COW RESCUE

A cow that managed to climb on to the roof of a garage before falling through has been rescued by firefighters - after spending 24 hours wedged in a car inspection pit in the UK.

The fire service was called by a farmer who had discovered one of his valuable beef breeding cows stuck in the pit.

It is not known how the young heifer scaled the roof of the garage, which is situated on the edge of the farmer's pasture in Bere Alston in Devon.

PEPPA HACKED

Parents have complained after a hacker took over a web page dedicated to a popular cartoon character.

The Facebook page for Peppa Pig World, a visitor attraction near Southampton based on the hit children's television show, has been filled with spam emails, random links and pictures, sparking angry comments from upset adults.

One of them, Julie Loader, wrote: "The hacker needs to grow up and go find something better to do than hack kids park pages. Get a life!!!!!" A spokeswoman for the attraction apologised for "what is frustratingly out of our control".

HISTORY UNDER THREAT

Houston's Astrodome stadium, New York's old Pan Am Worldport Terminal at Kennedy Airport and Montana's one-room schoolhouses are joining a list of America's most endangered historic places.

The Astrodome was the world's first domed, air-conditioned stadium and was once called the "eighth wonder of the world". Now it needs a plan for re-use to avoid demolition.

At New York's JFK Airport, the flying-saucer-shaped Worldport Terminal helped usher in the jet age in 1960. But it has been vacated by Delta Air Lines and faces demolition.

BAKED ALASKA

The usually cool state of Alaska has been hit by a heatwave, with temperatures topping 25C (77F) in Anchorage, and higher in other parts.

People have been sweltering with few homes having air conditioning.

The official afternoon high in the state capital was 27C (81F), breaking the city's record set in 1926 for that date. Mid-June normally brings highs around 15C (59F).

HOT FEET

A mother and her 18-year-old son have been accused of stealing frozen gopher feet worth £3,000 and selling them for a bounty in Minnesota .

They allegedly handed the feet in to local towns that offer rewards for proof of kills as they try to limit the gopher population.

They were arrested after a gopher trapper reported that bags of feet had been stolen from his freezer.