Around the world this week
WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN Artist Stefan Bohnenberger has been awarded thousands in compensation, after a gallery lost two of his four potato chips that formed part of an exhibit that had featured in the 1990 work ‘Pommes d’Or’. Owner of the Mosel and Tschechow gallery in Munich, Andrea Tschechow, had claimed that the pieces were not More...
Brothel For The Homeless
Homeless people are queueing up for free rooms in an Austrian brothel after owner Peter Laskaris said it would be unfair not to do everything he could during the current cold spell. Laskaris, owner of the Red Rooms More...
Would you like to swing on a star?
Well, maybe not a star, but you never know your luck! Swingers Date Club is giving members the unique opportunity to book a seat on a complete swingers round trip flight from Germany to France on June 6th. There More...
Nothing promotes life better than…
Discount Gun Sales has teamed up with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to offer a pink version of its popular Walther P-22 handgun in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Komen Foundation, which sponsors More...
Q: HOW DO WE COMBAT THE CRISIS?
A: With strippers and mud wrestlers, of course! That, at least, is the solution that the La Campana restaurant in Ribarroja has found, offering special ‘Sexy Shows’ on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, along with More...
Final call for owner of lost Euros to come forward
Southampton Airport is putting out a final call to a passenger who lost a considerable sum of Euros at the airport last year. A bundle of several thousand Euros were found at the airport by staff and have been kept More...
French firm sorry for naked man photo
A French fashion retailer has apologised for a photo in which a naked man appeared behind a group of children advertising beachwear – but the image has gone viral on the internet. In a tweet La Redoute said More...
Santa Claus Killed in Tajikistan
Reports that the Russian equivalent to Santa Claus, known as the “Ded Moroz”, or Grandfather Frost to give a literal translation, was reportedly stabbed to death this week in a religious motivated attack in More...
New Year Noise Complaints in Alicante, Spain
The chimes of New Year were a disappointment to some, especially party revellers in the city of Alicante. The volume of the chimes had been reduced recently, owing to complaints from neighbours. But, as the muffled More...
Christmas tree thief left trail of clues
Police arrested a Christmas tree thief – after following a trail of pine needles to his front door. Nursery boss John Dacre, 65, of Spenborough, West Yorkshire, called in police after the overnight raid. “I More...
