Raymond Wickett, 56 and Jaqueline Perkins, 52, decided to exchange wedding vows this month, dressed as the green ogres from the Shrek films. The motivation behind this unusual theme was to make their wedding day a fun occasion that their grandchildren could remember. The entire wedding party was also dressed up in Shrek themed outfits for the event which took place in Coventry.
German eyemaker, Gerhard Greiner is the master craftsman behind these top-quality prosthetic, glass eyes, which he makes in his laboratory by hand. One eye can cost over $450 and can take over an hour to produce.
Ron Hubbard, an American living in California, has built this luxurious underground shelter that is all ready for use should there be any kind of disaster.
The K-9 Parish Comfort Dogs were brought in from Chicago to comfort the residents of Newton over the weekend. Here are some photos of the smiles they brought to the community.
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Acts that prove that there are wonderful people in the world.
In Britain, the weekend before Christmas is traditionally a celebratory occasion and revelers are out in full force, drinking and partying. In preparation for this time, a centre for drunks was set up in Soho at a cost of $810 000 (£500 000) to the government. Paramedics are kept busy dealing with injuries caused from silly drunken accidents and fights. In Newcastle, they received 1200 emergency calls on Friday alone.
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