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Game of Thrones exploded in popularity when it was first brought to our screens, and now a dedicated couple of fans have created their very own homage - by dressing their dogs up as the show's main characters. 'The Pugs of Westeros' sees canine trio Roxy, Blue and Bono playing doggy versions of the show's main characters, including Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and conniving King Joffrey. The pugs' owners, Phillip Lauer, 57, and his wife Sue, 47, from California, have been dressing their pugs up as characters from cinema and TV since they were puppies. And while the pair normally only shoot stills, they jumped at the chance of creating a mini-movie based on one of their favourite shows after being contacted by streaming service Blinkbox. Mr Lauer said: 'Sue is a professional photographer and designer and she loves to take pictures of our pugs in various scenarios. When blinkbox set us the challenge of a Game of Thrones tribute, we couldn't resis...

Incredible new video shows you a simple trick to remove a ring The procedure involves nothing more than pliers and a piece of string The video has already received 8,098 likes on Facebook We've all been there, you try on a ring and go to remove it only to find that it won't budge. Or Maybe your fingers swell, whatever the reason - a stuck ring can cause panic. You're tugging and tugging and your finger is getting bluer and bluer and before you know it you're reaching for the margerine. Well put that butter down! There is a new solution to avoid this rather sticky (not to mention slimy) situation and all you need is a piece of string A video that hit Facebook this week solves the age old problem of removing a ring that has become stuck on a finger with a clean and simple method. In the video a man helps someone remove their ring using only pliers and a piece of string with a clever trick that involves creating a spiral of string for the ring to...

This little piggy will not be going to market after escaping from a moving truck on the way to a slaughterhouse. The sow, who has since been nicknamed Babe, after the Hollywood film, was captured jumping 16ft to freedom in south China. A witness said the pig climbed over the backs of her fellow porkers before leaping out of the slaughterhouse van.   Miraculously she escaped unhurt and has now been adopted by police who responded to the incident in the Guangxi region. ‘She was safe and sound after her leap,’ said a police spokesman, ‘but found herself lost in the big city. ‘If we hadn’t have got to her he would have undoubtedly found himself at the end of a blade wielded by a local who would have enjoyed pork for days to come.’ He added: ‘She saw one chance of freedom by clambering on the backs of the other pigs and took it. ‘She deserves her chance of life and she has got it. She will never be eaten here.’ Babe is being kept at the police s...

Boy seen holding a cigarette and taking several puffs in a Chinese street Adult passers-by laugh but not one tries to take the cigarette away  Around 30 per cent of population in China, or 300 million people smoke  New footage has emerged of a Chinese toddler smoking a cigarette in the street as he is laughed at by onlookers. The pictures are believed to be of a child aged between two and three and despite the vast numbers of adults around, not one attempts to take the cigarette away from him. Passers-by and people on bikes passing can be heard laughing as the little boy holds the cigarette, taking several puffs of it like an 'old pro'. The footage was obtained by liveleak.com and has sparked fresh debate about the scale of China's tobacco habit. It is thought that around 30 per cent of the population of China smokes, which equates to 300 million people, with as many as 53 per cent of adult men in the country smoking. However, at the end of ...

Wildlife photographer Grant Atkinson spent 30 minutes trailing the lioness in the Okavango Delta in Botswana Atkinson lined up his camera as the lioness, crawling prone, approached the unsuspecting impala Suddenly, as the lioness lunges at its prey, Atkinson begins shooting the dramatic confrontation Moments later the impala escapes, but Atkinson is forced to look at his camera to see how the lioness almost won As the lioness approached the impala on the Okavango Delta in Botswana, photographer Grant Atkinson thought there was only one winner in this battle of nature.  With the predator preparing to strike, Mr Atkinson had his finger on the shutter of his camera, poised for the moment when the impala was clamped firmly between the lion's jaws. In a matter of a second, the encounter was over and the impala escaped.  But it wasn't until Mr Atkinson reviewed that dramatic footage that he could see how close the lion had been to success. ...