A British council has banned people from having sex in graveyards.

Colchester Borough Council was forced to take action after dozens of mourners complained about the "disrespectful" behaviour in the town cemetery.

A British man has stolen 6,400 items of women's clothing and underwear.

Financial executive David O'Connell was sentenced to 16-months in prison for stealing approximately £119,000 worth of clothes from high street store Marks and Spencers.

A US man proposed to his girlfriend through a computer game.

The gaming fan popped the question to his girlfriend through a specially-designed level of Super Mario World.

Police looking for a car thief discovered the 'criminal' was a young bear.

Officers in Teller County, Colorado were called out to an apparent car theft when a young couple noticed a stranger inside their vehicle during the early hours of the morning.

Two dogs have married at a pet weddings centre.

Scrappy and Scuby - both Jack Russells - became the first "couple" to tie the knot at the centre after their owners decided to fork out £120 for the ceremony.

A German robbery suspect burgled a shop on his way to the police station for questioning.

The 41-year-old man took a detour on the way to his local station - where he was due to be interrogated over a suspected robbery - when he stopped to steal from a nearby supermarket.

A Chinese girl has baffled medics after her skin turned into 'cow hide'.

Over the past few months, a small birthmark on Li Xiaoyuan's back has started to spread all over her torso, arms and face.