Paper trail
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com CONSERVATIONISTS IN China are ensuring that the animal centre they work at is the most environmentally friendly by turning panda poo into paper. The idea came
Fiery wine
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com PROSECUTORS CHARGED a man in California, US, with burning down a warehouse containing six million bottles of wine, worth in total between 200 and 250 million
Easy rider
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com IN HOLLAND an elderly man on his bicycle chased a shoplifter after he saw the thief being chased by workers at a supermarket. He crashed his
Tax investigations – a big change
By: Bill Blevins
Temptations over the Easter period
By: Margaret Brown margaret.brown@portugalresident.com WITH SUNDAY, April 8, still two weeks away and Easter eggs in glorious technicolour whichever way you turn, those who have foresworn chocolate during the 40
Knicked knickers
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com POLICE RAIDED the home of a man in Tokyo, Japan, after he was caught stealing women’s underwear from two homes in February. Officers were astounded when
High fright
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A PASSENGER on a British Airways flight from Delhi to London was horrified when he woke up to find a dead woman sitting near him. The
Struck gold
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A LARGE block of gold bullion, valued at 1.27 million euros, was stolen from a museum in Japan by three masked thieves. The bar weighed around
Brush choke
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A WOMAN in Hong Kong slipped over and managed to swallow her toothbrush last week. She still managed to call for an ambulance while the object
Slippery crime
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com THIEVES MADE off with more than 50 reptiles from an animal education centre in Australia at the weekend, which had been established to continue the work