Hampstead Heath lavatory is up for sale or rent, with the owner hoping the bottom doesn't fall out of the market. A toilet in the posh London surburb of Highgate has been put up for rent at £3,000 a month. The owner, builder James Atherton is looking to rent or sell the unusual piece of real estate - a stand alone loo he owns inside a block of flats at the bottom of Highgate West Hill. It is by a bus turnaround point and next to the bottom of Hampstead Heath. The facility is being promoted with a sign on the wall offering a "toilet space", hoping to catch the attention of bus drivers who need stop to relieve themselves at Parliament Hill Fields. Mr Atherton also predicted a surge in interest if Camden Council follows through with its controversial plans to close the public toilets in Pond Square in Highgate village and the Victorian toilets at the entrance to Hampstead Heath were demolished in the 1990s. Mr Atherton's toilet has been left unused for...
It turns out there is such a thing as double bananas – and this man has proof. Richard Preece, 33, found the extremely rare fruit in a bunch of bananas he had bought in his weekly shop in Asda. The father-of-three – who has completed charity fun runs dressed as Bananaman – was a little shocked at the bizarre discovery. His wife, Samantha, said: ‘It is the most bizarre coincidence. ‘It was just in a bunch of ordinary bananas so it was a bit of a shock. ‘When Sam opened it up none of us could quite believe it. I never even knew that you could get double bananas. ‘I showed my kids and they were quite amazed as they had never seen anything like it before. ‘When I put it on Facebook I wasn’t expecting the reaction that I got with the amount of innuendos and other implications people were commenting.’ In case you were wondering, the double banana tasted no different to an ordinary one, according to children Beatrice, nine, and Felix, six. ‘I thought my days...
A woman dumped by a millionaire racehorse owner after meeting him on Plenty of Fish took her revenge by filling his tot tub with dead mackerel. Zoe Jackson, 35, was left fuming after Gerard Brogan ended their three-month relationship. But the millionaire was left green-faced after finding the smelly fish heads and guts two days later. Jackson had decided to get her revenge by sneaking into his luxury home and dumping the fish guts in his hot tub. They had been in the 40C heat for days days before they were found. Speaking to The Sun, Gerard, from Bedale, North Yorkshire, said he found the smelly mess after inviting friends to his luxury home. “I was hit by the most horrified stink. All I could see was a lot of floating fish heads and eyes which had been bubbling say at 40C for two days. "I was almost sick.” Gerard then decided to look at his CCTV cameras and discover Jackson carrying a plastic carrier bag outside his home. After calling the police Jack...