Quirky World... Selfridges open Christmas store
The department store claims to be the first in the world to launch its Christmas shop, with the North Pole-themed space set to welcome shoppers dressed for the height of the British summer.
More than 700ft sq of space on the fourth floor of the London flagship has been decked out with over 100,000 Christmas decorations, expected at this stage to appeal mainly to tourists wanting to take home a memento. Customers can choose from more than 300 different crackers, almost 450 Christmas tree styles, and some 200 different styles of decorations.
A drunken woman tried to drive away in an unmarked police car — with two officers still inside, according to police in Pittsburgh.
The woman got into the car outside a nightclub. Police then said she sat in the driver’s seat and told the two officers, who were not in uniform, in the back seat that she intended to drive the vehicle to where her own car was parked.
A police spokesman said she was arrested before she could drive anywhere.
USA: A New Mexico man almost lost his genitals to a dog bite when a 40kg mixed-breed pitbull attacked his 8-year-old daughter and he intervened to rescue her.
Authorities say the dog, named Stitches, bit the girl in the face, puncturing her cheek. Her 35-year-old father, who was not named, moved quickly to save her.
Police say it then attacked him, latching onto his groin.
“When we got on the scene the man was bleeding severely and holding his groin,” said Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Simon Drobik, who was among the officers that responded. “It was really bad.”
He said fire department paramedics rushed the man to the University of New Mexico Hospital, where his wounds were listed as severe lacerations and partial detachment of the genitals.
The child was treated at the scene. Animal Control officials removed the dog from the property. They said it will be held for 10 days during which the family can reclaim it, otherwise it will be put up for adoption.
A 12-year-old girl and seven other youngsters aged either 12 or 13 are among people disqualified from driving.
These young offenders are among 230 people under the age of 17 who are currently disqualified, statistics from the Institute of Advanced Motorists show.
The underage offenders could, typically, have been caught driving stolen cars or been illegally let loose behind the wheel by misguided parents.
A giant tortoise found ambling down a street in suburban Los Angeles has been reunited with its owners.
A family claimed the reptile, named Clark, a day after it was spotted strolling along the street. It took two officers to lift the creature into a patrol car so they could turn it over to animal control authorities.
The department posted photos of Clark online in the hope of finding the owner and cracked a tortoise and hare joke about officers capturing the animal after a brief pursuit.
Pez dispensers buried on New York City beaches at the weekend contained something even sweeter than the usual treats — cold, hard cash.
Backers of the Hidden Cash movement filled three-dozen devices with $100 bills and scattered them for a scavenger hunt in Brooklyn’s Coney Island and Brighton Beach.
One lucky boy found a Superman-shaped dispenser which was good for two round-trip airline tickets to anywhere in the US.
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