Gherkins ground 105-year-old

A 105-year-old Romanian has made his first ever trip to the doctors after eating a jar of gherkins past their sell-by-date.

Tudorica Anghel, from Iasi, took himself to St Spiridon Hospital telling doctors he'd had pains for two days and was worried it might be something serious.

But doctors who performed a full check-up on him said he was very healthy for his age, and that he was probably suffering from indigestion.

When they tried to access his records they found he had never been to a doctor in his life.

Doctor Diana Cimpoiescu, who treated Mr Anghel, said: "This was the first time in his life that he had come to a hospital.

"We did a full examination of him and apart from a bit of weak hearing he has nothing at all wrong with him. He is amazingly healthy for a man of his age."