A historic wreck thought to be a 600-year-old ship that helped Henry V wage war on France has been identified in an English river.

The shipwreck, buried in mud in the River Hamble in Hampshire, is believed to be the Holigost – or Holy Ghost – the second of four “great” ships built for Henry V’s royal fleet, government heritage agency Historic England said.

The wreck was first spotted from an aerial photograph by historian Dr Ian Friel, in an area described as a medieval breaker’s yard, next to Henry’s flagship, the Grace Dieu, which was identified in the 1930s. Historic England is taking steps to protect and investigate the shipwreck.

Tongue-twisters from literature

Don Quixote, Daenerys Targaryen – from Game of Thrones – and Oedipus have topped a poll of literary names people struggle to say correctly.

The study follows Harry Potter author JK Rowling’s recent disclosure that Voldemort is actually pronounced ‘Vol-De-Mor’ with a silent T.

A survey of 2,000 people aged 18-65, conducted by digital audiobook retailer Audible, found that 39% have pronounced the names of literary characters incorrectly.

UK curry lovers spend £300 a year

Curry-loving Britons could find themselves spending more than £300 a year enjoying their favourite takeaways, research suggests.

Research for Nationwide Building Society Current Accounts found that consumers enjoy an average of three takeaways a month, with people spending £9.41 each time they have a curry.

Based on these average figures, people could find themselves spending nearly £340 a year if they have a curry each time they fancy a takeaway, the research, released to mark National Curry Week, found.

Prank dummy in woman’s garden

A dummy placed face down in a Detroit woman’s front garden as a Halloween prank has prompted repeated visits by police.

Larethia Haddon said police turned up on Tuesday, the first day she put the dummy out. Officers arrived again on Wednesday and Thursday, officer Jennifer Moreno told the Detroit News. By Friday, there were no calls. “Just a dummy,” said officer Shanelle Williams.

Ms Haddon said she puts the dummy face down in a different location in her garden every morning and watches the reactions from passers-by as she sips coffee. She said some have attempted CPR and “once they find out it’s a dummy, it’s so hilarious”.

Inmates’ coats too jailhouse blue

Hundreds of winter coats earmarked for inmates near Philadelphia will instead warm the homeless because they arrived in a too-familiar shade of prison blue.

Officials say the tan coats they ordered for the Bucks County Jail arrived in a shade similar to the coats worn by guards.

So women inmates in Doylestown, Bucks County, have helped with some tailoring. The 400 coats now have a new flap over the word “inmate” and are on their way to homeless shelters and outreach programmes, the Bucks County Courier Times reports. County spokesman Chris Edwards said the county will not have to pay for the items because of the shipping error.

Old school defence traps burglar

An Indiana woman says her training in medieval combat helped her corner a home intruder.

Karen Dolley, of Indianapolis, threw punches until she had the man cornered during the night-time break-in. She then kept him subdued with a Japanese sword she keeps near her bed.

Dolley, 43, said she learned to fight as a teenager in the Society for Creative Anachronism, a group that recreates skills of the Middle Ages. She also skates with roller derby team Naptown Roller Girls. Police responding to Ms Dolley’s 911 call arrested Jacob Wessel, 30, of Greenwood, charging him with residential entry.