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Rats are Dr Who fans

Diners at a Doctor Who (DW) convention in a Cardiff Wetherspoons were shouting exterminate as mice scurried across the carpet. Timm Farr, organiser of the event said: "To be honest it didn't bother me. I was more concerned about the food taking so long to come out - that's why we moved on to somewhere else."

Eddie Gershon, spokesman for JD Wetherspoon said he knew about the mice.

"Environmental Health is fully aware of that but there's no problem with the kitchen. Although, we're not certain where they're coming from."

Perhaps they're coming out of the tardis.

13,000th pub visit

Four dedicated drinkers from the Midlands have set a new record after supping a pint at the 13,000th pub - in a bid to drink at every outlet in the country.

The Newt in Birmingham city centre played host to the landmark achievement. Dedicated drinker Pete Hill from West Bromwich and his fellow "Tairsters" have spent 22-years on the project so far. That's just over 11 pubs a week - good job they're not binge drinkers.

Fancy a Basil Fawlty?

A new Collins guide called Shame About the Boat Race has been published to help decipher modern rhyming slang. Sentences like: "Fancy going down the

battle for a couple of

Britneys and a Winona — then getting an Andy out for a Basil?" Snifter didn't have a Scoody Doo what that was about until he opened the dictionary. "Fancy going down the battle cruiser (boozer) for a couple of Britney Spears (beers) and a Winona Ryder (cider) and then getting the Andy McNabb (cab) out for a Basil Fawlty (balti)?"