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This new mum sticks her neck out to care for her newborn baby giraffe, who proudly poses for the camera while being pictured for the first time. The month-old male can’t get enough of the attention as he’s groomed by mum Megara while onlookers admire him from outside their pen. The giraffe calf, who is yet to be named, was born at the Plackendael Zoo in Belgium last month. He already stands at 5ft 7″ tall and could reach a...

A talented teenager has invented a brand new language with 1,500 unique words and a completely original script – at the age of 18. Multi-lingual Melissa May already speaks fluent German, French and Spanish and reads Portuguese, Norwegian, Italian, Swedish and Danish. She has dabbled in Latin and Old Norse, is learning Chinese and Dutch and has applied to study Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge University. But not content with that the brainy student decided to invent her own...

A shocking video shows a hit and run motorist knocking down a cyclist – and then turning off their lights as they drive away. Police released a 25-second CCTV clip of the 4.30am incident in a bid to catch the runaway driver. It shows the moment a Vauxhall Corsa-type car pulls out of a junction in Swindon, Wilts., and hits a male cyclist pedalling past.   The man is knocked off his bike and tumbles to the ground before getting...

A woman left her ex-boyfriend unconscious in the street after she attacked him – with her CRUTCH, a court heard. Angry Aimee Pryor, 23, launched the assault on her former partner after they “exchanged words” outside a bar in Hull, East Yorks. Her victim, who chose not to be named, described it as a “completely unprovoked attack” which left him bleeding from a cut to his head. But despite the brutal beating with the metal crutch, Pryor and her co-defendant,...

A father who admitted beating up his German Shepherd using ‘frightening’ training methods has been spared jail. Neighbours of Dariusz Jakimowicz, 34, described hearing ‘whipping noises’ coming from his home on a daily basis as the dog ‘yelped’ and ‘screamed’ out in pain. They managed to catch him on camera punching the animal named Zeus, before battering it with a metal pole as it tried to get away. One, who recorded the abuse on her mobile phone, told Luton Magistrates...

This is the heartwarming moment a stranded dolphin was rescued by kind-hearted passersby after getting stranded. The poor creature was found trapped in a small rocky pool at picturesque Polpeor Cove at Lizard Point in Cornwall by a walker. Medics rushed to the scene to treat the young female before vets checked her over. The dolphin was given medication before being carried gently from the cove to a car parked on the headland, and was then driven around to nearby...

A primary school has become the first in Britain to allow pupils to wear SLIPPERS during lessons. Findern Primary School say the switch from shoes has become so popular that even some TEACHERS have chosen the comfier option in class. The school introduced the idea after spotting a 10-year study which found that children who learn with no shoes are more likely to behave better and get good grades. Deputy headteacher Michelle Hall said they have already noticed improvements in...

When you think the world has gone mad and hate seems to have overcome reason, this news should warm your heart. People from opposing faiths have come together to offer assistance to those in need. After a Texan mosque was hit by an arson attack, after Trump banned people from seven predominately Muslim countries entering the US, local Jewish people came to their aid. Jewish people in a small Texas city handed Muslim worshippers the keys to their synagogue after the...

Police are hunting "industrial fly-tippers" who dumped 50 huge blocks of compressed recyclable rubbish at a beauty spot popular with mountain bikers and walkers. Tens of thousands of discarded plastic bottles, bags and cardboard boxes which had been compacted into 10ft-high cubes were left strewn across the path. Cyclists and walkers were forced to squeeze past the stinking piles of trash after they were discovered on the route between Biddulph and Brindley Ford, Staffs., on Saturday (28/1). Staffordshire Police and...