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A Malaysian burglar was caught after he took time out from robbing a house to help himself to some cookies. As we all know, after eating cookies you really need a good nap and that’s just what the burglar did next. Needless to say when the family who owned the house arrived home the burglar was quickly discovered and was arrested for trespassing.

It appears that Morris Dancing is in danger of dying out because there is a shortage of dancers. North Somerset Chalice Morris Man has recently sent out 15,000 letters to try and attract new members and other morris sides are watching closely with a view to launch a national campaign. There have also been attempts to include Morris dancing in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics

Firemen in Cardiff have saved 32 Koi carp after their tank sprung a leak. When the tank began leaking worried owner Jim Senior tried to fill it up with a hosepipe. However, finding that the water was leaking faster than he could fill the tank, Jim called the fire service who kept the tank topped up with their fire pressure hoses until emergency repairs were made. All the fish were saved.

A man who managed to build a castle behind a haystack could face having it demolished. Robert Fidler built the castle over the course of two years but kept it concealed behind a 40 foot stack of hay bales. He then lived there for four years before revealing the castle in August of last year. He claims that because the castle has been there for four years with no objections that it is no longer illegal. However, the council planners say that the law does not apply in this case because no one has had the chance to see it.

This is “Heaven Sent Brandy” the world’s smallest dog. At 15cm from her nose to her tail she weighs less than two pounds and stands a little taller than a coke can.

Nobody like paying fines but some people go to extraordinary lengths to avoid them. Shafkat Munir had been caught speeding three times in the space of two months and fearing he would lose his driving licence, he hatched a rather cunning plan. He had already contacted the police to try and contest the fines but having no luck, he instead tried to pretend he had died. A man called Rashid Hussain called the ticketing office to say that his friend Shafkat Munir had died in Pakistan in 2002. The same man then forwarded a death certificate to the police. Although the certificate had several errors Hussain still insisted his friend was dead. However when the police rang the mobile number given by Hussain, Shafkat Munir answered the phone. Not the brightest plan. Munir was later arrested.

This rather odd looking piglet was born in China. It has two snouts and three eyes and has been named Cyclops. It can feed using both of its mouths at the same time, although it is unable to stand properly.

A man who confessed his crime to his cats did not realise he was being bugged and was later caught. David Henton was suspected of battering his partner Joyce Sutton to death but as the police had no proof they decided to bug his house. Mr Heston was recorded saying “I had to something about it. I hit my Joyce” say the prosecution. It just goes to show you never know who is listening.