A former postman has stripped naked and superglued himself to a desk at the Job Centre in Bridlington, in protest at being refused disability benefit. (Yorkshire Post)
Police stations in Leicestershire have been ordered to take down their flagpoles as a cost-saving measure. They will share a single mobile flagpole instead. (Leicester Mercury)
A curry house in St Leonards Street, Edinburgh, was reprimanded over its “world’s hottest chilli” competition by the Scottish Ambulance Service after two participants had to be taken to hospital. One – the eventual runner-up – was taken to hospital twice. The restaurant plans to hold an eating contest again next year, but with kormas. (Edinburgh Evening News)
A five-week-old puppy has been rescued from the sewer system in Station Town, County Durham, after climbing inside a drain hole in its owners’ back garden.
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