Circus pig

This pig can get an entry to a circus anytime. Gwen Howell discovered her pet's hidden talent after leaving her on the family's trampoline in their garden. Scarlet, a Hungarian mangalitza, loves bouncing around the orchard of her home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Howell, 46, an estate agent, said the piglet took over the hobby from their other pet pig Percy after he got too fat. She and husband Steve, 43, had placed Percy, who is also Scarlet's father, on their eight year-old daughter Alex's trampoline several months ago when they discovered its unique circus skills.

Low fat house

Skinniest house in Britain up for sale at £550,000 At just 66 inches wide, this house has been dubbed the `skinniest home in Britain', but its price is anything but small at more than half a million pounds. Estate agents are using the property's unusual size as its selling point, and have put it on the market at £549,950. The house on Goldhawk Road in Shepherd's Bush, west London, has five levels -a lower ground, ground, first, second and third floor, with 1,000 sq ft of space. It looks set to record a good price as a shortage of stock across London and low interest rates continue to drive prices up. The advertised price is £61,450 more than what it was sold for three years ago.