Welsh authorities are begging Harry Potter fans to stop leaving old socks at the beach site used for Dobby’s grave in the popular film franchise. Officials decided to keep the shrine but say thousands of yearly visitors are damaging the delicate ecology with their tributes.

The world’s oldest cowboy Bob Holder, known as the ‘Cootamundra Cat’, has vowed to get back in the saddle after falling off his horse and spending a month in Wagga hospital. The 91yo says wild horses couldn’t drag him away from the rodeo circuit…

A new study reckons swearing will make you fitter, happier and more persuasive. So next time someone tells you to mind your language, you know what you can tell them – and we ain’t spelling it out here…