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A French inventor has succeeded in crossing the Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard.more

McDonald's UK is trialling its first new format restaurant since introducing drive-thru outlets in the 1980s.more

A man phoned 999 in a panic telling police he feared sheep were going to eat his children because he had given them lamb for tea.more

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... in July, that is. Selfridges has opened its famous Christmas shop - 149 days ahead of the big day itself.more

"Bild" is devoting a comment to the defense of the German flag today. The reason is the statement of a former judge of the Constitutional Tribunal in Karlsruhe, according to which German colors should go down in history.more

A recording of 38.7°C at Cambridge Botanic Garden on Thursday 25 July has become the highest temperature officially recorded in the UK.more

Tesla is poised to add yet more entertainment options for owners of its electric vehicles, with CEO Elon Musk confirming that Netflix and YouTube streaming will soon be enabled on its generously-sized in-car displays.more

Twenty four million old-style £1 coins have been returned to the Royal Mint over the last year.more

The ex-Tory spin doctor will be Number 10's first live-in girlfriend since Martine McCutcheon's appearance as the prime minister's PA in Love Actually.more

A French inventor has failed in his attempt to cross the English Channel on a jet-powered flyboard.more

A cart-like robot scuttles across the field to bring back javelins and discuses. A towering screen-on-wheels is designed for "virtual" attendance. The cute ones are, naturally, the likeness of the Olympic and Paralympic mascots.more

Domestic cats like people have an overweight problem, according to a study by scientists at the University of Guelph in Canada. This is the first study of this type in the world.more

Only 7.1 percent parents in Poland declare that their children consume vegetables and fruits five times a day - according to the study. more

A 39-year-old Swedish man has expressed his disappointment after he was denied the right to change his name to Tottenham in wake of the club's run to the Champions League final.more

Settled in Metz, eastern France, the Albanian recognized a picture of his amputated leg on the tobacco pack, placed as a warning against smoking and the harmful effects of smoking - a 60-year-old lawyer who underwent an amputation after injuries in the shooting.more

A cloud of ants flying over the UK was so dense it could be seen in satellite images from space, forecasters have said.more

Last year, government officials in the United Kingdom lost 508 mobile phones and laptops - according to research by MobileIron, which points out that only a small number of lost devices have ever been found.more

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have created an artificial intelligence system that can solve a Rubik's Cube in an average of 1.2 seconds in about 20 moves. That's two seconds faster than the current human world record of 3.47 seconds, while people who can finish the puzzle quickly usually do so in about 50.more

Get your telescopes ready: July's full moon, also nicknamed the "Thunder Moon," will illuminate the night sky on Tuesday night.more

The newbies have made their way to the capital all the way from Prague Zoo, and will join permanent residents Isla, Tiffany and Gargi. more

The first contactless collection plate was installed in Budapest (Hungary).more

Red Bull just made the fastest F1 pit stop of all time, 1.90 seconds. Pit stop crew helping out drivers with mundane tasks at home in record time.more

Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000km road trip across the Australian outback before being nabbed by police. more

Egypt opened to visitors on Saturday the "Bent" Pyramid built for pharaoh Sneferu, a 101-metre structure just south of Cairo that marks a key step in the evolution of pyramid construction.more

The first woman recognised by Spanish courts as one of the "stolen babies" of the Franco dictatorship has discovered her biological family thanks to a DNA database.more