Exeter Cathedral is to mark the tenth anniversary of 11 September 2001 by having John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ played on its bells. (Exeter Express and Echo)
A man has appeared before magistrates in Lincoln charged with shoplifting dresses worth a total of about £1,200 from Peacocks and Marks & Spencer. He attended court in knee-length boots, tartan tights and a black mini-skirt. (Lincolnshire Echo)
Paignton Zoo is attempting to raise money through an auction of paintings by its gorillas. (Herald Express, Torquay)
An 82-year-old woman from Workington has donated an early home-made television set to the National Media Museum in Bradford. She inherited the set from her uncle, who built it in 1929 using Meccano, a klaxon horn and an oil lamp; he received a letter of congratulations from John Logie Baird. (News & Star, Carlisle)
A kitten has been found living, unharmed, in the engine compartment of a Volkswagen Passat in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The car’s owner heard mewing from beneath the bonnet for four days before she discovered the source of the problem. (Derby Telegraph)
Bin lorries in Bury, Lancashire, have been fitted with dashboard-mounted iPads on which staff will record which residents do not recycle. (Manchester Evening News)
A road in Beauchief, Sheffield, has been dug up 14 times in 18 months as Yorkshire Water attempted, apparently so far without success, to fix a leak. A spokesman for the company said that the problem was on a private pipe, and described the work as “a goodwill gesture”. (The Star, Sheffield)
A one-legged man is being taken to court by Fazakerly Hospital, Liverpool, for using one of its disabled parking spaces without displaying a blue badge. (Liverpool Daily Post)
Otters have been sighted near the centre of Leeds. (Yorkshire Evening Post)
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