There are festivals around the world which attract mass attention each year, such as the Cherry Blossom in Japan and Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. However, to those “in the know”, there are plenty of bizarre and colourful annual...

Here's something a little different to send you off into the weekend, a hilarious selection of ‘holiday cancellation excuses’. Now we’ve all used the odd excuse from time to time, from the famous ‘my dog ate my homework’ to coughing...