If numbers are your thing, you might enjoy this story about a couple of Irish basketball teams being forced to replay the final stretch of their contested quarter-final match. And by final stretch, we mean the final 0.3 seconds…

UK man Jimmy Sheen’s get-rich plans have gone down the toilet, with the 39yo pleading guilty to stealing a $9.3 million gold toilet from the 18th-century Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. And FYI – the gold toilet looks just as luxe as you’d expect.

Scottish singer/actress Lulu has evolved past the catchcry of her 1965 song Shout – she reckons “speech-fasting” is the way to go. When she has a gig planned, she won’t talk – or even whisper – until noon, saying “silence is golden”. No doubt introverts everywhere agree…