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  • UK bans ad for "anti-ageing" silk pillowcases

    2009-10-21 14:23

    An advert for pure silk pillowcases which claimed they had anti-aging qualities and made hair look beautiful was banned by Britain's Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) on Wednesday for being misleading.

  • Former gangland queen says crime doesn't pay

    2009-10-21 11:36

    As the wife of an Australian gangland boss, Roberta Williams found herself loathed, feared and sometimes admired for the power she wielded over society.

  • McFly track to be played to astronauts

    2009-10-21 10:35

    McFly's 2006 hit single 'Star Girl' will be played to NASA astronauts tomorrow morning.

  • Burglar 'caught after leech bite'

    2009-10-21 09:42

    An armed burglar in Australia has pleaded guilty to breaking into the home of an elderly woman in 2001 after being caught using evidence from a leech.

  • Man makes giant matchstick oil rig

    2009-10-21 09:42

    A British man has received a Guinness World Records certificate for the largest matchstick model in the world.

  • Naked shoppers 'shock' garage staff

    2009-10-21 09:42

    A group of naked men have been filmed on cameras after they entered a Devon petrol station and browsed through its pornographic magazine section.

  • Cops: Man claims bag of stolen goods just sex toys

    2009-10-21 07:55

    A man has been arrested for breaking into three cars after police spotted him carrying a suspicious bag he said was filled with his former wife's sex toys.

  • Robber pleads guilty after leech provides DNA

    2009-10-21 07:55

    An Australian man faces jail for armed robbery after police used blood from a leech to make a DNA match from a 2001 crime scene, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.

  • Man robs shop on way to interrogation: German police

    2009-10-21 07:41

    A 41-year-old man in Germany due to face questioning over theft got himself in even more trouble by squeezing in another robbery on the way to the police station, police said.

  • Under my umbrella

    2009-10-20 10:55

    Under the umbrella,we see a weather-stricken man, a hand-in-hand couple or a passenger in a hurry...

  • Police stop driver for 15 violations in 11 minutes

    2009-10-20 09:44

    Authorities say an Italian man took reckless driving to new heights in 11 frantic minutes of traffic violations in eastern Switzerland.

  • Unspoken rules govern cell phone etiquette

    2009-10-20 09:24

    It may not seem like it when commuters are shouting down their cell phones to the dismay of other passengers but most Americans believe there are unspoken rules about mobile phone etiquette.

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