STEVEN Marriott, from West Bridgford, in Nottingham claims he has found the world's biggest Bran Flake and plans to set it on eBay for £1,000.

A Daily Mail article reports that Steven wondered why nothing was coming out when he opened the new box for nine-year-old son Oscar and discovered that a massive single bran flake - measuring six by four inches - was blocking the inner bag of the Kellogg's cereal.

Steven commented: “We've still got the flake and we're considering putting it on eBay. Apparently an over-sized cornflake was sold for more than £1,000 a few years ago so you never know.”

THE Daily Express tells its readers how a kind-hearted police officer came to the rescue of a newly-wedded couple whose big day was in danger of being ruined.

Emmott and Georgia Garnett had just tied the knot in front of friends and relatives at Burnley's Registry Office when their chauffeur-driven car was involved in a road collision.

But when PC Pete Howarth arrived on the scene to investigate, he took them to the reception in Foulridge, Lancashire in his patrol car.

Georgia said: “We hadn't been able to get in touch with anyone to let them know what was happening so they thought we had arranged the police car for the day.”

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are said to be thrilled by the discovery of the foundations of three large Roman houses preserved for nearly 2,000 years in a park in centre of Chichester.

James Kenny, an archaeologist at Chichester district council, told The Guardian that he believes that when fully excavated they will prove to be some of the best Roman houses found in a city centre in Britain.

“To find what appear to be well-preserved Roman remains in one of the few stretches of open ground in a city which has been continuously built and rebuilt ever since the days of Alfred the Great is really exciting.

“Particularly since this city had no mains drains until so late – not until the 1880s – it is absolutely pockmarked with centuries of cesspits and rubbish dumps, so very little undisturbed Roman material remains.”

The phrase "Duck don't Grouse" comes to mind on reading a report in the Sun that after a spate of HGVs hitting bridges they are too high to go under and too heavy to use, councils across England are demanding lorry drivers should be banned from using sat nav systems designed for cars because they cause chaos when they go down roads that are too small for them or on bridges they’re too heavy for.  Having just replaced a rather expensive wing mirror that was taken out by a lorry down a country lane in the UK, I have to agree.

I' VE heard of some daft reasons for a train being delayed but the Daily Mirror has come up with a real corker.

According to the paper, a London to Edinburgh train was delayed after a scorpion escaped from a passenger's bag.

A British Transport Police spokeswoman said: “We were called at 2.56pm to a Virgin train from King's Cross to Edinburgh and we met the train at Peterborough.

“A scorpion had escaped from a passenger's bag, but it had been recaptured quickly and put in an ice cream box. We have taken the scorpion to an exotic pet rescue in Peterborough.”

Politics
Many people consider politics boring, but 2016 will be infamous for its plethora of political upheavals, ending on that startling note as the world watched the multi-billion dollar business mogul, Donald Trump, who had no previous political experience, elected as the 45th President of the United States. Didn't see that one coming.

Adding to the hype of 2016, scandal after scandal unravelled in the political world - recall Hillary Clinton’s controversial emails? Feminists worldwide gained a huge win as female leadership came to office in lands that had previously been dominated by men. Viral stories in the UK included stories about Sadiq Khan, Queen Elizabeth, Theresa May, and David Cameron. Not so boring, wouldn’t you agree?