Giant crab caught off the UK coast
A giant crab with a shell 12in wide has been caught by a diver off the UK coast.
The crustacean, weighing 17lb and with a claw span of 9in, was found by diver Paul Worsley, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, during a recent diving trip in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Douglas Lanfear, who runs the dive boat Blue Turtle, said he was amazed at the size of the crab: "It was truly a monster."
BOOK HUNT
Private detectives are being used to track down overdue library books, a council said.
Norfolk County County said it had spent more than 80,000 in the past three years on debt recovery.
This included the use of private investigators to reclaim unpaid school transport fees, locate owners of abandoned vehicles and trace missing library books, DVDs and CDs.
BEST MATE
Zoo keepers have found a mate for for a giant male beetle that arrived in the UK in bananas from Costa Rica.
The rare creature, which is the size of a hamster, was given to Linton Zoo, near Cambridge, by pest controllers about a month ago.
Now, following an appeal, the elephant beetle has been paired up with a female that was being held in captivity in Germany. "They are both getting on extremely well," said a zoo spokeswoman.
ALED FAN
A retiring schoolteacher was named as "Aled Jones's biggest fan".
A national campaign was launched for people who are "nuts about Aled Jones".
Lynda Bull, 58, from Pontypridd, South Wales, was found to be the Songs of Praise presenter's greatest admirer in the hunt by the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
JELLY WOBBLE SOUND
Scientists have captured the sound of wobbling jelly and plan to broadcast it at a bizarre event at University College London.
The architectural jelly banquet hosted by the university is part of the London Festival of Architecture. Competing jellies designed by world leading architects will go on display at the banquet.
The jelly recording was made in a sound-proof chamber by sound artist Douglas Murphy. A number of jellies were wobbled, and their oscillations measured so they could be turned into into sound waves.
ROCKING REMEMBRANCE
Hymns are being replaced at funerals in one Australian city by popular rock classics like Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven and AC/DC's Highway to Hell, a cemetery manager said.
At Centennial Park, the largest cemetery and crematorium in Adelaide, only two hymns still rank among its top 10 most popular funeral songs: Amazing Grace and Abide With Me.
Leading the funeral chart is crooner Frank Sinatra's My Way, followed by Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World.
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