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The Christmas tree outside the Dolphin Centre
Council replaces real Christmas tree with £14,000 fake
A Dorset council replaces its traditional town centre fir Christmas tree with a £14,000 fake one.

HMP Kirkham Jail boss scuppers freedom raffle
A raffle prize of a day's freedom offered to prisoners at a Lancashire jail is withdrawn after the governor finds out about it.

Yves Rossy on 25 November 2009 Jetman Africa-Europe flight fails
A Swiss man fails in his attempt to become the first person to fly solo across the Strait of Gibraltar using a single jet-propelled wing.

A Cathay Pacific Airbus Hong Kong flights toilet mystery
Cathay Pacific says its Airbus fleet is being hit by a series of mysterious toilet blockages on Hong Kong flights.

Emmys for Walters and Sir David
Julie Walters takes an acting prize while Sir David Frost wins a lifetime achievement award at the International Emmys.

Astronaut becomes father in space
Astronaut Randolph Bresnik becomes a father in space after his wife gives birth to a daughter back home on Earth in Texas.

Whisky protected against copies
New guidelines to protect Scotch whisky from foreign imitation are coming into force, including rules on labelling and bottling.

Czech zoo lions kill rare tiger
Two lions at a zoo in the northern Czech Republic have killed a rare white tigress after getting into her enclosure

Lincoln's letter to boy on sale
A letter written by former US President Abraham Lincoln to a schoolboy nearly 150 years ago is to go on sale for thousands of dollars.

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America on the Waldseemuller map 1507 gag
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7 questions on the sweary comic as it hits the big 3-0
High Street mannequin Walk on by
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