Yorkshire puddings could soon be given the same status and EU protection as Champagne and Parma ham.

Makers, backed by the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire, are in talks about submitting a bid to the European Union.

If successful it would mean that only batter puddings made within Yorkshire could be be labelled as the real thing.

Yorkshire puddings - a Sunday roast favourite - were first given the name in the 18th Century when food writer Hannah Glasse adapted a traditional recipe.

As to what makes Yorkshire puddings unique… makers say they are just batter.

A pair of Cambridge University students are showing off more than their academic ability -- by fliming three-minute naked news video.

The cheeky couple have posted their video - where they cover local, university and celebrity news - to YouTube.

Produced for Cambridge University TV, the video features the pair - 'John' and 'Jane' - looking around the city's landmarks before reading the news from behind a desk.

Their modesty is retained by small CU:TV logos and makers say the show is designed to poke fun at students who 'take themselves too seriously'.

And the hosts (especially John) will be glad to hear it has not been a flop, more than 100,000 viewers have already watch the show.

Bristol is home to the unhealthiest people in the UK, it has been revealed.



A study showed one in five residents of the west country hub never do any exercise while four in ten eat two or more takeaways every week.



In addition, people in the South West city smoke an average of five cigarettes every day and a third drink more than ten alcoholic drinks in the typical week.



Finally a poll of 3,000 people also found that the couch potatoes there spend up to three hours of every day watching television.

This all begs the question, how did they drag the good folk of Bristol away for long enough to get the answers to the survey?

The big winners at the Academy Awards 2010 will not just be those who walk away with the famous gold Oscar statue.

That's because the losers will each get an Oscars goodie bag packed full of $85,000 (£65,000) worth of condolence presents.

The 'Everybody Wins at the Oscars' gift basket will be offered to  Oscar nominees who don't win the major Academy Awards categories.

Organisers Distinctive Assets say it is the best bag they have ever put together and should ease the pain of losing.

But what's in the Oscars goodie bag? Check out what Sandra Bullock, James Cameron and Matt Damon don't want want to be walking away with after the link.

A 69-year-old British granny has become the darling of the Paris party scene thanks to her impressive DJ skills.

Ruth Flowers, says she first caught the DJ bug at a birthday disco for her grandson. From that moment she knew she wanted to spend her evenings behind the decks.

The trained singer from Bristol then set about learning how to DJ and even started performing sets where she mixes techno with the likes of Queen and the Rolling Stones.

And amazingly she has become a hit in France where - appearing under the name Mamy Rock - she has performed at nightclubs from Cannes to Paris.

Speaking of her new found career Ruth said: "I's rather sign a contract with a record company than to sign up for the nursing home."

A university lecturer was clearly not impressed when his class was interrupted by someone in a chicken suit.

The six-foot chicken had walked in during Dr. Owen Priest's chemistry lecture and proceeded to do the chicken dance.

It was a stunt to promote the annual 'Dance Marathon' - a charity event where couples dance for 30 hours - but that didn't appear to make it acceptable in Dr Priest's eyes.

As the chicken encouraged students to clap along the increasingly angry looking lecturer repeatedly told him to stop.

When that doesn't work, he empties his pockets before leaping over the desk and chasing the chicken out of the hall. He's quicker than you would expect for a chemistry professor.

An Australian firm has launched a range of underwear which is made from bananas.

After some monkeying around in their design department AussieBum decided to use the odd material in their latest range.

Their eco-friendly pants use 27 percent banana fibre, 64 percent cotton and 9 percent lycra - but they say they have not gone bananas.

Banana fibre is said to be one of the most eco-friendly fibres in the world and has many good characteristics for use in clothing.

Makers insist the undies do not feel or smell like bananas… but to be on the safe side we still wouldn't wear them to the zoo.

A bizarre coiled serpent has mysteriously appeared in the the hands of Queen Elizabeth I in a 16th century painting held by the National Portrait Gallery.

As the paint used in the image of the Tudor queen has deteriorated, the bunch of roses she was holding have slowly become a coiled snake.

The unknown artist behind the 1580s work had originally painted Queen Elizabeth holding the snake but covered it up with the flowers.

It's not know why the snake was removed, but experts think it could have been due to the ambiguity of the emblem which could have represented anything from wisdom to sin. And the 16th century was not a time to upset a monarch.

A farmyard hen which thinks it is a dog has adopted a litter of puppies and started nesting on top of them in their dog basket.

Owners Edward and Ros Tate say the batty bird took a shine to the pups at the Shrewsbury farm when their mother left them alone.

Mabel, who is kept as a family pet, hopped on top of the dogs in their basket and put her wings over them to keep them warm.

Since then she has treated them as though they are her own chicks and even become protective of them if anyone approaches.

The pups natural mother Nettle would be forgiven for being in a fowl mood when this happened but doesn't appear to mind being hen-pecked.

A man who believes trees contain evil woodland spirits has been arrested after attacking 100 trees near the Eiffel tower.

Police say the 38-year-old was spotted by gardeners at 4.30am hammering nails into the branches and painting the trunks of the trees.

Once they convinced him to climb down from a large chestnut tree on the Champs de Mars, he explained his action to them.

He said the nail and paint attack was the only way to rid the trees of the "demon forces" contained within.

Officers took the man into custody… the chances are he will not have to worry about too many trees where he is going.