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A Romanian prisoner who escaped because he missed his girlfriend, may now be sentenced to a further five years.
Titi Panait - who was jailed for three-and-a-half years for theft - was found naked in his girlfriend’s home eight hours after his break out from a work camp in Jilava, near Bucharest.
When police arrived at the Bucharest house he told them: "I thought I could come back to jail but then I realised you are paid to find me so I decided to wait for you here." Panait claimed he needed "quality time" with his girlfriend because "life in jail is so stressful".

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A British bishop has been giving commuters egg times to symbolise "the gift of time".
The Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Reading, is urging people to slow down and find time to enjoy life.
He declared dawdling, long lie-ins, resting, and easing off from work can help produce "an adventure of self-discovery and creativity".
Bishop Cottrell handed out the egg timers to commuters at Reading railway station and urged them to share in his philosophy.
He said: "By learning to sit still, slow down, by discerning when to shut up and when to speak out, you learn to travel through life differently.
"There is a new delight and purpose in the mundane and the ordinary things of life.
"Making tea becomes a treat, travelling to work an adventure."

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A US man is suing the makers of a health drink, claiming the beverage gave him a three-day erection.
Christopher Woods, from New York, bought the nutritional drink Boost Plus on June 5, 2004.
Woods woke up the next morning "with an erection that would not subside" and was so worried he sought medical attention.
The 29-year-old man underwent surgery that day to help ease the condition, severe priapism.
Woods is now seeking legal action against the makers of the drink, Swiss-based pharmaceutical company Novartis.

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A Chinese man has discovered an unusual remedy for his stomach ache - eating live tree frogs and rats.
Jiang Musheng, 66, sought advice from a local wise man in the Jiangxi province about how to cure his 20 year abdominal pains and coughing.
Yang Dingcai suggested the bizarre remedy and demonstrated by eating a live wriggling frog.
Musheng claims that after a month of eating live reptiles his alignments have completely gone.

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Mobile phone ringtones of cows mooing are being used to lure Indian leopards into traps.
Gujarat forest guards are using the unusual animal noises to stop the vicious animals wandering into human villages.
The guards have also downloaded sounds of goats bleating and roosters crowing to their mobile phones, which they play via speakers to lure the leopards into cages.
Mr Vasani, a senior forest official in Gujarat, said: "The moos of a cow, bleating of a goat from the phone has proved effective to trap leopards.
This trick works." Five leopards have so far been lured from villages since the new method was introduced a month ago.
They have all been released back into the wild.

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South African farmers are using full-grown lions to protect their property.
The big cats patrol the perimeters of a number of Free State farmsteads at night.
Marius Erwee, 33, has adopted the method at his Lushof farm near Hertzogville, and has four lions to ensure his family’s safety.
His wife Valerie said: "One can’t feel safer than this, because I know no one can get in." The ferocious felines are kept in large camps during the daytime and let out at night to fulfil their duties.

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British Royal Air Force chiefs have banned pilots painting topless women on their jets.
RAF bosses say pin-up-style images - which traditionally decorate the nosecones of jets - may be offensive to female recruits.
A senior RAF source said: "Ground crews in Afghanistan decided to paint some pin-ups on their Harriers.
"But in the petty PC world we live in, they first had to change them to silhouettes then remove them. They are not happy." The tradition of decorating jets with scantily-clad beauties was started in World War II, when images of Rita Hayworth adorned Lancaster bombers.
British Navy bosses have also banned the racy images from their ships.

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A British adventurer plans to swim Egypt’s crocodile-infested River Nile.
Jason Lewis, 38, from Bridport, Dorset, is taking on the daredevil stunt as part of his bid to circumnavigate the globe using only human power.
He said: "I need to swim the Nile at some point.
"So I am counting on the legendary Nile crocodiles - which apparently make Australian Salties look like bath toys - being too lazy in the heat of the day to bother with me." Lewis - who began his trip in 1994 - crossed the Arabian Sea by pedal boat, cycled through Ethiopia and is currently biking across Sudan.
He also plans to kayak across Lake Nasser to Egypt.

