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Google appears to be rolling out "audio emojis" to its phone users.

A breakfast expert has said simplicity is the key to a perfect bacon sandwich.

When her daughter first started complaining about "monsters" in her bedroom, Ashley Class didn't give it too much thought, thinking her three-year-old had perhaps been imaging things after watching Pixar's Monsters, Inc.

A Willy Wonka-inspired experience in Glasgow that reduced children to tears and prompted calls to the police has inspired a similar event in Los Angeles, drawing dozens of curious fans.

A tourist has been fined NOK 12,500 Norwegian Kroner (£900) for approaching a walrus in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

A rare Lego piece that fell into the sea in 1997 has been found by a 13-year-old boy in Cornwall.

The windmill blades of the Moulin Rouge, the most famous cabaret club in Paris, have fallen off.

A dog has been rescued after getting trapped under a kitchen at a home in Swansea.

Milan is proposing a new law to ban ice cream after midnight in an effort to protect the "tranquillity" of residents.

A dog who went missing in Australia for more than a fortnight has been reunited with his owners in the UK.

A ram believed to be responsible for killing an elderly couple has been shot dead by New Zealand police.

NASA has been asked to help in a new search for the Loch Ness monster.

Police officers were left "confused" by a bird when it convincingly mimicked the sound of the sirens on their cars.

Commuters at a train station in Australia were left doing a doubletake as an escaped racehorse joined them to wait for a passenger service.

Some frogs scream at an ear-splitting volume for other animals but its frequency is inaudible to humans, scientists have discovered.

Chechnya has reportedly banned music that is too fast or too slow.

A rented flat secretly converted into a "fantasy world" by its tenant has been given Grade II listed status after volunteers campaigned to save it.

A dog missing from California has been reunited with its owners after turning up almost nine months later - and more than 2,000 miles away from the family home.

A French diver took a tumble during an Olympic inauguration ceremony performed in front of distinguished guests - including Emmanuel Macron.

A tiny remote island off the coast of Sicily has started donating its 600 goats, with the animals overwhelming the human population of just 100.

A bird trespassing on train tracks at Brighton station caused an hour-and-a-half of disruption during rush hour.

A rare macaque has been stolen during a raid on a zoo in Germany.

Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge in parts of the US in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries.

With the window for April Fool's Day pranks now closed, we round up some of the more creative and canny jokes.

A US baseball team has been accused of fat-shaming after it named its pig mascot after weight-loss drug Ozempic.

A picnic area at a tourist attraction in Arizona has been closed to visitors because of the presence of a pungent plant called stinknet - which smells as lovely as it sounds.

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is hoping to deliver a knockout blow with his new cannabis product - edibles in the shape of nibbled ears.

Waiters and waitresses have raced through the streets of the French capital for the first time in 13 years.

A lucky group of black bears were treated to a pedalo ride after a lake formed in their enclosure.

The largest gold nugget ever found in England was dug up by a veteran metal detectorist - who showed up an hour late with faulty equipment.