Exeter Cathedral is to mark the tenth anniversary of 11 September 2001 by having John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ played on its bells. (Exeter Express and Echo)
A man has appeared before magistrates in Lincoln charged with shoplifting dresses worth a total of about £1,200 from Peacocks and Marks & Spencer. He attended court in knee-length boots, tartan tights and a black mini-skirt. (Lincolnshire Echo)
Paignton Zoo is attempting to raise money through an auction of paintings by its gorillas. (Herald Express, Torquay)
An 82-year-old woman from Workington has donated an early home-made television set to the National Media Museum in Bradford. She inherited the set from her uncle, who built it in 1929 using Meccano, a klaxon horn and an oil lamp; he received a letter of congratulations from John Logie Baird. (News & Star, Carlisle)
A kitten has been found living, unharmed, in the engine compartment of a Volkswagen Passat in Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
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