Wonky signs, parking fiascos, village rivalries and the gloriously odd goings-on of these islands.
London collector Coby Bull has set a Guinness World Records title by opening seven packs of trading cards in one minute while strapped to the top wing of a 1940s biplane above Headcorn Aerodrome in Kent.
An actor and an artist in full armour charged at each other on rented Lime e-bikes in London Fields. Lime asked people not to. The Halloween rematch had 5,000 RSVPs.
A couple in Yardley turned their home into a full-blown haunted attraction, complete with dolls in the downstairs loo. They've raised thousands for charity.
A couple in Long Eaton filled a roundabout with rescued garden gnomes. Now there's a petition to call it Gnome-man's land, and the council says it will 'continue to monitor'.
Elmbridge Borough Council in Surrey reckons it wrongly fined drivers more than 9,000 times since 2020. Over 1,800 people have already asked for their money back.
More than 250 competitors – some dressed as chickens, one as a tree – descended on a Northamptonshire village to smash each other's nuts. The overall champion is a 28-year-old from Oundle.
A brand-new brown tourist sign in Falmouth helpfully directed visitors to Plymouth Marina. Plymouth is in another county. It lasted two days.
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