Police were called after a woman found a suspected toe buried in a field in Gateshead. Detectives deployed specialist search teams to scour the area. Hours later, officers discovered the “toe” was in fact a potato with a mushroom growing next to it.
Newcastle Chronicle (Chris Lanigan)
Snakes and bladders
A Coronation Street actor said he was left “dreaming of snakes” after he found a 4ft royal python on his toilet seat. Harry Visinoni, who plays Seb Franklin in the TV soap, went to brush his teeth when he saw the reptile “staring at him” in his home in Hale. The RSPCA has named it Lulu, which it said seemed “appropriate”.
BBC Manchester (James Shepherd)
Meat is murder
The Smiths fan Max Paley, 25, has opened a Manchester curry house called This Charming Naan, in honour of his favourite band. Frontman Morrissey would be proud, as the takeaway is vegan.
Metro (Daragh Brady)
Bitcoin benevolence
A man who threw away a laptop hard drive containing bitcoin he believes is now worth £210m wants his council to let him search for it in landfill. He said he was willing to donate 25 per cent of the value of the bitcoins to his home city of Newport if he found the hard drive. “Imagine how great it would be to say ‘I’ve given everyone in the city a few hundred pounds’,” he told the BBC.
BBC Wales (Chris Rossi)
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This article appears in the 20 Jan 2021 issue of the New Statesman, Biden's Burden