A bit of a wrench

By BARRIE MAHONEY features@algarveresident.com Barrie Mahoney was a teacher, headteacher and school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Canary Islands as

May 6, 2010by shareitIn

Electricity stolen with meat hook

German police are investigating a man for theft after he siphoned electricity off a high-voltage overhead transmission line for one month with the help of an ordinary meat hook. The

May 6, 2010by shareitIn

WWII weapon found by pigs

German police confirmed that a couple of hungry pigs digging for food came nose-to-nose with a long-buried World War II anti-tank weapon. Police said the two pigs found the single-shot

May 6, 2010by shareitIn

Bear stuck in a can

A 55 kilogramme black bear in Vermont, US, is back in the woods after getting its head stuck in a milk can. It took a state biologist, fire fighters and

April 29, 2010by shareitIn

The silicone gang

Venezuelan police have arrested a man and woman accused of impersonating plastic surgeons and providing women with silicone breast and buttock implants from an illegal clinic in an apartment. Cosmetic

April 29, 2010by shareitIn

World cup madness

A survey conducted by US-based firm VIP Communications Inc showed that 51 per cent of respondents of the tongue-in-cheek survey of 20,000 people, who live in North America but hail

April 29, 2010by shareitIn

Bored to death

A man in Sweden called emergency services, saying he felt psychologically unstable and wanted to commit suicide. He was forwarded to the duty Church of Sweden pastor. About five minutes

April 22, 2010by shareitIn