Toast Tops Poll Of Nation's Favourite Smells

Toast is the nation's favourite smell, bringing back comforting memories of childhood, according to a study.

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Mystery surrounds the fate of a hump-backed whale which was trapped off Shetland.

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An armed bank raid was thwarted when a have-a-go hero leapt on the would-be robber's back.

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Animal safety experts are preparing to rescue a humpback whale that is stranded off the Shetland Islands after getting tangled in ropes used to catch shellfish.

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If Wayne Rooney thinks the press attention into his off-field woes could not get any worse, he has obviously not been trawling through Asian news sites.

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Psychologists believe they have discovered the dance moves that make men attractive to women.

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A 30-stone man has left his job after being told his weight makes him a health and safety risk.

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A notorious wildlife trafficker has been caught trying to smuggle nearly 100 live boa constrictors into Indonesia after his bag broke at an airport.

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A founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra band has been killed in a freak accident when a giant bale of hay crushed his van.

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Tiger Sharks have been spotted in a massive feeding frenzy off the southern Queensland coast.  

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Thousands of lorries are stuck in a 75-mile traffic jam on a motorway heading towards Beijing.

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A male pygmy hippopotamus born in Poland's Wroclaw Zoo has gone on show for the first time.

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A Chinese lingerie company has unveiled a new range of underwear featuring a Princess of Wales lookalike model on the 13th anniversary of her death.

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Politicians in Romania have dropped plans to tax fortune tellers and witches amid fears they will be cursed.

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A strong handshake could mean you are in for a long life, according to scientists.

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A top budgerigar breeder whose champion bird was stamped to death by thieves has appealed for the return of 21 other birds stolen in the raid.

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A school in Canada has come up with a novel way to make drivers slow down but critics fear it could actually end up causing more car accidents.

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Two legs, two arms and a severed torso have been found inside a 12ft tiger shark in the Bahamas.

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A man has free-climbed a San Francisco skyscraper using nothing more than suction cups to help him cling to the glass structure.

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A Colombian who is just over 2ft tall has been officially recognised as the world's shortest living man by the Guinness World Records.

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A South African pastor has caused outrage by preaching a sermon entitled "Jesus was HIV positive".

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Dramatic video footage shows an American footballer picking himself up after being thrown from his motorbike in a road accident.

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An evening newspaper has come up with an ingenious way to beat a League One football club's ban on photographers.

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A terminally ill whale that had become stranded near an Australian harbour has been blown up by authorities.

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Lloyd's of London has insured some strange things in its 322-year history but a $1m policy for an NFL star's mane of black ringlets stands head and shoulders above the rest.

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