ENGLISH anti roads campaigner Swampy abseiled down a cliff on the site of the proposed second runway at Manchester Airport yesterday and announced he would be standing in the general election.
Britain's most famous ecowarrior has joined campaigners protesting at the £172 million development. As he sat in the entrance of a tunnel under the site, Swampy launched his 10 point "Don't fly, don't drive" manifesto.
He is contesting the Blackley constituency in north Manchester for the Never Mind The Ballots Party. The Labour candidate, Graham Stringer, is chair of Manchester Airport plc.
Islanders in the Outer Hebrides are preparing for the Highland wedding of the year, when Queen Elizabeth's godson, Earl Granville (37), marries an NHS trained nurse next month.
Liverpool born Anne Topping (28) will become the Countess Granville, helping run her husband's 62,000 acre estate on North Uist.
The couple met eight years ago in London while she was a student nurse. "When I met Fergus, I did not know he had a title," she said.
Lord Granville's mother, the former Doon Aileen Plunket, is a great grand daughter of Archbishop Plunket of Dublin, who died in 1897, and her mother is a member of the Guinness family. The former Fergus Leveson became the 6th Earl Granville when his father died last year.
Spoof stories aimed at tripping up the gullible in Britain this April Fool's Day include the launch of "dilutable water".
Other planned hoaxes include warnings of a total meltdown at Madame Tussaud's wax museum following a new EU ruling and the development of an energy packed "miracle" apple.
Supermarket chain Morrisons claims its "dilute to taste" spring water, branded April Shower, will last longer than ordinary water and help ward off summer shortages.