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This week:

Badger on the line

Leaves, the wrong type of snow, derailments - all these things cause trains to be late.

But train services into London were disrupted this week by a flaming badger.

The deceased mammal lay on the line near Tonbridge in Kent. The unfortunate animal had caught fire after being electrocuted on a live rail, and would reignite every time a train passed.

The fire service was alerted to the trackside blaze, and arrived on the scene to extinguish the badger.

Watch manager Peter Brown said: "Thankfully I should think it died very quickly of electrocution, and did not suffer. The flames would die down but when another train passed the wind would cause the fire to start up again."

Wild ride

Motorist Jon Llewlyn saw a wild rabbit near his car one morning, but thought nothing more of it as he set off on a 60 mile drive.
When the 34-year-old security guard arrived back at his Gloucestershire home he spotted the rabbit's head poking through the front grille. He tried to retrieve the bunny, but it disappeared.

Mr Llewlyn called the AA, who dismantled the engine and found the rabbit alive under the gearbox.

At least it was better off than the badger.

Car-tist

The next time you write 'clean me' on the back of a dirty van, bear in mind the bar has been raised.

US artist Scott Wade has created a series of masterpieces on the dirty rear windows of cars, including da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' and Van Gogh's 'Starry Night'.

The 47-year-old artist, who lives at the end of a dirt track in Austin, Texas, began to make the designs when the cars belonging to himself and his wife became caked in a thick layer of dust.

Mr Wade said: "I started with simple designs and it has become a fascination. But rain is a nightmare. It's a shame they don't last long."

Snakes in a car

Fans of the film 'Snakes on a Plane', starring Samuel L. Jackson, will be pleased to know there's an unofficial sequel - Snake in a Car.

Three American women were shocked to find a snake in their car when they made a trip to Walmart one afternoon.

The women enlisted the help of the emergency services and bystanders in an effort to get the snake out of the car.

The increasingly extreme measures which various good Samaritans take to try and coax the reptile out of the car are particularly entertaining.

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