Society

BRITAIN was last night pinning its hopes on the next generation of fraudsters, after the latest failure to con a large financial institution with a fake death scam.

A 75 year-old widower from Suffolk is believed to be the first man in the UK to leave his entire estate to a watermelon.

THE long-term unemployed are to be boiled down and used for soup, ministers confirmed last night.

MINISTERS were yesterday forced to withdraw a new report which showed crime falling across the country, after realising it was Danish.

A FIREFIGHTER sacked for being overweight is a key member of the team and makes an outstanding firedoor, his colleagues said last night.

GORDON Brown is to tackle violent crime by identifying the country's worst families and forcing them to live on the streets.

YOUNG people who carry knives are to be sent on a series of educational outings, taking in hospitals, Madame Tussauds and a spoon factory.

LIVERPOOL yesterday marked the anniversary of the last full day the Beatles spent in the city before buying huge houses in Surrey. 

A TEENAGE girl who claimed she found a bat in her 34FF bra is actually having an affair with the flying mammal, friends revealed last night. 

A THREE year-old boy last night revealed how a gang of extreme right wing toddlers ruined his birthday party with violence and racial taunts.