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Elderly people will be able to use the park

'Pensioner's playpark' to open

A 'PENSIONER'S playpark' is set to be opened in London's Hyde Park after being approved by the local council.Read

Woman finds part of oven glove in loaf

A WOMAN has sued the bakers of Hovis bread after she discovered part of an oven glove in a loaf.Read

Dating website dumps members for being fat

A DATING site for 'attractive people' has booted out over 5,000 people for putting on weight over Christmas.Read

Crisp addict changes his name to Monster Munch

A MONSTER Munch lover has changed his name so that it is the same as his favourite snack.Read

Driver gets lost on shopping trip

A DRIVER got lost as he went on an early morning shopping trip - ending up 300 miles from where he started.Read

Scottish butchers: Square sausage should be a protected food

SCOTTISH butchers have launched a campaign to get square sausage recognised as a protected food.Read

Company looks for Glaswegian interpreter

A FIRM has advertised a job vacancy for an interpreter to decipher Glaswegian.Read

The man with a phobia of women

A MAN has claimed that he has a medical condition which stops him from being able to approach girls.Read

George W Bush is 'one of the worst examples of English'

GEORGE W Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Donald Rumsfeld have all featured in a poll of examples of mangled English.Read

Like a fish out of water

A GOLDFISH survived for seven hours after leaping out of its tank.Read

Pre-book fee on holiday sunbeds replaces towel draping ritual

A HOLIDAY firm has introduced a fee for holidaymakers to reserve sunbeds in a bid to save them having to get up early and drape their towels over them.Read

Bride's bouquet causes plane to crash

THE wedding tradition of the bride throwing her bouquet brought a plane down in Italy.Read

Missing cat turns up on Question Time

A CAT which had gone missing turned up beside David Dimbleby on the set of Question Time.Read

Naked thief nicks chips from drive-thru customer

A STARKERS criminal snatched a portion of fries from a woman as she sat in a takeaway drive-thru queue.Read

Boy, 10, denied kid's meal for being too tall

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy was told he couldn't get a children's meal at a Chinese restaurant because he was too tall.Read

Toddler buys £8000 digger

A LITTLE tot bought an extravagant digger in an internet auction as her parents lay asleep.Read

Dog sparks 999 emergency after 'murder' call

A GOLDEN retriever sparked a murder probe after dialling 999.Read

Man delivers his baby son - thanks to YouTube

A DOTING dad helped to bring his cute baby son into the world after watching an instructional video on YouTube.Read

Film review: The Boat That Rocked

RICHARD Curtis, by his own admission, has carved out his career by making modern classic love films.Read

Accies off the bottom with a win over Killie

ACCIES managed to lift themselves off the bottom of the table with a win at home to Killie on Saturday.Read

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Lorraine Waddell is a regional online journalist for S & UN Digital in Ayrshire. She has previously worked for weekly, regional newspapers in both Renfrewshire and Ayrshire