A French hospital was evacuated after a man in his 80s presented to doctors with a First World War shell stuck inside his rear. “An apple, a mango, or even shaving foam… we’re used to finding unusual objects inserted where they shouldn’t be,” an unnamed ER staffer told Nice-Matin. “But a shell? Never.” Doctors had to perform abdominal surgery to remove it. “It rarely comes out from where it comes in”, said one.
‘Glitch’ blamed for ‘smoke weed’ road sign
Deserted village to hold funeral
A village deserted since 1943 is to host a funeral for one of its last-known residents, reported The Times. Raymond Nash, 87, will posthumously return to the village of Imber, on Salisbury Plain, where he was born before people were evacuated during the war. The funeral, to be held in January by special arrangement with the Ministry of Defence, is believed to be only the second since the evacuation.
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