Hoaxer impersonates Brazil leader
A hoaxer pretending to be Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was interviewed by some Portuguese-language radio stations before being found out.

Woman passes 950th driving test
A South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt.

China to auction Olympics condoms
Some 5,000 of the condoms distributed to Olympics athletes at the Beijing Games are to be auctioned off.

Three bald bears perplex experts
Bears in an eastern German zoo have lost their fur, but international experts cannot work out why.

Brazil man appears at own funeral
A Brazilian man surprises his family by turning up at his own funeral, reports say.

ZZ Top star tells of Tube odyssey
ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons reveals he chose a very un-rock star method of transport to the band's Wembley concert last week.

Royal footman takes fight title
A footman to the Queen has become British wrestling champion after beating his number one rival in a gruelling cage fight.

Oxford Circus 'X-crossing' opens
London's Oxford Circus gets a new diagonal crossing which allows shoppers to cross in an "X" as well as straight ahead.

1507 gag
How America was named by this map... and a pun

Wind breakers
Which farm animals are the biggest methane makers?

Viz quiz
7 questions on the sweary comic as it hits the big 3-0

Walk on by
Five ways the High Street has changed in the past year

De-activate me
What happens when you bail out of Facebook?

Film bluffing
Your crib sheets for those who haven't seen classic movies