Michael Phelps's Daily Diet

Olympic super-champion Michael Phelps eats 12,000 calories a day - six times the amount consumed by the average male. In one day, Phelps will consume (among other foods) an entire pizza, a kilogram of pasta, and 5 stuffed sandwhiches. Here is a typical daily menu from the...

Fla. man dials 911, complains his sub had no sauce

" The sauce for a spicy Italian sandwich was apparently a must have for one Florida man. The man, Reginald Peterson, called 911 twice after a sandwich shop left off the sauce. Peterson initially called the emergency number Thursday so that officers could have his subs made...

Thousands of dead starfish found on beach

Thousands of starfish have been found washed up dead on a beach in Kent. A carpet of the dead creatures covered hundreds of yards of the beach at Pegwell Bay near Sandwich.

Deadly Black Widow spider hitches ride to UK in Cadillac imported from US

Working for a firm importing classic American cars, Adam Morrison-Thomas is well-versed in handling exotic arrivals. But not necessarily eight-legged ones that can kill with a single bite. The encounter between the mechanic and the black widow spider began when he opened...

Paddington Bear Kicks Marmalade Habit for Marmite

"Paddington Bear has broken the habit of a lifetime, swapping his trademark marmalade sandwich for Marmite in a TV ad campaign. In the commercial, Paddington - who for the past 49 years has kept an "emergency" marmalade sandwich to hand - decides that he "ought to try...