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A Polish man has woken up from a 19 year coma.
Railway worker Jan Grzebski, 65, had been in a perpetual state of sleep since he was hit by a train in 1988.
Grzebski said he is amazed that the Communist party is no longer in power and food is not rationed.
He said: "When I went into a coma there was only tea and vinegar in the shops, meat was rationed and huge petrol queues were everywhere.
"What amazes me today is all these people who walk around with their mobile phones and never stop moaning. I’ve got nothing to complain about." Grzebski praised his wife Gertruda for not giving up on him when doctors said he only had two years to live.

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A British postman attacked two men mugging a woman, only to discover they were actors.
Neil Filer, 40, was finishing his round in Bristol when he saw the woman in distress and rushed to her aid brandishing his heavy mail sack.
The would-be-hero managed to whack one ‘assailant’ round the head before several camera crew started yelling it was just a scene for BBC drama ‘Casualty’.
Neil said: "I whacked one of the men on the back of the head then someone shouted, ‘What are you doing? We’re filming for ‘Casualty’ ‘.
"All the actors started laughing and after I got over the shock I did too."

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A pair of US fire-eaters have been arrested for being a safety hazard.
The men found themselves on the wrong side of the law after performing their trick at Tennessee’s Blum Plum Festival in Johnson City.
Police say the men - who used kerosene to spew fire from their mouths - posed a danger by risking the area of performance catching fire.
Michael Fatolitis and Philip J. Rose, both 19, were reportedly carrying a gallon-sized container of kerosene that could have caused serious injury if it ignited during their act at the outdoor music and art festival.
Both men were charged with reckless endangerment.

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A US woman was jailed for nine days after police mistook her for a crook who shares her name.
Maria Carrasquillo visited Kissimmee police to voluntarily get her fingerprints taken for an application to be a licensed practical nurse.
But the 51-year-old was arrested on drug-related charges laid against a woman from New York.
Unable to defend herself as she was Spanish speaking, it was nine days before someone at the Kissimmee Police Department realised they had the wrong woman.
She is now suing for false imprisonment.
Her lawyer said: "If they had done a background check or brought in a Spanish speaking person they would soon have realised they had the wrong person."

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British contractors have been ordered to repaint wonky road markings they painted in the dark.
The wobbly markings on the A337 Lyndhurst to Cadnam road in New Forest, Hampshire, have been amusing motorists since they appeared over a week ago.
The workers had attempted to paint the lines at night, using only a small mobile light.
Chairman of Lyndhurst Parish Council George Bisson said: "Presumably they were doing it then to prevent traffic disruption but perhaps it was counter-productive." A spokeswoman for Hampshire County Council said they had refused the work for its bad quality and insisted the contractors repaint the lines.

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A US man has broken the world hotdog eating record.
Joey Chestnut, from San Jose, California scoffed 59 hotdogs in just 12 minutes at the Arizona contest.
The 22-year-old beat the previous record-holder by six hotdogs. Takeru Kobayashi downed 53 of the meaty snacks in last year’s contest, while Joey, who weighs 15st 10lbs, had come second with 52.
Following his gluttonous victory, Joey said: "Two years ago I never thought I’d make it this far. But in the last month of training all the numbers kept going up, and I knew I was going to be able to break the record today." A contest official said: "He is unbelievable - he just keeps on going."

