We don’t like to stereotype, but the French love their bread, and to prove it, a team of local bakers have gained a new world record for the longest-ever baguette. Coming in at a whopping 140.5 metres, the baked delight didn’t go to waste afterwards – it was cut up, slathered in Nutella and handed out to a raft of hungry locals… Bon Appétit! 

This year’s Eurovision hopefuls have walked the turquoise – not red – carpet in the Swedish city of Malmo ahead of this weekend’s contest. There were – as you’d expect – some interesting looks to say the least… including Finland’s Windows95man in an upside-down denim umbrella…

Residents in a sleepy English town have complained “everything is going downhill” after the local council did away with apostrophes on street signs. Officials in North Yorkshire reckon punctuation confuses its computers – but annoyed locals have taken to hand drawing them back onto affected streets…