A favourite in a long-distance kayak race was forced to pull out of the competition after he was hit on the head by a flying carp.

A British Airways pilot shocked passengers flying into Heathrow after accidentally setting off an emergency water crash-landing announcement mid-flight.

A scheme to generate renewable energy by simply pulling electric charge out of humid air sparks debate amongst scientists.

A pensioner has been banned from going topless in his own home after claims he is embarrassing his neighbours.

A suicidal goose caused a traffic jam after wandering on to a road and refusing to budge.

A young musician, Liu Wei, has won acclaim after appearing on "China's Got Talent" playing the piano with his feet.

A man pays for a van in China with 100,000 yuan ($14,700; £9,500) in pocket change he gathered over years, state television reports.

A very soapy fountain, a seven seater bicycle and why mixing coke and mints is not a good idea. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Dominic Byrne.

Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire has been forced to recall 7,000 cycle maps after printing it with over 50 spelling mistakes - including misspelling its own name 20 times.

Nasa's Kepler space telescope detects two large planets orbiting a star some 2,000 light-years from Earth.

If you're a connoisseur of fine whisky, here's an exciting new concoction you might be interested in - whisky made from the urine of diabetic patients.

A hilarious YouTube spoof of Mary Bale's 'cat in a bin' incident, entitled 'Revenge of the cat' has amassed over 40,000 views so far.

A Las Vegas casino agrees to pay a $250,000 (£162,127) fine for allowing a high-stakes gambler to dance on a card table during a game.

After a woman was recently charged for driving while using a vibrator, we round up five more weird and wonderful motoring misdemeanours.

Two men have been arrested for shoplifting in Oregon after they decided that an event which saw more than 60 uniformed police officers in their target shop was the ideal time to carry out their crime.

Police chiefs in Switzerland are planning to build a series of drive-in sex-boxes to enable prostitutes to conduct their business with punters without disturbing the neighbourhood.

A woman pulled over by police in America was founf to have her trousers open, a sex toy in her lap, and was watching a porn video.

A couple who breached their 'confier Asbo' by letting their hedge grow too tall have been handed the maximum possible fine by a judge.

Greece discovers it has been paying pensions to hundreds of people who died years ago - in one case in 1999.

Scientists discover one of the world's tiniest frogs when it crawls out of a pitcher plant in a Borneo national park.