Yabba-dabba I do

Not to miss out, all the guests went as characters from the caveman cartoon, too.

There was even a Flintstones car created for the occasion and an inflatable giraffe filling in for family pet Dino.

The couple said: “Yabba dabba, I do” in front of a registrar at a theatre in Ilfracombe, Devon, before the Flintstones theme played as they signed the register.

The reception was near the seafront in their home village of Combe Martin.

Mrs Robinson said: “The Flintstones idea made sense because we both love fancy dress and where we live in Combe Martin the scenery looks very prehistoric.”

Santa done for speeding

AS excuses go, it has to be up there with “the dog ate my homework”. A man has told police that “Santa” was driving his car when it was snapped by a speed camera travelling at 79 mph, reports the BBC. Paul Ellard, 24, from Connah’s Quay, further insisted that it was not a VW car, but a sleigh “pulled by Rudolph and the rest of the gang”.

A court heard the car was travelling in a 30mph zone at Pentre, Deeside.

Ellard denied failing to provide the information but did not attend a trial at Flintshire magistrates’ court where the case was proved in his absence.

Magistrates heard he had crossed out his name on the form and replaced it with Santa Claus and crossed out the make of car and replaced it with a sleigh.

In a section asking for the driver’s contact details Ellard wrote the driver lived at “Santa’s Grotto in the North Pole” where he said “the town is freezing and full of elves”.

Magistrates adjourned sentencing to a future date for him to attend because he already had six penalty points on his driving licence.

Choc shock for the sweet of tooth

WHAT better news to break at Easter than scientific proof that chocolate is good for you. Researchers in Germany have found that it can lower blood pressure and cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

They monitored more than 19,000 people and their chocolate consumption over a decade, finding those who ate the most got the greatest benefit.

The experts found eating 7.5 grams of dark chocolate could reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke by 39 per cent and could also lead to lower blood pressure.

But this isn’t from eating cheap, everyday chocolate. It was discovered that the purest – and most expensive – chocolate is the best for you, that which contains at least 70 per cent cocoa.

June Davidson, from the British Heart Foundation, told Sky News that the findings were not a sign to pig out, adding that a small square a day was adequate to gain the health benefits.

She said: “The amounts of chocolate were very small – only seven grams – and that’s about a square a day or about half a small Easter egg spread over a whole week.”

Fleeing offender lands in prison yard

A MOTORIST abandoned a car after a police chase and tried to escape from officers by jumping a fence – but landed in a prison yard.

Police in Garfield Heights, Cleveland, US, say the chase started over a traffic violation and reached speeds of 90 mph, reports AP.

After a race through several communities, the driver and a passenger bailed from the car and headed for a fence.

But they didn’t realise that on the other side lay the state women’s prison.

They were arrested along with two other passengers who also tried to flee.

Start the day with a fry up

A FRY-UP gives you a better start to the day than a bowl of muesli or fruit, say scientists.

Medics have long condemned the traditional English breakfast as bad for the heart.

But now a US team has discovered its health benefits, according to the Daily Star.

A fatty breakfast means people snack less during the day and will eat less at night.

But those who eat sparsely in the morning are more likely to gorge on fatty foods in the evening, say experts from the University of Alabama.

The researchers say we should stick to the old saying: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.”