More from the you-couldn’t-make-it-up department

A Manchester publican who is scared of flying has bought a decommissioned RAF Vulcan nuclear bomber on eBay.

He paid £15,102.03 and is going to park it outside his pub in the hope of er, drumming up custom. My daughter’s comment upon hearing this: “Wonder what the post and packaging charges were.” And did he pay by PayPal?