Shop signs, home-made pin-cushions and a bone cockerel carved by a prisoner-of-war are going on show in a gallery that is home to some of the country’s most famous works of art.
The work, in the British Folk Art exhibition at Tate Britain, has been drawn from around the country and includes almost 200 pieces.
The carved cockerel is from a camp at Norman Cross near Peterborough which was home to thousands of French soldiers captured during the Napoleonic Wars. Curator Martin Myrone said the work, carved from mutton bones, was “a fabulous rendering of an everyday familiar animal”.
2,400 mile Pacific row for charity
Installing a fish tank for reality TV star Peter Andre has led a man to try to row 2,400 miles single-handed across the Pacific to raise funds for the showman’s charity.
Daryl Farmer, 39, from East Grinstead, West Sussex, said he was inspired to take on the endurance challenge after hearing stories from other adventurers such as rowers Roz Savage and James Cracknell and he wants to raise money for Andre’s foundation in support of Cancer Research.
They met in 2013 in an aquatic supplies shop when the Australian star just happened to walk in. They got talking, Mr Farmer ended up installing his fish tank for him, and the two became friends. Andre later set up his foundation in memory of his brother Andrew who died from kidney cancer.
Blows on human face leave mark
Five million years of slugging it out with fists has left its mark on the human face, scientists believe.
Evidence suggests it evolved to minimise damage from bruising altercations after our ancient ancestors learned how to throw a punch. Researchers studied the bone structure of australopiths, ape-like bipeds living four to five million years ago that pre-dated the modern human primate family Homo.
They found that australopith faces and jaws were strongest in just those areas most likely to receive a blow from a fist.
‘Stole credit cards to rent car, home’
A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of using stolen credit cards to rent a 240,000 dollar (£142,780) sports car and a 12 million dollar (£7.1 million) holiday home.
Mohanned Halaweh, 19, was arrested after he was pulled over while driving the 2012 McLaren coupe he had rented for 13,000 dollars (£7,733) and was subsequently reported stolen by its owner, Sonoma County Sheriff’s Sgt Michael Raasch told the San Francisco Chronicle. Halaweh also paid 27,000 dollars (£16,064) to rent an estate in Glen Ellen, Sgt Raasch said. Prosecutors have charged him with four felonies – credit card fraud, receiving stolen property, identity theft and vehicle theft – along with an enhancement charge of being in possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Raising awareness of cerebral palsy
A Michigan teenager carrying his seven-year-old brother on his back has battled heat, rain, fatigue and more to finish a 40-mile (64-kilometre) walk to raise awareness about cerebral palsy.
Fourteen-year-old Hunter Gandee walked from his junior high school not far from the Ohio border to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He carried his brother, Braden, throughout the two-day journey. When they strolled up a winding road towards the university’s wrestling centre, Braden was asked how he felt, and said simply: “Tired.” Hunter said there was talk of stopping the walk at around the 30-mile (48-kilometre) mark due to chafing on his brother’s legs. Called the Cerebral Palsy Swagger, the goal was to raise awareness about cerebral palsy and to put a face on the neurological disorder.
Pupils tricked into eating pet snacks
A school aide has been suspended after she tricked pupils into eating pet snacks by telling them they were cookies, a Pennsylvania school district said.
About 75 fourth-graders at New Hanover-Upper Frederick Elementary School received the pet treats during a break. No injuries were reported. Pupil Gabriel Moore told WFMZ-TV the aide first joked they were dog treats, then told students they were actually cookies. Gabriel ate three. Boyertown Area School District officials notified parents. They did not disclose the type of pet treat but said the ingredients would only be harmful to people with certain food allergies.