Strange News

• Woman who faked being a man to get into Magic Circle finally allowed in

  How did one woman fool the most famous magic society on the planet?

• Letter sheds possible new light on Shakespeare's marriage

  New analysis of a letter fragment has possibly shed light on William Shakespeare's marriage - suggesting it may have been less fractious than previously suggested.

• Just 303 DeLoreans left on Britain's roads, say DVLA

  Forty years on from the film that made them immortal, there are just 303 DeLorean cars left on Britain's roads.

• Robots race half-marathon against humans for first time, one falls over

  Robots have raced against humans in a half-marathon for the first time.

• Four-foot-long caiman found and seized by police

  A four-foot-long caiman has been seized by police during a search of a property in Essex.

• Millions tune in to see 24-hour live coverage of annual moose migration

  Millions of viewers are expected to tune in to one of TV's unlikely hits over the next few weeks, as herds of moose make their annual spring migration toward summer grazing pastures.

• Toby Carvery criticised for felling ancient oak tree - as council reports incident to police

  An ancient oak tree thought to be more than 400 years old has been cut down in what has been called a "depressing" and "devastating" incident in north London.

• 'Once-in-a-lifetime' Iron Age hoard found in Yorkshire

  A "once-in-a-lifetime" hoard of Iron Age artefacts has been uncovered by archaeologists.

• Diamond earrings swallowed by suspected thief are recovered by police

  Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he swallowed the jewellery worth nearly £600,000 during his arrest, US police have said.

• 'World's ugliest animal' named New Zealand's fish of the year

  The blobfish, described as the world's ugliest animal, has been voted fish of the year in New Zealand.