Bayeux Tapestry ‘riddled with errors’
And other stories from the stranger side of life

Mistakes in the Bayeux Tapestry have been uncovered by an amateur embroiderer who is making a full-size replica of the original, reported the Daily Telegraph. Long regarded as one of the most important records of English history, Mia Hansson has discovered that the tapestry is “riddled with errors”, including a soldier with two left hands, a sailor with no facial features and a courtier with one red leg and one white. “It’s doing my head in”, said Hansson, who is six years into her project.
Pig coaxed out club with crisps
A pig seemingly fancied a late night drink when he turned up at a working men’s club shortly before closing time. Punters at the Easington Colliery Club in County Durham were amused when the pig, believed to be called Roddy, began running around the bar. Customers managed to lure him outside with cheese and onion crisps. “Everyone was laughing about it,” the bar’s steward told the Metro.
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