A circus performer stood locked in a trance for hours after he accidentally hypnotised himself while practising his routine in a mirror.

Sword swallower Hannibal Helmurto, 38, whose real name is Helmut Kichmeier, stood transfixed in …

Ancient Britons may have found their way around the country using a sophisticated, geometric version of a satnav based on stone circles and way markers, if one man’s theory is to be believed.
They were able …

A granny was jailed for 13 years today after being found guilty of smuggling £1 million worth of cocaine into the country in her mobility vehicle.
Judge Adele Williams said Ambrozine Heron, 77, was a “willing …

Margaret Delfino may be a 90-year-old great-grandmother, but that doesn’t stop her from hauling out the big guns when it comes to blood donations.
Even as the Bakersfield woman gave up her 200th pint of blood …

A PUPPY survived having a BBQ fork stuck in its brain for three days before a vet was able to pull the prongs out.
Smokey, a 12-week-old chihuahua, was playing at a family gathering in the …

A SOLDIER has told a Darwin court that the moment a glass was smashed into his face during an alleged nightclub attack, destroying his left eye, had been “etched into” his mind.
Prison guard Te Tuhi …

A dog who ran off from its owner in Seattle’s Seward Park found some abandoned marijuana – and promptly ate it and got high.
Jen Nestor Waddell, the owner of Jack, an 11-year-old Labrador mix, told …

HE thought he’d netted a big one, but after reeling it in this fisherman found he really did have a live catch on his hands – a very unstable air-to-air guided missile, police said.
Commercial fisherman …

A MAN cut off his penis yesterday in protest at his parents’ choice of bride, a police official said.
The 25-year-old labourer from the village of Sheikh Eissa in southern Egypt was taken to hospital in …

“I don’t wish to be a girl; I just wish to be myself,” high school senior says
LOS ANGELES – An openly gay teen has been voted prom queen at his Los Angeles high school in …