Busker Peter Buffery will receive money by credit card today rather than having cash thrown into a hat in a drive to promote 'contactless' technology and raise money for charity.

Researchers in South Africa have revealed the earliest direct evidence of human-made arrows.

Oetzi, the 5,000 year old "Iceman", may have ceremonially buried in the Italian Alps, archaeologists claim.

Japan's sumo governing body is set to distribute iPads to wrestlers who often struggle with smaller mobile phone keypads because of their giant hands.

So you've had a look at the pea-sized micro frog discovered by scientists in Borneo, but is your cuteness tolerance strong enough to handle our definitive collection of tiny tales?

A rare fire tornado, also known as a fire devil, was filmed spinning hot-headedly around arable land in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Ellie the lovable Labrador from Los Angeles has pawed off fierce competition to win the rather unusual coveted ?Pet Insurance Award.?

The 60-mile-long taffic jam in China that has lasted for 11 days already could continue for up to three weeks, authorities have said.

Police had an easy job identifying a naked couple who broke into a house and filmed themselves having sex - because they left the camera behind when they fled.

An artist hopes to capture the mood of recession-hit, rain-soaked Britain ? by staging a mass sulk.

Singer Susan Boyle says she is "humbled and honoured" to be asked to perform at the Pope's open-air Mass in Glasgow.

It weighs nearly three-quarters of a tonne with seven riders aboard, yet a brave team are taking a bicycle like no other from John O'Groats to Land's End for charity

Following on from the world's longest traffic jam - an amazing 60-mile behemoth in China - we round up five of the funniest causes for chaos on the roads.

A Polish man shot in Germany finds a bullet in his head five years on - as he was drunk when it happened.

A two-foot long alligator crawled out of a New York City drain after a storm hit the city, reports say.

The World's longest traffic jam ? in China ? has now reached the 10-day mark.

As if the Rubik's Cube wasn't hard enough, Ludwig Fichte completed the puzzle while skydiving. In a rubber dinghy. It's reasonable to ask: Was he high?

A massive traffic jam in China stretching for 100km near Beijing finally clears after nine days, local media say.

A boozed-up Briton was reluctantly rescued as he tried to row from Minorca to Majorca in a stolen dinghy.

Car-maker Dodge came up with an unusual solution after complaints about using a monkey in a TV advert.