• 17 June 2011, 11:23

Naked shoppers queue for clothes

Hundreds of young shoppers endured the rain in their underwear to queue up outside a London fashion store in the hope of winning free clothes.

Spanish label Desigual promised an outfit of their choice to the first 100 people who showed up at their Regent Street branch, reports the Evening Standard.

The first punters turned up at 11pm the previous night and by morning the queue was 300-strong, meaning many left disappointed.

Crowds flooded through the doors, grabbing their favourite pieces off the pegs before leaving the shop fully clothed.

One 22-year-old girl said: "I have been queuing from 2am this morning, it's been amazing - a little cold but definitely worth it to get some free clothes."

The stunt also took place in Stockholm, Amsterdam and Berlin under the slogan: "Arrive half naked - leave fully dressed."

Woman dials 911 emergency over wrong takeaway order

• 17 June 2011, 11:35

Woman dials 911 over wrong takeaway

Police in the US were shocked when a woman called 911 to report she'd received the wrong order from a Chinese takeaway.

Officials have now released the audio of the call in a bid to highlight the type of calls people should not be making to the emergency number.

During the two minute call, the woman asks for police officers to be dispatched to the restaurant in Savannah, Georgia.

"I need the police. It's this Hong Kong type restaurant to go," the woman said when asked what was the emergency.

"I ordered food and they done bring the wrong food. I done brought it outside and they ain't going to give me my money and I need my money.

"Uh-uh, I need to someone to handle this. They ain't going to do me in any kind of way."

Officers were eventually dispatched - but only to give the woman a caution for wasting police time.

Woman drives car down staircase

• 15 June 2011, 12:34

Woman drove car down staircase

A Chinese woman drove her car down a shopping mall staircase after following signs to the car park.

Xiang Zhen said she saw a parking sign with a direction arrow in the mall in Liuzhou, southern China's Guangxi Province.

But when she followed it, she found herself stuck halfway down a staircase that was clearly not designed for cars.

"I saw a sign overhead saying 'car park' so I drove under it, but the road instantly plummeted and became so bumpy," said Xiang.

Local trader, Xie Xiangrong, who has a stand under the stairs, said: "I heard a loud noise, and when I looked up, a car was driving down towards me.

"I ran for my life down the stairs with several other shoppers."

Xiang left her car on the stairs and called a local breakdown company to winch her car back onto solid ground.

The mall has admitted the sign should not have been there and is in talks with Xiang over compensation.

iPod hat appears at Royal Ascot....

iPad Hat Spotted At Royal Ascot 

The Huffington Post  Hilary Moss 
First Posted: 06/15/11 04:10 PM ET Updated: 06/15/11 04:10 PM ET

Princess Beatrice kept it pretty low-key at the Royal Ascot, wearing a wide-brimmed hat that paled in comparison to her reindeer-meets-pretzel royal wedding fascinator.

Fortunately, there was this chick to pick up the sartorial slack. Oh yes that is an iPad attached to her head.

Iron age settlement found on remote Hebrides island

Iron Age settlement found on one of Europe's most inhospitable islands

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 11:42 AM on 17th June 2011\

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of a settlement which could date back to the Iron Age on one of Europe's most inhospitable islands.

It had been thought that no people had ever lived on the St Kilda island of Boreray, 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean.

Inhabitants of nearby Hirta island used to visit Boreray only in the summer to hunt birds and gather wool, a practice which ended in the early 20th century.

Location, location: Evidence of a permanent settlement dating from as far back as the iron Age has been discovered on the inhospitable St Kilda island of Borera

Rugged landscapes: Boreray was previously thought to have been too difficult an area for any settlements to flourish

But the new discovery suggests that people may have lived on the steep slopes of the island as far back as prehistoric times.

The remaining 36 inhabitants of the St Kilda archipelago were evacuated from the islands at their own request in 1930.

Archaeologists from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments (RCAHMS) of Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland made the new discovery on an eight-day research trip to Boreray.

RCAHMS Surveyor Ian Parker said: 'This is an incredibly significant find which could change our understanding of the history of St Kilda.

'Until now we thought Boreray was just visited for seasonal hunting and gathering by the people of Hirta. 

'But this new discovery shows that a farming community actually lived on the island, perhaps as long ago as the prehistoric period.

Farmed: Though the island has very steep slopes, the team found remnants of an agricultural field system and crop terraces

'These agricultural remains and settlement mounds give us a tantalising glimpse into the lives of those who lived for a time on Boreray.

'Farming what is probably one of the most remote and inhospitable islands in the North Atlantic would have been a hard and gruelling existence. 

'And given the island's unfeasibly steep slopes, it's amazing that they even tried living there in the first place.'

The team found remnants of an agricultural field system and crop terraces.

Wildlife: Boreray is known for its biodiversity as well as cultural heritage, both recognised by Unesco

Three possible settlement mounds were also uncovered. One of these contained the intact remains of a stone building with a 'corbelled' roof, sealed by soil over the centuries.

