1. Releasing a pet rat into a restaurant and shouting the alarm is not a successful strategy for getting a fee meal in a restaurant. Christopher Baker tried the trick in a Sunderland restaurant but the owner smelled a rat and has been convicted of fraud.
2. Britain's cancer survival rates are lagging a decade behind other European countries, according to the latest analysis. It's not good enough and Macmillan Cancer Care is calling on all political parties to tackle the "shameful" statistics.
3. One of music's most iconic albums, The Dark Side of the Moon, was released by Pink Floyd on this day in 1973. If you've never heard it, you should. If you have heard it, give it another play.
4. Racism is still rife in English football, according to figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests by the Press Association. Chelsea supporters have been involved in the most racist incidents.
5. Strawberries have hit British supermarkets weeks earlier than previous years due to the sunniest weather since records began in 1929.
6. If David Cameron wins the election, at least you now know he won't stand for a third term.
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