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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.

An FBI team on a surveillance operation was shut down after telephone companies cut their phone lines because of unpaid bills. The team had been using wiretaps to listen in on suspected criminals and had made thousands of dollars of calls. One telephone company was owed £66,000 dollars. Late payment of bills also resulted in some wiretaps being dropped during monitoring meaning evidence was lost. The message is clear, even the FBI need to pay their bills on time.

A man who thought he bore the mark of the beast used a circular saw to cut off his hand. As if that wasn’t enough he then microwaved it before calling the police. The man was quite calm when the police reached his home in Idaho but was soon transferred to protective custody in the mental health unit of Kootenai Medical Centre.

A thief who decided to steal some hunting knives thought he had the perfect hiding place for them. After putting the knives down his trousers he made a run for it. Unfortunately he tripped and fell and managed to stab himself in the abdomen. He was taken to hospital and is expected to face charges. His injuries were not life threatening.

A man who changed his name by deed poll whilst drunk awoke to find he was no longer Joel Whittle but was now called Big Crazy Lester. He paid a £50 fee online and was able to change his name in just 20 minutes. He currently has no plans to change it back.

A man has been killed by his dog after the dog stepped on a loaded shotgun that was in the back of a pick up truck. Perry Price had shot a goose before putting the gun in the back of his truck where the dog was waiting for the bird. Investigators found paw prints on the gun.

I was reading this article the other day about a man called Arthur Boyt who has a novel idea for what to do with road kill. He thinks the best thing to with it is to make a casserole. One of his favourite recipes is badger casserole made using a roadkill badger, broccoli, parsnips, potatoes, tomatoes and wild mushrooms. He has also tried fox, sparrow, horseshoe bat and even porcupine. Needless to say his wife is a vegetarian.