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Offbeat News tagged with Britain

Animal-Friendly Restaurants Becoming the Rage
Offbeat  (tags: Britain, U.K., restaurants, business, animals, pets, off-beat, society, unusual, interesting, culture )

Kate
- 87 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Diners named Muffin may well become the face of future dining as the economy tightens and the leisure industry scrabbles for new ways of luring customers through the door. French restaurants - for all their chic superiority - rarely turn a hair at dog-tot
Britain Releases Batch of Files on Sightings
Offbeat  (tags: Britain, paranormal, UFO, alien, sighting, study, space, research, science, scientists, technology, interesting, astronomy )

Mari
- 146 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LONDON - The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official report.
Celebrity Chef Nigella Lawson's Bum "Too Big" for U.S. Television
Offbeat  (tags: nigella lawson, to big, bum, botton, curvy, television, u.s., britain, uk, tv, food network, chef, american )

Cissy
- 200 days ago - thesun.co.uk
SEXY cook Nigella Lawson has got TV chiefs in a fluster -- because her bum has got TOO BIG. US directors are now avoiding shots of curvy Nigella's voluptuous rear end, a paper claims. The New York Post said: "Our spies at the Food Network say Nigella has
Treasury Searches for Family of Facebook Tramp Who Died Leaving Pension Pot Worth Thousands of Pounds | the Daily Mail
Offbeat  (tags: pension, treasury, legacy, tramp, facebook, mystery, stawinoga, poland, britain, uk, sikh, hindu, weird, possessions, odd, bizarre )

Cissy
- 215 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
He looks one of the least likely candidates to have left a cash legacy but Joseph Stawinoga always was a bit of a mystery. The tramp, who died last year after spending the last 30 years living in the middle of a ring road, left thousands of pounds in
BBC NEWS | UK | 'Royal' Chef Axed By US Network
Offbeat  (tags: food network, robert irvine, tv chef, queen, royalty, white house, knighthood, princess diana, prince charles, dinner: impossible, television, scottish castle, cv, false, lies, britain, uk, the U.S )

Cissy
- 217 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A British chef who reportedly invented his knighthood, gifts from the Queen and stints in the White House has been dropped by his US TV employers. Cable channel Food Network says it will not be renewing the contract of TV chef Robert Irvine, from
Man-Eating 'Psycho' Fish Found in UK
Offbeat  (tags: killer fish, man eating, fish, britain, weird, scary, interesting, unusual )

Simone
- 230 days ago - metro.co.uk
Meet psycho fish who is deadlier than a piranha and is invading Britain. The savage giant snakehead has been caught in Britain for the first time - sparking fears of a deadly invasion. The fish, which has a mouth crammed with fearsome teeth,
My Week: Heather Mills - A Parody - UK/Britain
Offbeat  (tags: uk, britain, heather mills, humour, humor, funny )

Chrissy
- 233 days ago - women.timesonline.co.uk
So I've sacked my lawyer. Why not? Anyone can be a lawyer. In fact, I was a lawyer. I ran away from home when I was 11 and set up one of the most successful legal firms in the history of the North East of England. A child! I was a child!
Council Evicts Grumpy Ghost
Offbeat  (tags: concil houses, britain, pshchic, polergeist, ghosts, exorcism )

Simone
- 235 days ago - brisbanetimes.com.au
British officials paids a psychic to exorcise a supposed poltergeist from state housing after the distressed occupants said otherwise they would leave and become homeless, a council official said on Tuesday. Easington Council in County Durham said the
The Moment a Diner Sent Back An £18,000 Bottle of Wine - for Being 'Fake'
Offbeat  (tags: petrus, wine, expensive, fake, magnum, odd, weird, knightsbridge, london, uk, britain, michelin, restaurant, cassini )

Cissy
- 241 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
It was a moment to make the most experienced sommelier gasp with horror. Normally when a favoured wealthy customer orders a magnum of Pétrus 1961, appreciative purrs of pleasure are expected to follow.
BBC NEWS | Au Revoir Mister Franglais
Offbeat  (tags: franglais, miles kington, odd, language, foreign, tongue, english, britain, uk, U.S., France, hybrid )

Cissy
- 246 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The British are notoriously bad at learning foreign tongues. But with Franglais, the late Miles Kington showed anyone could get by on holiday with just a petit peu of effort. If there is one foreign language that English speakers always seem to crack
Mysterious 'Ghostly' Face of Child Appears in Mobile Phone Photo of Teen Pals
Offbeat  (tags: mystery, figure, uk, britain, mobile, phone, matthew summers, ghost, child, photo, haunting, supernatural, odd, spooky, weird, image )

Cissy
- 256 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Frightened teenager Matthew Summers was given the creeps after taking a snap of seven friends - and finding a mystery eighth face staring back. The photograph appears to show the floating ghostly image of a child, which appears to be peeping through
Parted-at-Birth Twins 'Married'
Offbeat  (tags: twins, married, uk, deparated, odd, strange, marriage, britain )

Cissy
- 270 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A pair of twins who were adopted by separate families as babies got married without knowing they were brother and sister, a peer told the House of Lords. A court annulled the UK couple's union after they discovered their true relationship, Lord Alton...
Devilish Debate on End for Church of England
Offbeat  (tags: britain, queen, church, state, england, uk, Church of England, parliament, odd, strange, devil, god, house of commons )

Cissy
- 270 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Eyebrows were raised in the House of Commons on Thursday when a motion calling for the Church of England to be disestablished was listed with the number 666, symbol of the AntiChrist. "This number is supposed to be the mark of the Devil...
The Truth Is Out: X-Files Go Public | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited
Offbeat  (tags: ufo, defence, britain, uk, x files, archives, mod, secret, classified, space, investigation, agents, whitehall )

Cissy
- 272 days ago - guardian.co.uk
British UFO 'sightings' investigated by a secret branch of the MoD are soon to be revealed and officials are braced for a torrent of inquiries.Without warning, the orange UFO swooped toward them. The crew of the RAF Vulcan bomber banked hard and....
Mystery Container Found on Beach
Offbeat  (tags: mystery, container, scotland, uk, britain, western isles, stinky bay, ship, odd, strange )

Cissy
- 282 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Experts are trying to identify a huge metal container that has been washed up on a beach in the Western Isles. The tank, which is 27m high, has no markings and is thought to have fallen from a ship before being washed up on the west of Benbecula.
 

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