Cleaners reveal weirdest things they’ve found at work
And other stories from the stranger side of life

A box of ladies fingernails, a Voodoo doll full of pins and a five-foot plaster cast of a penis – these are just some of the odd things that cleaners have found at work. A survey of more than 2,000 cleaners also revealed that one cleaner found a dollhouse brothel.
Man finds parents 33 years after he was abandoned at Gatwick
A man who was abandoned as a baby at Gatwick Airport has tracked down his parents. Steve Hydes was left in the airport's south terminal in 1986 when he was just 10 days old. After 15 years trying to trace his family he has discovered his mother passed away but his father is still alive. He has also found out he has siblings.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Cuddling cat banned from Bristol hospital
A cat who cuddled patients at A&E has been banned from entering the hospital. For months, Kolo the tabby cat has been strolling into Southmead Hospital in Bristol and cuddling up to patients or sleeping on the reception desk. But now Helen Blanchard, North Bristol NHS Trust nursing and quality director, said: “The cat is not welcome.”
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
-
Pakistan's solar panel boom
Under The Radar A 'perfect storm' has created a solar 'revolution' in the south Asian country
-
Book reviews: 'America, América: A New History of the New World' and 'Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson'
Feature A historian tells a new story of the Americas and the forgotten story of a pioneering preacher
-
Another messaging app used by the White House is in hot water
The Explainer TeleMessage was seen being used by former National Security Adviser Mike Waltz
-
Zoos offer cockroach naming and hippo poo candles
Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life
-
NHS tells Scots to walk like penguins
Tall Tales Walk like penguins in the snow, says NHS
-
Experts discover why dogs wag their tails
Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life
-
Peruvian 'aliens' aren't really aliens
Tall Tales And other stories from stranger side of life
-
Woman accidentally puts nan in washing machine
Tall Tales And other stories from the stranger side of life
-
Couple sues after ‘farting dog’ ruins flight
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
-
Experts suggest the real-life Dracula was vegan
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life
-
Pedants forgive Waterstones over apostrophe
feature And other stories from the stranger side of life