The Svoboda family of Slovakia has been thrown into confusion and mutual recrimination after their eldest daughter Vladyanka, 17, announced that she did not want to be a professional tennis player, despite being blonde, highly attractive and seven feet tall. [read...]
A revolutionary new design for a family dining table is being hailed by social scientists as a great advance in parent-teenager interaction. Relationships are said to be vastly improved with this innovation from IKEA, which means family members no longer have to talk to each other at mealtimes. [read...]
A Norwich man has caused shock and outrage by announcing his plan to enjoy a forthcoming religious holiday without getting angry. In his controversial proposal, Jim Bamford, 35, said he was ‘looking forward to having a nice, [read...]
Joe and Paula Western decided to set aside their differences on Christmas day and play a game of football in no-mans land, the area between the house and the garden shed where Joe now sleeps. [read...]
Gerald Wright, 85, died at home yesterday with his family temporarily absent from his bedside. After a long battle against cancer, he breathed his last at 6.15pm, ‘give or take a minute or two’, according to his wife Gladys. [read...]
