Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "As I was sitting there, a gale blew a big reed into my mouth," he recalled to the BBC, referring to the plant part of the grass ...

A pensioner says he fears leaving his own home after being fined for spitting. Roy Marsh, 86, claims he was hit in the face by a leaf while sitting on a bench. He spat it out and was then approached ...

This certainly leafed him with a bad taste in his mouth. An 86-year-old Englishman was hit with a preposterous fine for littering after two enforcement officers saw him spit out a leaf that had blown ...