One such venture took shape in an infamous Nintendo 64 game. In Conker's Bad Fur Day, players play as Conker in a quest to get back to his girlfriend after a night of binge-drinking that's left ...

To make the most of conker season (definitely a real season), here are our top tips for making your conkers as strong and brilliant as they can be, but which of these are true and which are false?

* Charlotte: 23:22, but penalised for not putting all of the banana into the bottle. - 1 * Mike: Disqualified for taking the bottle out of the lab. - 0 Task 2 (Team Task): Put the bag of salt on that ...

A veteran conkers competitor dubbed King Conker has rejected claims he cheated his way to his first men's title after 40 years of trying. David Jakins won the men's competition at the World Conker ...

He said the tournament was "an ancient, noble art and a fantastic sport - and this year's great conker harvest will set up some brilliant matches". James Packer, chairman of the World Conker ...