Sir Paul McCartney says he hopes the famous Abbey Road Studios can be saved, after reports it has been put up for sale.

The putative skull of Saint Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden that has been kept in a shrine in Vadstena Abbey is probably not authentic.

A dog collar that belonged to Charles Dickens has fetched $11,590 at a New York City auction.

A ruby thought to be valued at £11m and used to support an insolvent Shropshire construction firm is sold for £8,000.

Reuters - Condoms that do not fit right could break and may reduce sexual pleasure for both partners, suggesting reasons why men and women often fail to use them, researchers reported on Monday.

Reuters - British church leaders are encouraging people to give up their iPods for Lent, instead of more traditional vices such as chocolate, to help save the planet.

Reuters - A deaf South African cleaner besieged by begging relatives after a newspaper reported he had scooped a 91 million rand ($12 million) lottery jackpot was not the winner, the draw's organizers said on Tuesday.

Reuters - A man in Israel with the same name as an alleged member of a hit squad that assassinated a top Hamas militant in Dubai said Tuesday he was "angry, upset and scared" over what he called a misidentification.

Which weird picture is the weirdest? You decide, in a public battle to see which weird picture will go on to fight another day...

It took five long months for a Czech woman to discover the reason for her pain: Doctors had left a foot-long medical tool inside her abdomen.

Police in Trenton, New Jersey say a man sneaked into police headquarters and stole a police radio, a computer monitor and a sergeant's attache case.

Prepare for an altogether more stomach-churning version of the gone but not forgotten Woolworths pic'n'mix.

Staff at an animal rescue centre in Fife were amazed when a lost cat found its way there - despite having its head stuck in a food can.

Carly Simon launches a competition giving fans the chance to make the first ever video for her 1972 song You're So Vain.

A cat that wandered into a Fife rescue centre with a can stuck on its head leaves staff wondering how it reached them.

It took five months for a Czech woman to discover the reason for her abdominal pain - when it was revealed that doctors had left a foot-long medical tool inside her abdomen.

An unemployed man from Ohio has built himself an 'extreme igloo' in his yard - and it even has an entertainment room with a TV and surround sound.

We Britons are supposed to be obsessed with the weather but at least our fixation is rather mild compared with this American meteorologist.

Make no mistake, two-legged fans of the 134th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, about who is really running the show. ...

It took five long months for a Czech woman to discover the reason for her pain: Doctors had left a foot-long medical tool inside her abdomen.