16-05-2025
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
