Pilot Romain Jantot thought he had carried out all the correct pre-flight checks before taking a passenger for a flying experience. But he hadn’t reckoned on a stowaway cat which suddenly appeared over the wing after he had taken off. After the flight, Jantot said: “I told my passenger not to reach for the cat. I told her not to move at all actually. I trusted the cat to not move if we didn’t try to reach for her.” You can catch another plucky pussy who scared off an Alaskan brown bear here.
If you are missing the football season, you will love our clip of 15-year-old Lionel Messi when he played for Barcelona’s Under-16 squad in the 2002/03 season. The footage was released to mark the player’s 28th birthday.
There’s more youthful talent on show when Channing Tatum and Jimmy Fallon read scenes written by elementary school kids. The Tonight show supplied the title Magic Mike and the young viewers had to write the rest. The kiddie theme continues with BBC Radio 1’s Greg James having to look after some Minions and a mock WWE fight between Cristiano Ronaldo and the Harry Potter character Draco Malfoy.
If you are hoping for a musical interlude, check out Shakira on a water hoverboard – she says she did get higher but that’s not in the video – and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra performing a 30-song medley of some of the most influential hip-hop hits from the past 20 years. Arranged and conducted by Radzimir Dębski – better known as JIMEK – the 10-minute-long arrangement opens up with Kendrick Lamar’s Swimming Pools and includes classic tracks such as Dr Dre’s Still D.R.E. and Missy Elliott’s Get Your Freak On. It’s a treat!
1) Remove cat before flight
Cat flap
2) Kid Theater with Channing Tatum
Once upon a time …
3) Messi with FC Barcelona’s U-16 team
Don’t Messi with me
4) Greg James: Mind My Minions
James in a jam
5) Hip-Hop History Orchestrated by JIMEK
Dre-mendous
6) Cristiano Ronaldo Vs Draco Malfoy
Super power clash
7) I did fly higher
Shakira rides the waves
8) Pups running for dinner, timelapse style
Hungry years
9) How to dock like a boss
Safe but not sound
10) Think!
The joy of helping others
