inactive on social media for 24 hours, which was unusual. Police confirmed later that day that Kira had died in her flat. Detective Inspector Steven Slater, the senior investigating officer in the case, told the inquest there was no evidence of any third-party involvement or the mum being injured. He added that a large number of nitrous oxide containers were found inside the property, including one on the floor near her bed, one down the back of a sofa, and a further 18 packaged up ready to be thrown out. A number of tablet strips were also found - some empty - as well as two small snap bags, which the officer said potentially could have contained cocaine. According to a CT post-mortem exam, there was no trauma related to Kira's cause of death. A toxicology report also showed there was recent cocaine use, but no other compounds were detected. Ms Bissett said nitrous oxide cannot be detected by toxicology examinations as it leaves the body upon death, adding there was no evidence Kira had intended to take her own life. She said Kira had a "strong will to live" and that her records showed she "worked through her difficulties." She said: "Kira wasn't someone who had given up on normal life and was engaging in all sorts of drugs. She was someone who managed her problems by having a positive time experimenting with substances. She was not a habitual user." Ms Bissett recorded a conclusion of misadventure, saying: "Kira Booth died on November 12, 2024, at her home address, having consumed nitrous oxide whilst suffering with a chest infection."
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Boy only ate Heinz Peppa Pig pasta for 12 years - and five more local stories you missed last week
A boy who only ate Heinz Peppa Pig shaped pasta for 12 years features in one of our best local stories of the week. Stoke-on-Trent Live reported how 14-year-old Curtis Maxwell was finally weaned off the pig-shaped pasta with the help of a hypnotist. Elsewhere, a man in Preston has been using his own weather station in his back garden for more than 60 years and a church in Wales is finally getting a toilet - after 700 years. 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. A schoolboy who only ate Heinz Peppa Pig pasta shapes for 12 years has finally had a proper meal – thanks to hypnosis. Curtis Maxwell, 14, would gag if he was forced to eat anything other than the tomato-sauce pasta. The teen would trough up to five cans of the novelty-shaped pasta every day – costing mum Kylie more than £100-a-month in food bills. Read the full story from Stoke-on-Trent Live An amateur meteorologist has been taking daily weather records in his back garden for more than six decades - and says it is handy for knowing when to put the washing out. Jim Lawson, from Preston, began keeping hand-written records as a 14-year-old schoolboy in 1958 when encouraged by his mother. Since then, the 80-year-old has kept old-school, paper records and each day notes the max temperature, rainfall amount, relative humidity, and air pressure. Read the full story from Lancashire Live A dad saves £200 a month on groceries - by foraging for ingredients in meadows, forests and along coastlines. Joshua Lawrey, 36, began his journey 15 years ago, after working in a high-end restaurant where their menu featured wild ingredients which had been foraged. He did plenty of research and visited woodlands, meadows and coastlines around his hometown of St Austell, Cornwall, to see what he found. Read the full story from Cornwall Live A medieval Welsh church is set to undergo a major refurbishment which will finally see it get a toilet after more than 700 years. St Nicholas Church, in the Vale of Glamorgan, is set to benefit from a funding payout worth £584,081 from the National Churches Trust. Read the full story from Wales Online A budding architect who recreates iconic landmarks using Lego has built a model of Colchester's famous Jumbo water tower. The publicity-shy modeller has been dubbed the "Lego Banksy" and would only reveal his first name as Robert. But he runs an Instagram page under the name of "minibrickarchitecture" where he shows off his skills by recreating some of the most notable landmarks the country has to offer. Read the full story from Colchester Gazette A Cotswolds village was given a new name as part of an April Fools' prank today (Tuesday, April 1). The village of Crudwell near the Wiltshire border with Gloucestershire was renamed Currywell with new road signs put up as part of the stunt. The village of Crudwell gained its name and derives from the stream flowing through it, or from, a mineral spring south east of the church. However, as part of the April Fools' prank, villagers were told suggestions had been made to the local council to rename the village to Currywell. Read the full story from Gloucestershire Live
