In a bit of a jam ... police officers have to trawl for goldfish owner in Norway
The goldfish in question is being held at a police station in the northwestern town of Bodo while officers try to track down its owner
Norwegian news agency NTB says officers found the goldfish in a jam jar at the Nordlandshall indoor soccer stadium and decided to take it back to the police station because they couldn’t find the owner.
Ina Selfors, spokeswoman for the Nordland police district, told NTB
she hopes the owner will contact them, adding that until then the fish “will stay in the jam jar and keep us company”.
The all-female Yorkshire Rows team ended up revealing more than expected when they joined BBC Breakfast to talk about their record-breaking trip across the Atlantic.
Eagle-eyed viewers spotted that one clip of the foursome at sea briefly showed Helen Butters, 45, naked from the waist down.
The four Yorkshire mothers — Butters, Janette Bennadi, Frances Davies, and Niki Doeg — did not notice the slip, but told hosts Dan Walker and Louise Minchin that being naked was an occupational hazard.
Bennadi, 51, said: “It was so wet all the time — to wear clothes all the time was a bit silly really because they’d just get wet and they’d take a long time to dry so it was easier [to be naked].”
But it was unfortunately the exposed Butters who was hesitant about stripping in front of her friends. She admitted: “I was the last one to embrace my nakedness.”
The accidental flash was not missed by viewers, particularly men, who took to Twitter to share their thoughts.
Chris Saunders tweeted, “Was it really necessary for such a gratuitous naked crotch shot of Yorkshire Rows at 6.46am today? Nearly put me off my coffee.”
But Robert Currey wrote, “Congratulations to wonderful, naked Yorkshire Rows ladies who rowed the Atlantic. Surprised & admittedly delighted at BBC Breakfast uncoverage.”
Another asked the important question: “Who is going to play her part in the imminent movie? ... Sharon Stone?”
Yorkshire Rows set a Guinness World Record as the oldest all-female crew to cross an ocean when they arrived in English Harbour, Antigua, on February 25, 67 days and five hours after leaving La Gomera in the Canary Islands.
They were competing in the 3,000-mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
Motorists in North Carolina who tried scanning fake parking tickets ended getting “rickrolled”.
WLOS-TV reported the fake tickets in Asheville included a code that could be scanned with smartphones and pulled up a music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up.’ The practice of having that video pop up is known as rickrolling.
Asheville’s transportation director said the tickets were clearly fake. The tickets were for $100 (€90). The city’s normal parking fine is $10.
Police say whoever handed out the tickets could be charged with littering.
Parking services manager Harry Brown said the fake tickets caused extra work and aggravated those who got the tickets and at least one person tried to pay.
A sonorous burp after a doner kebab led to a fine for Vienna bartender Edin Mehic.
But the belch also had its benefits — an all-expenses paid trip to Istanbul, compliments of a chain famed for the Turkish specialty.
A policeman ticketed and fined Mehic last month asserting the belch was too loud — and too close for comfort. But many took his side, including an Istanbul-based company serving the sliced meat sandwich that saw Mehic’s punishment as a downer for the doner.
The chain confirmed that it picked up the tab for the flight, hotel and a sightseeing tour during Mehic’s two-day visit last week. And there’s more to what Mehic calls his “dream trip.” The chain’s CEO wrote him a check reimbursing his €70 fine.
A New Hampshire woman caught the attention of a small-town police chief when he spotted her driving on three tires and saw sparks flying up from the metal rim where the fourth tire should be. Police in Cornish say Samantha Clark-West, 20, was subsequently arrested on charges including driving while intoxicated and reckless operation.
The Newport woman is also charged with unlawful possession of alcohol, driving without a valid licence and misuse of plates.
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