Britain's favourite nude activities revealed
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Cooking, gardening and vacuuming are three activities that British people enjoy doing in the nude, according to a new survey. Vision Direct’s study also found that 1% of adults have at some point driven while naked.
Alien abductee to reveal all in Pontefract
An alien abductee is to speak out at an event in Pontefract, Yorkshire, four decades after his testimony sparked a media storm. Calvin Parker was 19 years old when he and co-worker Charles Hickson were allegedly set upon by a UFO while out fishing in Pascagoula, US.
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