The UK’s most commonly misspelt names revealed
And other stories from the stranger side of life
Niamh and Aaron are the names most commonly searched for on Google, a new study has found. The spelling of Niamh prompted 4,110 monthly searches in the UK alongside other variations including Neve, Nieve, Neave, Neavh or Neeve, said the Daily Mirror. Aaron, which receives 2,670 searches a month on average, also leads to confusion. The study, by the online tool Unscrambled Words, discovered that the name Rachel gives people difficulty too, with the name receiving 2,770 searches per month.
Police ‘plod behind’ fleeing man
A man wanted by police in Oregon led deputies on a slow-speed chase in a construction excavator for more than half a mile before his arrest. Jesse B. Shaw, who was wanted for stealing a car, ignored deputies’ commands to exit machinery and surrender, said the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. He drove more than a mile and a half in the slow-moving excavator as deputies “plodded behind the vehicle in pursuit”, said Fox News, before eventually being arrested.
‘Meteor’ caught on camera
A suspected meteor has been caught on camera above the sky in the US. Locals in northern Utah and neighbouring Idaho reported hearing a loud “boom” on Saturday morning, and a light streaking across the sky can be seen in footage captured at the Snowbasin Resort in Utah, reported Sky News. The nine-second clip appears to show the meteor soaring over nearby peaks in the morning sun.
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