But for me this is the biggest story from the UK.
A plumber's embryonic twin spilled out of his stomach, in a scene reminiscent of the movie Alien.
Gavin Hyatt, 30, explained that the lump forced its way out after lying inside his abdomen since he was born.
Medics said the 4cm growth was a parasitic twin that died in the womb early in their mother's pregnancy.
Mr Hyatt, a former firefighter, from Witney, Oxfordshire, said: "Four hospital doctors had previously examined me and were all puzzled by the lump.
"Some thought it was a cyst, others an in-grown hair.
"Then one said it could be my undeveloped identical twin that I absorbed at a very early stage. I feel absolutely fine now but it has not sunk in yet that I could have had a twin brother. I have him in a jar at home and I call him little Gav. I haven't told many people. I feel like a bit of a freak."
I remember when I was younger having to share a room with my brother. We fought a lot as kids. It never occurred to me that I should pickle him.
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