A dog called Pirate has been sentenced to death after series of savage attacks quirker.co.uk/story/a-dog-ca…

Can’t sing? Then join our choir! quirker.co.uk/story/cant-sin…

Excited woman spots Eddie Redmayne picking up vegetables in village Co-op quirker.co.uk/story/excited-…

Man trapped in his own bed after huge tree falls on house quirker.co.uk/story/man-trap…

On this day: 2,000 Led Zeppelin fans cause $50,000 worth of damage to the Boston Garden

Owner went more than six years without knowing this incredibly rare thing about her pet dog quirker.co.uk/story/owner-we…

The kindest community in Britain? Tiny village enjoys hundreds of random acts of kindness quirker.co.uk/story/is-this-…

What would happen if North Korea bombed Bristol? quirker.co.uk/story/what-wou…

On this day: In 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team play their first competitive game

This excited puppy unwrapping his human will make your heart fall out quirker.co.uk/story/this-pup…

Couple ring in the New Year by getting engaged in city’s clock tower lichfieldmercury.co.uk/Lichfield-coup… via Lichfield Mercury

The Sainsbury's cat has returned to its London store quirker.co.uk/story/the-sain…

Fugitive burglar arrested hiding out in alpaca field. Does look quite like an alpaca quirker.co.uk/story/fugitive…

On this day: Elvis Aaron Presley was born in 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi to parents Gladys and Vernon

BNP no longer a political party. Here's Nick Griffin stewing over the situation quirker.co.uk/story/bnp-no-l…

This cat shops at Sainsbury's quirker.co.uk/story/the-sain…

Fugitive burglar arrested hiding out in alpaca field. Does look quite like an alpaca quirker.co.uk/story/fugitive…

On this day: In 1913, 37th US president Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California

On this day: In 1976, CB radio/trucking hit ‘Convoy’ by C.W. McCall reaches No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts

On this day: In 1935 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California