QUIRKY WORLD... Sing-along carriage is just the ticket
The sing-along, captured on film by a passenger and accompanied by enthusiastic hand-clapping, was the work of a white-haired, suit-wearing traveller on a Southeastern train going from Victoria station in London to Ashford International in Kent.
Passengers had been sitting in silence when the man leapt up to add a little gaiety to the last journey of the day. In the film, the man can be seen singing with gusto, with other passengers joining in the singing and the clapping and others looking on in amusement.
A couple endured a rollercoaster ride of emotions when a lottery ticket worth C$50m (âŹ33.6m) went missing â only to be found and returned by someone at their church.
Hakeem Nosiru won the January 17 Lotto Max draw and was one day away from claiming the money when he discovered, after the couple had attended church, that the signed ticket, which had been taped to the inside of his wifeâs handbag, was missing.
That sparked a frantic search of their home, with rubbish bins upended and their contents picked through, an effort that left Mr Nosiru and his wife, who are originally from Nigeria, empty handed and feeling âmiserableâ.
But their despair turned to joy after a fellow member of the congregation discovered the ticket and reunited it with the couple on April 1 â a return made possible because Mr Nosiru signed the ticket with their address.
However, the saga was not yet over, as Mr Nosiru had to give the ticket to Ontario Provincial Police, investigating the matter for Ontario Lottery and Gaming, to make sure there were no further snags.
Thankfully everything checked out and Mr Nosiru and his wife Abiola were beaming for the cameras at the OLG prize centre, telling of plans to travel the world and help their family.
Fighting back tears, Mrs Nosiru said that when she realised her husbandâs winning ticket had disappeared from her bag, âI had a fly in my stomach and I couldnât sleep for days. I couldnât eat. I was devastated.
âWe just wanted to see the reality. And the reality is right here now.â
She said she was not sure what they will do for the woman who ended the ticketâs exodus, but told her âI just want to say thank youâ.
Authorities in the US state of North Carolina are searching for whoever made a massive, unauthorised withdrawal from a nappy bank.
The Diaper Bank of North Carolina, which provides nappies to struggling families, said 13,000 nappies were stolen last weekend.
Executive director Michelle Old made the discovery when she went to pick up an order. She said some people told her the nappies have turned up at local yard sales, and were being sold on the street.
Artworks by notorious violent prisoner Charles Bronson are to be sold to pay for a holiday for his mother after she was upset by his recent attack on prison guards, an auction house has said.
Bronson requested the eight pieces be sold after what was reported to be an attack on 12 guards at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes, JP Humbert Auctioneers said. It was claimed that Tottenham Hotspur fan Bronson went on the rampage in May after smearing himself with butter when arch-rivals Arsenal won the FA Cup last month.
The artworks belonged to Ronnie Kray, and are among 150 lots from the estate of the renowned East End gangster â who died in 1995 â which are being sold by his second wife Kate in the auction in Towcester, Northamptonshire.
A Pennsylvania man has been accused of sneaking into a fire department and taking a woman on a 30-minute joyride in a fire truck.
The Beaver County Times reports that fire officials saw Randy Allen Davidson â who is not a firefighter â enter the Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department at about midnight on May 26, grab the vehicleâs keys, and drive the truck away with a woman in the passenger seat.
Police say Davidson returned the truck and the keys to their original positions about 30 minutes later.
Davidson, who is 47 and lives in Bridgewater, was charged with unauthorised use of a vehicle, burglary, and other crimes. He remains in jail.
A group of designers has created a set of artificial butterflies made from recycled mobile phones which interact differently when existing smartphones make contact with them.
Working with O2 and its official O2 Recycle scheme, design company is this good? designed the butterflies to show that there is use for old phones beyond the end of a userâs contract.
Chris Cairns, creative director at Is This Good? said: âWe wanted to give the old and forgotten a new lease of life and showcase the fact that even the discarded can emerge as something new and beautiful, which is what up-cycling and O2 Recycle is all about.â
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