A feared piranha has been caught in a British pond, thousands of miles from its common habitat in South America.
Angler Derek Plum, 46, caught the fish, regarded as the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world, at Radnor Park in Folkestone, Kent.
The 1lb 4oz catch was identified as a red-bellied piranha, whose diet consists mainly of fish, insects and worms.
Seeing red
Britons are more likely to get mad with their computers than with their partners, according to a survey.
The study showed almost half of those questioned admitted to losing their temper with their PC more than anything else in their life.
The poll of 3,000 people by online security software company AVG showed a third had lost information due to a computer crash and 30 per cent had shed a tear over their computer woes.
Classic car collar
A trio of suspected burglars were caught by quick-thinking police driving a 1983 Rover.
The uniformed officers were in a convoy of privately-owned classic cars travelling to a show at RAF Northolt, in north west London.
When they heard reports on their radios of three men suspected of breaking into a home in Hillingdon they set off in pursuit. Borough Commander Julian Worker said the officers caught the men "with a good bit of police work" as they made off from a property in Flamborough Road.
Survivor
A troubled South African man shot himself in the head and was then hit by a truck - and survived.
South African emergency services said the bullet passed through the man's mouth and lodged in his skull. The man - who was fully awake and conscious - then tried to cross the road to seek help, and was hit by the truck.
A spokesman said the man, who was not named, was critical but stable in hospital after the incident in the town of Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal province.
Cups running over
A drinking game has blossomed into a nationwide American competition with a 25,000 US dollar first prize.
Organisers of the World Beer Pong Tour - won in Atlantic City by California pairing Michael Seviert and Byron Findley - hope the national tournament and 50,000 US dollars of prize money will put a respectable face on the activity.
Beer pong is a game in which two teams assemble at opposite ends of a table that has 10 plastic cups filled with beer arranged in a triangle formation at either end. Shooters try to toss pingpong balls into the cups. If a ball goes in, the cup is taken off the table and a member of the opposing team has to drink the beer in it.
Top dad Peter
Single father Peter Andre has been named celebrity dad of the year - beating Prime Minister David Cameron in the public vote.
The 37-year-old, who has children Junior and Princess with ex-wife Katie Price, as well as stepson Harvey, was crowned the Bounty Celebrity Dad of the Year.
Accepting his award in London, the pop star and TV presenter declared fatherhood was his "most important role".
Patriotic hat
A Rhode Island mother said her son's school cited its no-weapons policy in stopping the second-grader from wearing a patriotic hat he made to honour army troops.
Christan Morales said her eight-year-old son David was assigned to make a crazy hat for his class at the Tiogue School in Coventry. She said they brainstormed and he came up with an idea to glue small plastic army figures to a camouflage hat with an American flag.
But she said a teacher called her to say David could not wear the "inappropriate" hat for the project because it featured guns, violating a school ban on weapons and toy weapons.
Snow hits out
Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow has hit out at the preoccupation with celebrity culture.
In an interview with the latest issue of Broadcast magazine, Snow referred to footballers' wives making headlines around World Cup time.
He said: "They don't want it, and I'm not entirely sure the British public want it all the time."
Connery returns
Hollywood star Sir Sean Connery has returned to his birthplace to unveil a plaque celebrating his contribution to Scottish cinema.
The actor, best known for playing James Bond, returned to the street where he was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh.
The plaque was erected just yards from the site of the tenement block where Sir Sean spent the early part of his life. He was born at 176 Fountainbridge, a block which was condemned and demolished in the 1960s.