I HAVE

always thought they must be putting something in the beer in Norwich.

The East Anglian city has provided a wealth of weird and wonderful stories over the years.

The first drunken punch- up involving Oompa Loompas and men dressed as Star Wars characters broke out there.

Then the university rugby club was disbanded after an exceptionally bad taste fancy dress party featuring, among others, chaps in Ku Klux Klan outfits and another done up as Gary Speed, the Welsh football manager g who hanged himself, complete with noose.

Nightlife in Norwich is obviously pretty lively. A man who turned up at a nightclub with a pig, called Delilah, has just appeared in court. Thomas MurphyHankin, 26, was arrested after being refused admission. He was charged with having an untethered pig on a public highway, fined £ 300 and banned from keeping pigs for two years.

Apparently, it’s not unknown for gentlemen in Norwich to leave nightclubs with a porker on their arm. But this is believed to be the first time anyone has tried to take one in with him.