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Green-fingered Daniel Hume, six, will enter the record books with his 70st pumpkin, The Metro said. Daniel grew the pumpkin, which weighs almost 30 times as much as him, in his garden in Lynemouth, Northumberland. Meanwhile, the world's smallest teddy bear has measured in at five millimetres long, reported the Times. The tiny teddy from Germany has a moveable head, moveable limbs and stitched claws. Its maker Bettina Kaminiski said, 'Never again. I nearly went blind.'

Meanwhile, the world's smallest teddy bear has measured in at five millimetres long, reported the Times. The tiny teddy from Germany has a moveable head, moveable limbs and stitched claws. Its maker Bettina Kaminiski said, 'Never again. I nearly went blind.'

Harry Potter creator J K Rowling had to persuade airport guards to let her carry an important piece of hand luggage on a trans-Atlantic flight during the security scare in August, said the Independent. The author claimed that she was travelling with the only copy, largely handwritten, of her latest, and last, Harry Potter novel.

Cherie Blair was excused for assaulting a teenager after he made a rabbit ears gesture above her head during a photo shoot at a school games event in Glasgow. Miles Gandolfi, 17, said the friendly slap given to him in return by the Prime Minister's wife was 'just a bit of fun', said the Mirror.

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