A pregnant 24-year-old from Carmarthen, north Wales, has pleaded guilty to attacking a parked police car with a rolling pin. She was reported to have explained her action as follows: "It was
something I needed to do and I did it." (South Wales Evening
Post)

About fifty mourners, including one who flew in from Portugal, attended a New Orleans-style funeral for a stray cat in Walthamstow, north-east London. ( "http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/9309862.WALTHAMSTOW__Funeral_held_for_beloved_stray_cat/?ref=mr">Walthamstow Guardian, with thanks to Mark
Wallace)

Cat bones believed to be a 300-year-old charm to ward off witches have been found in the ceiling of a room at the Duke’s Head Hotel, King’s Lynn. ( "http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/mystery_cat_bones_found_in_norfolk_hotel_ward_off_witches_1_1092175">Eastern Daily Press)

Burglars who broke into a house in Porthleven, near Helston, Devon, left with the contents of a six-year-old boy’s piggy bank. ( "http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/Burglars-child-s-piggy-bank-raid/story-13620861-detail/story.html">Western Morning News)

Jack Russell dogs were rescued this week after five days down a drainpipe in Aldbrough, Hull, and three days stuck in a badger hole in Worthing, Sussex. ( "http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Jess-Jack-Russell-rescued-days-stuck-pipe/story-13598052-detail/story.html">Hull Daily Mail; "http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9313462.Dog_rescued_after_three_days_in_badger_hole/?ref=rss">The Argus, Brighton) 

Police are appealing for information after tomato puree was squeezed through the letterbox of a flat in Cam, Gloucestershire. Eggs were also thrown at one of the windows. ( "http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/Tomato-puree-attack-Gloucestershire-house/story-13589454-detail/story.html">Gloucester Citizen)

A stolen tall bike has been returned to its owner, a clown, in Bristol, after being found abandoned in a park. It was the second bicycle the clown has had stolen. ( "http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Clown-riding-high-stolen-bike-returned/story-13598386-detail/story.html">Bristol Evening Post)

An iguana that escaped its enclosure at Plantasia, a tourist attraction in Swansea, remains at large. ( "http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/10/21/missing-iguana-still-at-large-at-swansea-s-plantasia-attraction-91466-29637358/">South Wales Echo)

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