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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.

Indian YouTuber Elvish Yadav has been arrested for allegedly supplying snake venom to be used as a recreational drug at raves.

An alligator kept in a home "since the 1990s" has been seized by authorities in New York - but its owner vowed to fight for its return.

A WSL match between Chelsea and Arsenal kicked off 30 minutes late due to clashing socks.

A viral incident in which a grandmother was hoisted into air by a shop's security shutters has been immortalised in a spray-painted mural.

Applications are open to work in Antarctica's famous "penguin post office".

A palm-sized blueberry has entered the record books after being officially crowned as the world's heaviest.