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The prince is converting his remote £1.2 million Llwynynwormwood estate in Myddfai, Carmarthenshire, into a holiday complex and an initially report into bat and owl activity concluded building work would have minimal impact on the wildlife.
But common pipistrelle and brown long-eared bats have now been found roosting in a building on the estate which Charles has applied to transform into a £2 million luxury 11-bed resort.
He now has a month to call in a bat expert to decide what must be done.
One of the prince’s aides told Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper: ‘These are lucky, lucky, bats.
‘They will be the best cared for, most comfortably accommodated bats in the whole of Britain.
‘The prince is a huge fan of bats. I shouldn’t be surprised if they are treated to a princely organic diet as well.’ Depending on where the roosts are, the prince may have to drastically change his plans.
In some cases, where the demolition of a building is requested, owners are permitted to provide an alternative roost nearby. Bats and their roosts are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
It is an offence to kill or injure a bat or to intentionally or recklessly damage, destroy or obstruct access to any place a bat uses for shelter or protection. Fines can reach up to £5,000 per bat affected, or six months in jail.

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The screening of photographs showing Britain’s Princess Diana’s ‘dying moments’ has triggered an investigation by broadcasting watchdog Ofcom. Channel 4 received a torrent of complaints from outraged viewers after airing their documentary ‘Diana: The Witnesses In The Tunnel’ on Wednesday night (06.06.07), which included images of the princess receiving oxygen from paramedics as she lay slumped in the wreckage of the 1997 Paris car crash that claimed her life. Ofcom are launching an investigation after 24 people complained to them directly, and 2,000 angry viewers complained on the Channel 4 website. A number of the complaints expressed sympathy for Diana’s sons, Princes William, 24, and Harry, 22. The royal brothers had written to TV bosses pleading for the ‘upsetting’ scenes to be cut from the programme. Channel 4 ignored the request and insisted screening the photographs was in the ‘public interest’.
One irate viewer wrote on the network’s website the programme was a ‘disgrace’, while another wrote, ‘This is just wrong on all levels’.
More than three and a half million tuned in to watch the documentary.
A spokesman for Channel 4 said: ‘This is a strong performance for a history documentary and it seems viewers tuned in to make up their own minds.’

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The 26-year-old equestrian champion - the daughter of Britain’s Prince Anne and ex-husband Mark Phillips - confessed she has not paid much attention to who is in the running for the coveted title, awarded to one British sports personality annually in December.
When asked who she would tip to win the honour - voted for by the public - out of Italian jockey Frankie Dettori and Formula One star Lewis Hamilton she replied: ‘I have no idea - it’s a long way off yet? Can Frankie win? He’s Italian.
‘To be honest I’ve not paid much attention to it and I didn’t when I won.’ Zara - who scooped the prestigious award after claiming both the world and European three-day event championship titles - revealed her gong has pride of place on her windowsill.
She added: ‘The award is on a windowsill at home.’ The royal - who was also named Equestrian of the Year last September - dedicated her win to the memory of her close friend Sherelle Duke, who was killed aged 28 in a horse-riding accident last August.

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The prince has given his royal seal of approval to the organisation’s campaign to raise awareness of their global mission to convert a billion people into planet-saving ‘carbon citizens’ in India through the help country’s thriving film industry.
The group have kicked off their crusade by advising organisers of this weekend’s International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, taking place in Yorkshire, England, on how to make the event carbon neutral in order to minimize damage to the planet.
Announcing his support for the movement’s extension to India, Charles said: ‘It is clear that, through the partnership between Global Cool and the International Indian Film Academy, Indian Cinema has the potential to provide great leadership by exciting its enormous and enthusiastic audience to do their bit to save the planet.’ The prince was impressed with the group’s mission to use the entertainment industry to increase awareness of how people can reduce their carbon footprints by cutting CO2 emissions, which contributes to the cause of global warming. Julian Knight, Chairman and CEO of Global Cool, said: ‘Bollywood stars are some of the biggest and most influential cultural icons in the world. We believe that Global Cool’s partnership with Bollywood will enable us to go a long way to delivering our aim of ‘cooling’ the earth by engaging one billion people to reduce their personal emissions by one tonne of CO2 each’.
A video message recorded by the prince has been posted on Global Cool’s website, www.globalcool.org.

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