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The skulls of a man and woman from nearly a hundred years ago have been found in carrier bags in a quiet market town. Builders made the first discovery behind an empty Budgens store in Totnes, Devon. As they investigated it police found a second in a separate bag near the River Dart less than a mile away. Police say the skulls have been examined by specialist officers and are believed to be up to 100 years old. The woman's...

A humble garden snail has proved slow and steady wins the race - at this year's World Snail Racing Championships. Larry the snail beat his sluggish competitors to the finish line by covering the 13inch course in just two minutes and forty seven seconds. He pipped 134 other molluscs to the post but was just short of the two-minute world record held by snail Archie since 1996. T But Larry's achievement was beginner's luck after he entered the race for...

A Good Samaritan was left stunned after he tried to pay for a hotel for a homeless man but was refused a room "for safety reasons." Kind-hearted Olly Attfield, 32, was left furious when managers turned away the man at the Jury's Inn even though he offered to pay the £70 room fee. He had been walking along Birmingham's Broad Street last Thursday (13/7) with a friend when they got chatting to 56-year-old Paul. Olly said he was so moved...

A businesswoman has single-handedly kept stocks of a food bank running after she was inspired by an episode of EastEnders. Michelle Napier, known as Shell, was moved by a recent storyline in the popular soap and discovered that her local food bank was in dire need of supplies. She donated an entire month's worth of profits to Daniel's Place in Banff and Macduff, Aberdeenshire. The 30-year-old pledged to spend a percentage of earnings from selling skincare products through her online...

Taxi drivers have blasted a council after being told they cannot have more than two buttons undone on their shirts as part of a controversial new dress code. Transport chiefs in Stafford are set to implement the strict new rules which will mean cabbies will also be banned from wearing clothing printed with words or pictures. The new dress code has been branded "way over the top" by frustrated drivers left baffled that they cannot have buttons undone on their...

A male model has become the first amputee to be crowned Mr England - and hopes to go on to be Mr World. Jack Eyers, 28, won over the judges at the final of the pageant and made history. He accepted the crown at an awards do after he triumphed over 24 other finalists. Two years ago the handsome personal trained became the first disabled person to take to the catwalk at New York Fashion Week. Jack Eyers on the...

A cyclist who had her bike nicked played thieves at their own game when she set up a sting to steal it back. Jenni Morton-Humphreys, 30, planned a sting operation with a stranger and had her expensive German racing bike back within the space of 24 hours. She met a man on a street corner to 'test drive' the bike, but then sped off. She told police what she planned to do but they didn't help her with the sting...

An UberEats delivery driver burnt in an acid attack has told how his moped helmet prevented life-changing injuries. Jabed Hussain, 32, suffered burns to his lip when he was sprayed with a corrosive liquid through his helmet at traffic lights before robbers snatched his motorbike. The dad-of-one is alleged to have been the first of five victims on Thursday night to be attacked with acid by two teenagers on a moped. But he believes he is "the lucky one" as...

  Battling dad Jason Liversidge is set to become of the few disabled people to tackle one of Britain's highest peaks. Jason, 41, suffers from Motor Neurone Disease (MND) but is determined to climb the 3,500 feet high Mount Snowdon next week in a specially-adapted wheelchair. The dad-of-two was diagnosed with MND in 2013 and watched his motor functions slowly decline, leaving him with a "season ticket to A + E". Jason, 41, was forced to give up his job...