IT has to be the pub with the best buzz in Britain.

Pest control officers were called out to the pub in Southampton to remove a giant wasps’ nest in the roof.

The nest was six feet wide and five feet tall – about the size of a Smart car. It could have been home to about half a million of the stinging insects.

Oxford University experts have verified that it is Britain’s biggest ever wasps’ nest – and the biggest found anywhere in the world for 50 years.

Pest control officer Sean Whelan told BBC Radio Solent: "There were actually eight wasps nests in the loft but I actually did not spot [the biggest one] until I killed off the first, second, third...

"I had been staring at it for quite some time but I did not recognise it because it was very big. It was a bit scary [but] it was mesmerizing and very challenging."

Mr Whelan said the mild spring might have helped the nest grow so big.

"The experts feel [the nest] has lasted through the winter from last year [and] that is why it is so big," he said.

The pub has asked to remain anonymous.


Gun law

We’ve heard about gun control, but this is ridiculous.

A US politician running for Governor of Tennessee has promised that if he wins, he will fine anyone in the state who does NOT have a gun.

Basil Marceaux’s appearance on Nashville’s WSMV Channel 4 has now become an internet hit.

The 58-year-old war veteran, a longshot for the governorship, swayed on his feet as he introduced himself, and spoke in a slurred voice, promising to “make it all freer than you were yesterday.”

He then promised to eliminate the need for a handgun permit – and instead to impose fines on anyone who does not have a firearm.


Plain sailing

It was up, up and away on a wing and a prayer for two Norwegian men, when they took to the skies – in a rubber dinghy.

The friends fitted the dinghy with hanglider wings and a propeller motor before taking to the air. They claim their ‘flying boat’ can soar up to 10,000 feet and reach speeds of 85 kilometres an hour.

James Bond eat your heart out.


Get me to the school on time

Petrolhead Paul Stender has transformed a yellow school bus into a 367mph speed machine.

Mr Stender and his US team fitted the engine from an F-04 Phantom fighter to create the jet-propelled bus.

Flames pouring from the back, it clocked an incredible 367mph during a run.

No more excuses for being late for school…


World’s smelliest man?

A Chinese man spent two days trapped … in the pit beneath a public toilet.

The man, from Wuyuan county in Inner Mongolia, fell into the pit presumably while using the loo. Despite desperately yelling for help, it was 48 hours before he was found. By that time, his family had already reported him missing.

His first action on being released? He plunged into a nearby pond for an impromptu bath.