A baby girl - believed to be days old - found abandoned on a park bench has been named after the police officer who took her to hospital.Newborn Charlotte is said to be doing well after a passer-by spotted her in Hailesland Park in Edinburgh at about 12.55pm on Thursday.Lawrence Liddell told Edinburgh Evening News: "We really couldn't believe it when we found the baby."It was a really tiny newborn

The first date is a big one. The biggest. You don't get a second chance to make a first impression so maybe these tips can be helpful.10. Get too drunkEnjoying a bit of a tipple before or during your date is not a terrible idea but know your limits. It can be a tricky one to judge, but basically, you want to stop before you start doing vomit-burps and telling your date how highly you scored on a r

A picture has emerged of a two-headed pig born in a village in China.The animal was photographed following its birth in Jiujiang, in east China's Jiangxi province.A local vet said the creature was suffering from a rare deformity and would find it difficult to survive, but its owners have reportedly agreed not to slaughter it.Many animals can be affected by the condition of having two heads, which

A Brazilian model Instagrammed pictures of herself breastfeeding calves.Sabrina Boing Boing, who also impersonates Pamela Anderson and is a DJ, also posted images of herself feeding an ostrich.The snaps have caused something of an uproar in her native Brazil.The Daily Dot wrote: "You're supposed to milk cows, not the other way around."Sabrina's antics bring to mind the story of a mother-of-two who

Felix Laws and Helen Morfitt have become one of Britain's most unusual couples.The lovebirds have both had sex changes.Felix, 46, was born a girl called Katy. And Helen, 56, was born a boy called Leslie.At 5ft 8in, Helen towers over 5ft 1in Felix and the couple admit that people sometimes stare at them in the street.But they have never been happier and will elope to Gretna Green in September to ge

An Orthodox Jew, covered himself in a plastic bag to avoid falling foul of ancient religious rules that forbid him to fly over cemeteries.Others passengers strained to sneak a look at the unusual cabin baggage dressed in black under the plastic.It is believed the man is a Kohen, a descendant of the priests of ancient Israel who are banned from being near the dead because it could make them impure

A Zimbabwean woman, Mercy Sibanda from Plumtree dragged her cheating hubby to court accusing him of bashing her after denying him sex.Sibanda revealed that at one time she lost a tooth after her husband head-butted her when she refused him his conjugal rights.David Soko admitted having knocked off his wife's tooth but was quick to defend himself saying he acted in self defence after she had grabbe

A family doctor is being investigated after sending a cancer patient a text saying: "You've not got much time to enjoy life - Bye Jerk."Romanian GP Ionel Mircu was said to be furious when a 57-year-old patient from Cluj told him he was moving to another doctor because of the high fees he was being charged.Stunned victim Milu Husaric - who is dying from a brain tumour - received a text from the me

UK- Police have been trying to coax a protester down from a tree - 12 hours after he climbed to the top.The man, who was not named, was said to be refusing to come down over being deported, according to The Bolton News.Police officers, firefighters and paramedics were at the scene in Leigh, Greater Manchester.A police spokesperson told the paper: "At 8.40pm on Thursday, April 11, police were call

A victim of burglary is faced with a constant reminder of the day his laptop and tablet were stolen from his north London flat.An app installed in his MacBook Pro has tracked the device down and is beaming images back to him of its new owner – in Iran.Dom Del Torto can only watch as his device secretly captures a mystery woman going about her daily life 4,800km (3,000 miles) away in the country'

A woman in India quit her Morgan Stanley career to get married only to see her dreams shattered within a few months, she claims. She says she saw her Navy officer husband in a compromising position with a senior officer's wife and  was told that she too would have to be part of the "wife-swapping evenings" if she wanted her husband to keep his job."When I saw my husband with the other lady I

Customers at the Home Depot in West Covina, Los Angeles could only watch in disbelief as an unidentified man attempted to saw his own arms off in the middle of the store's aisles.Horrified customers at the home improvement outlet watched as he grabbed several small saws - usually used to cut sheet rock - and began slicing open his arms.He soon passed out on the floor in a pool of his own blood.An

A two-year-old had her feet cut off by a lawn mower driven by her father in a tragic accident.Thinking she was alerting him to something ahead, he backed up — shearing off both of their toddler Ireland Nugent's feet at the ankles and leaving one of her hands injured but intact.Jeremiah Nugent's wife Nicole screamed frantically and waved her arms at him across their lawn in a desperate attempt to

A 17-year-old maid, who allegedly forced her employer's 11-year-old son to be intimate with her on different occasions for a month, has appeared in court.She reportedly threatened the boy with death if he told anyone, the court heard.The Prosecutor alleged that sometime in September last year, the girl was employed by the boy's parents as a maid. They had different beds but slept in the same room.

Despite Chris Brown's flirtatious behavior with other women, he and Rihanna appear to be as loved-up as ever.Reports emerged last week that the notoriously on-and-off duo were split for good after Brown was linked to several other women, including beautiful waitress Karizma Ramirez in New York City.However, Brown was spotted at the “Diamonds” singer's Los Angeles concert the night before repor