...ODD REQUESTS FROM AROUND UK

IT’S not just Derby that has seen some weird requests - here are some others a from Travelodges across the UK:

■ Can I keep 200 butterflies in your store-room cooler for my wedding tomorrow?

■ Where can I purchase some Welsh currency?

■ Can you get my husband an honorary degree as a birthday present?

■ Can you get me a plastic doughnut to wear that is one metre wide?

■ Can you build a balloon bed as a surprise for my daughter’s 21st birthday?

■ Can you create a fancy dress outfit from a duvet cover as I have left my outfit at home?

■ Can you serenade my girlfriend at breakfast and ask her to marry me?

■ Can you sing Happy Birthday into my phone, so that I can hear it when washing my hands?

■ Can you get me a bag of soil from Anfield as a surprise for my husband?

■ Can you set up an Easter Egg hunt in your hotel for my husband?

■ Can you sew Swarovski crystals onto my black tie suit for my awards ceremony?

■ Do you have a face mask that will stop my husband from snoring?

■ Can you be a host on my Zoom meeting calls today?

■ Can I have half a pillow as I find a whole pillow too big?

■ Can you stop the seagulls from squealing?

■ Can you put a spare bed in our room for my son’s imaginary friend Frank and greet him at check-in too.

■ Can you re-enact a scene from a Shakespeare play when we check-in to welcome my husband to your hotel?

■ Can we go carol singing room to room on Christmas Eve?

■ Can you tell my wife we have to sleep in separate rooms due to social distancisng, so that I can get a good night’s sleep?