A British chicken laid a record-breaking 14 eggs in two hours.

Hen Sarah stunned her owners – the Armstrong family of Newquay, Cornwall – by laying the eggs, as she had previously only laid one each morning.

German post offices bosses have reduced dog attacks on mailmen by hiring animal psychologists.

Canine shrinks were used to teach the scared workers to think like pooches in a bid to avoid being bitten and chased on their rounds.

A British man has changed his name to Bagheera Anthony Dairy Lea Dunkable after he was dared to by friends.

The 18-year-old male – formerly known as Philip Mackintosh – was challenged to change his name after his pals watched Disney animated movie ‘The Jungle Book’.

British teenage shoplifters are to be given weekend jobs in shops.

Instead of being taken to court and punished, young criminals in Norwich, East Anglia, are being told to repay the community by working shifts in either restaurants or charity shops.

A region in Switzerland is using a guardian angel in a bid to urge motorists to slow down.

Police in the state of Fribourg have employed a winged man dressed in white to stand at the roadside to remind drivers to go slow and flaps his wings if they go too fast.

A grieving British mother has used her late son’s ashes in her new tattoo.

Kim Mordue – whose 20-year-old son Lloyd died in 2007 after collapsing during a night out – wanted to pay tribute to her child so had his remains mixed with ink that was etched into three designs on her back.

A basically educated Chinese man has completed his maiden flight in his home-made aeroplane.

Huang Jianjun has made his dream come true by designing and building his own aircraft after he gave up his job making shoes, against his family’s wishes.

A Hungarian woman has been reunited with her dog after the pooch was sent flying into the sky.

A thunderous storm tore across Gesztered, Hungary, taking the pet, now known as Lucky, and its kennel from the ground, leaving owner Agnes Tamas devastated.

A US man captured a live alligator with just his bare hands.

Reptile wrangler Chris Law was called after the 4ft creature was spotted lurking in a puddle outside a building in Columbus, Ohio, and he managed to recapture the animal by grabbing its tail without wearing gloves.

British pupils are to be given etiquette lessons in school.

Children from the ages of three to 18 will be taught good manners – including holding doors open for females and how to use cutlery in restaurants – at Llandovery College in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, after teaching staff grew tired at the demise of good etiquette.