Shark is best known for making products that suck – but the vacuuming giant’s last product blows. Delightfully named the Shark blastboss, the handheld blower uses 190mph gusts to blast away your mess.

Did a shark really make its way up the Mississippi River to Alton in 1937, where it was caught by Herbert Cope and Dudge Collins, a couple of local fishermen? It depends on which source you consult.

I live in one of the most unbearably hot flats – in the summer, it often feels like I’ve been transported to the surface of the sun. The second it hits 18C, it’s already time to break out the shorts ...