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This is the emotional moment an OAP who had his shopping stolen from his doorstep was surprised by his caring neighbours - who had a whip round for food and cash. The pensioner - known only as Peter - had lost his keys and left his shopping bags outside his bungalow while he popped next door to ask for some help. But when he returned, the shocked pensioner found out he was not only locked out - but all his...

A builder had a lucky escape after a razor sharp angle grinder flew into his face and lodged in his CHIN. Paul Thomas, 31, was trying to knock through a wall with a nine-inch angle grinder when it "ran up" the surface and hit him in the face. The tool missed his throat by a matter of inches and cut into his chin and Paul was left with blood pouring from the gaping wound. The tough builder said his colleagues...

A rare limited edition Tintin comic is set to become the most expensive in Europe when it goes under the hammer for up to £100,000. The 1943 edition of Les Aventres De Tintin ‘L’ile Noire’ is one of three known copies left in the world. But this edition is considered the rarest of the three because it includes handwritten notes and cut-out panels by author Hergé. The notes ask his assistants to redraw certain panels, highlighting how much of a...

A furious pensioner has spoken of his shock after claiming his brand new slippers had "swastikas all over the soles". Sam Purdie was outraged to find a pair of £15 slippers he ordered from online retail giant, Amazon, were covered in a pattern which apparently included the symbol. The retired engineer, from Letham, Perth, said he tried to warn other customers on Amazon, but his review of the Jo & Joe brand slip-ons was censored by the company. Although a...

A Star Wars fan has gone over to the marque side of customisation and plastered stickers from the sci-fi classic -- all over his £256,000 Rolls Royce. The 155mph Rolls-Royce Dawn is one of the world's most expensive and desirable convertibles. But having a luxury British car wasn't enough for the owner of this Roller - who might feel the force of the style police when they see it. The owner of a brand-new Rolls-Royce has covered their luxury car...

An enormous chateau with grand gardens and several other properties is to be auctioned - with no reserve. Chateau de Blancafort dates back to 1453 but boasts Romanesque style turrets and a French Baroque façade which were added in the 17th century. The French castle has 22,000 sq/ft of accommodation - around 25 times the size of a typical English home - and features a library, extensive wine cellars, a convenient feature for a home just 30 minutes from the...

This is the moment police arrested and pinned a Parsons Green 'bucket bomb' suspect against the wall - after pretending to wait for a BUS. Onlookers said undercover counter-terrorism officers pretended to be waiting for a bus while the 21-year-old suspect walked past them in Hounslow, West London. They turned around, pounced and pinned him to the ground while an apparently confused friend he was with screamed it was "all a huge mix up". Footage shows him pinned to the...

Five rare letters penned by British naval commander Lord Horatio Nelson during the Napoleonic Wars are set to go under the hammer - and could fetch a cool £35,000. One scrawling script details Nelson's worries that rumours of Napoleon Bonaparte's impending invasion of Britain were deterring recruits from signing up. In another, Nelson protests that 'not one farthing' was paid to him in the division of prize money, which seamen depended on as a primary source of income. Nelson also...

Scare tactics were being used on speeding drivers in a quaint village - by effigies of Donald Trump waiting at a bus stop and a mooning policeman. Rather than lobbying the local authority with demands for speed cameras to be installed, villagers took an innovative DIY approach to the problem. Somerton Villagers have filled their streets with scarecrows in an effort to stop people speeding through.  Homemade scarecrows have popped up along the edge of the road in Somerton, Oxon,...