Smokers lose their ashtray!

Life for the smoking regulars at the Cornish Arms pub just got a little bit tougher! One of their wall-mounted ashtrays has been commandeered by a family of Blue Tits, leaving them to stub their cigarettes out in a temporary facility.

The cheeky Blue Tit family decided that the ashtray was just what they were looking for for their new family and promptly moved in, much to the amusement of the management and many of the pub's human clientele.

The new residents between them have created a comfortable nest and laid four eggs which have now hatched. Pub manager Colin Hart said the feathered "squatters" were discovered nesting two weeks ago.

He said: "One morning we noticed something going in and out of the cigarette box. We investigated and discovered a blue tit was nesting in there.

"There were some eggs which have now hatched into chicks, and their mother is busy feeding them. All the staff and regulars want to keep them protected."