A mournful-looking stray who was thought to be putting potential adopters off with her hangdog expression has finally found a home.
Bless was the most long-term resident at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in London, with staff believing the lack of interest was down to the doleful dog’s permanently sad expression.
But following publicity, Geoff and Sylvia Shoesmith, of Chelmsford, Essex, leapt at the chance to take the six-year-old in after being drawn to her loving personality and calm, kindly temperament.
Shoesmith said: “She’s fantastic, I can’t fault her.”
Company says sorry with free cake
A year’s supply of fruit cake, a book of stamps and a free meerkat adoption are some of the forms of compensation offered by UK companies, a survey has found.
A book of vouchers redeemable only in the US, £2.48 (€3.12) in return for loss of the internet for a month and a free meal at a restaurant where the diner caught food poisoning are some of the other “goodwill” gestures suffered by consumers, the poll of 2,341 adults for the online complaints service resolver.co.uk revealed.
Repentant companies have also offered a bottle of orange juice that was out of date and fermenting, 60p (75c) in return for not switching mobile providers, and a box of condoms after a customer submitted a bad review when one broke.
There’s gold in that there beach!
A German artist has sparked an unlikely gold rush by burying thousands of pounds worth of the precious metal on a Kent beach as part of an arts festival.
Berlin-based Michael Sailstorfer has hidden 30 bars of 24-carat gold, worth £10,000 (€12,590) under the sand of the Outer Harbour beach in Folkestone as part of the town’s triennial.
Fortune hunters are being encouraged to search the beach after low tide from 4pm and will be able to keep any gold they find.
Hidden Oz sheep is shorn again
Shaun the shaggy Australian sheep has at last been shorn smooth, but the woolly wanderer has not been crowned the wooliest of all.
The sheep had been hiding for years on a farm on the island state of Tasmania and had never been shorn. He lost 23.5 kilograms of wool at his first haircut, the Australian Broadcasting Corp said.
Owners Peter and Netty Hazel had hoped he would beat a record held by a New Zealand sheep named Shrek that rose to fame in 2004 after he was found, having evaded shearing for seven years. But he had 27 kilograms of wool shorn off his body.
Surfing USA after hurricane hits
Thundering surf spawned by a Pacific hurricane has pounded the southern California coast, causing minor flooding and major surfing.
Crowds of spectators lined the shore as surfers flocked to favourite spots such as the notorious Wedge at Newport Beach, where the interaction of swells and a jetty produced huge waves.
But lifeguards sought to keep the inexperienced out of the water and were kept busy making rescues all day.