One Direction sing charity single for Comic Relief

Boy band One Direction have recorded a charity song for Comic Relief.

The single is called 'One Way or Another' and it's a cover of an old song by a band called Blondie.

The boys visited Ghana in Africa to see how millions of pounds worth of donations help families in desperate need of food, water and shelter.

The Comic Relief single will be released in mid February.

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Cheeky seal pup rescued from lorry park in Scotland

This cheeky six-week-old seal pup has been rescued after being found in a busy lorry park at a ferry port in south-west Scotland.

The port workers who spotted him tried to get him to go back into the water.

But it was really stormy and the seal pup, nicknamed Smartie, was having none of it!

One ferry worker tried to put Smartie in his car boot to keep him safe, but he broke out and was found on the dashboard!

The Scottish SPCA were called in and they took Smartie to one of their centres.

Animal rescue officer Alistair Hill said: "Normally we'd ask people to leave seals alone until we arrive but there was a risk he could have been injured in the busy lorry park so a member of staff put him in their car until I got there.

"He is clearly a very smart seal as he ended up watching the storm out the windscreen of the car from his warm, dry spot on the dash."

Smartie's now doing really well and already feeding himself. It's hoped the pup can return to the wild in about a month's time.

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Cyclone leaves Mooloolaba covered in foam

This was the bizarre scene on Australia's Sunshine Coast over the weekend, where extreme weather has blanketed coastal towns with several feet of 'sea foam'.

Tourists, residents and emergency services were left bemused by the huge swathes of foam which were whipped up by high winds and then thrown onto land in eastern Australia.

Wild weather in the Australian state of Queensland has led to a small town becoming covered in foam whipped up by rough seas.

Residents and visitors could be seen playing in the foam and taking pictures of the unusual phenomenon in Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast.

Onlookers said the foam reached three metres high at its peak, with emergency services urging residents and tourists to cancel all non-essential travel.

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Bryant Park fountain in New York freezes in cold snap

A fountain in Bryant Park in New York has partially frozen because of the cold temperatures in the city.

It has become a temporary tourist attraction as passers-by take photos.

Bryant Park is a 9.603 acre (39,000 m²) privately managed public park located in the New York City borough of   Manhattan It is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan. Although technically the main building of the New York Public Library is located within the park, effectively it forms the park's functional eastern boundary, making Sixth Avenue the park's primary entrance. Although part of the Newn York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Bryant Park is managed by a private not-for-profit corporation, the Bryant Park Corporation. The park is cited as a model for the success of public-private partnerships. Bryant Park is built entirely over an underground structure which houses the New York Public  Library's archives. In the 1980s, the park was closed to the public and excavated. The new library facilities were built below ground level and the park was restored above it.

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1-Statue of William Cullen Bryant, the park's namesake   
2-The Great Lawn in Bryant Park, with the New York Public Library in the background