Fallon Sherrock has become the first woman to hit a 9-dart finish at a PDC event. To unpack that sentence… Fallon = a 28yo English darts pro. A 9-dart finish = a perfect game where a player must reach the target total exactly and hit a double scoring area with their last throw. A PDC event = the world’s premier comp dominated by blokes. What a legend…

If you associate dahlias with old-fashioned floral pursuits, you’re sooo out of date… The pretty relative of the sunflower and daisy is a social media hit because of their “geometric perfection”, and now florists and backyard growers are scrambling to keep up with demand.

A 10kg “beady-eyed, orange-toothed, rat-tailed rodent” doesn’t sound like our idea of the perfect pet, but a Louisiana couple has fought and beaten state officials to legally keep Neuty the Nutria in their New Orleans home. If you want a look at him, here he is celebrating Mardi Gras in a jaunty hat…