The weird, wonderful web

Each week we bring you some weird and wonderful stories from our websites to put a smile on your face at the start of the weekend. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

Visitors to this year’s Dewsbury On Sea event in August can have a whale of a time – literally! Click here

I know traffic jams and rushour queues can be bad these days but who knew one in 10 had actually fallen asleep at the wheel?? Click here

When is a taxi not a taxi? When it’s a novely item of course. Not sure quite what form it will take but can’t wait to see the revellers down Batley’s golden mile trying to hail it of a Saturday night. Click here

Some collect stamps, some collect butterflies but this man collects... bricks. Click here

And it’s health and safety gone mad... I mean, how dangerous can cheese rolling be? Click here

More next week!
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