The archaeologists think some of the remains could date to the Iron Age.
St Kilda is one of 27 locations in the world with dual World Heritage Status by Unesco in recognition of both its natural and cultural heritage.

Cared for by the National Trust for Scotland, it is home to tens of thousands of seabirds, including 45,000 gannets, and a few hundred wild sheep.

Hirta is the largest island in the archipelago.

Jill Harden, who is under contract with the National Trust for Scotland, said: 'New discoveries and interpretations are fundamental to people's understanding of ways of life associated with all the islands and stacs that make up the St Kilda archipelago.

'It is refreshing to know that there is still so much to learn about these islands.'

The team were on the island last summer and have spent the past year analysing their findings.

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said: 'This extraordinary discovery is further evidence of the international importance of the St Kilda archipelago, reinforcing its value as one of Scotland's five World Heritage Sites.'

Flighty population: Cared for by the National Trust for Scotland, the island is home to tens of thousands of seabirds, including 45,000 gannets

St Kilda lies 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2004562/Iron-Age-settlement-St-Kildan-island-Boreray-Europes-inhospitable-islands.html#ixzz1PXXrhsLQ

Outfoxed! Fox caught stealing egg...

Outfoxed! The four-legged thief caught on camera trying to steal an egg 

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 1:09 PM on 17th June 2011

It takes somebody with extra cunning to outwit a wily fox.

But German wildlife photographer Horst Jegen, 41, managed to get a close-up shot of the creature after witnessing him persistently trying to steal his kitten's dinner.

Spotting a perfect picture opportunity, Mr Jegen rigged up an elaborate trap - involving a hidden button, an egg and his trusty camera. 

The pesky fox, which has been nicknamed Leo by Horst and his family, tentatively crept inside the log and grasped the egg in its jaws.

Cunning trap: The fox is captured with his nose almost touching the camera as he steals the rigged-up egg from a log in a photographer's garden in Germany

He was pictured looking rather surprised with the egg in his mouth and scurrying across the garden. 

Mr Jegen set up the device after the fox continued for more than a month to intrude into the garden desperately in search of food.

The photographer placed the egg inside a hollowed log with a button underneath.

Attached to the trigger was a cable connected to his cameras shutter, which activated the second the sneaky fox poked his head in the log and swiped the egg.

And the fox's wide-eyed, startled reaction was captured perfectly - before the animal scurried back to the woodland behind the family's home.

Crafty plan: German photographer Horst Jegen, 41, made an elaborate trap - involving a hidden button, an egg and his trusty camera

There's my dinner: The fox tentatively puts a paw inside the hollow log as it fixes it sights on the egg

Escape: The startled fox makes a dash for it with the egg in its mouth having been photographed by the camera and its powerful flash

Using a second camera, Horst quickly captured the fox's majestic leap as he lunges over the garden wall and away into the dark night.

Mr Jegen, from the Eifel region of Germany, said: 'The wild fox visits my garden every night looking for food - and even has the cheek to steal my cats dinner.

Plan: Mr Jegen in his garden in Germany where he first spotted the fox trying to steal food

'The fox was scared at first as it was a really wild one. He was also very nosey.

'Every day I put a different piece of food in a different place so he has to find it.

'This time I decided it would be a good idea to get a picture of him close up, and used the egg as bait.

'He almost always finds the food - maybe only failing to find it on two occasions - so I was pretty confident of getting the shot.

'I saw him a few times before he crept into the garden for food. At one point we looked each other in the eye and I thought he might run off, ruining my chances of the shot.

'Thankfully he didn't.' The elaborate camera set up has enabled Horst to snap these stunning images of the fox as he pokes his head through the end of the the log to grab the enticing egg.

Mr Jegen was then captured the sneaky fox as he slopes off towards the woodland, leaping spectacularly off of a felled tree and over his garden wall.

The wildlife photographer, who began taking pictures when he was just 15, added: 'The fox is like another member of the family now. We have named him Leo and started to train him to jump from the tree to the wood blocks where I often place the food.

'In the beginning, the distance between the tree and the wood-blocks was just 20 cm.

'But every few days I make the distance bigger - now it is up to two metres' 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004662/Outfoxed-The-legged-thief-caught-camera-trying-steal-egg.html#ixzz1PXV3mXhX

Do you know how educated I am? woman goes nuts after being told to keep her voice down...

'Do you know how well-educated I am?' Stressed commuter goes nuts after being told to keep her voice down on train

By MIKE O'BRIEN

Last updated at 8:48 AM on 17th June 2011

A bad case of superiority complex, maybe! There can only be one thing worse than someone talking loudly on the train ... and that's someone talking loudly on the train about how intelligent they are.

Captured on a cellphone by a fellow passenger on a New York area train is a commuter straight out of the 'do you know who I am?' school.

Talking loudly to a friend, and allegedly using profanities, the woman is told calmly by one of the Metro-North train's conductors to keep the noise down and to stop using swear words.

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The stress express: On being accused of loudly using profanities, the passenger gets to her feet and asks the conductor 'Do you know what schools I've been to?'

What! The uptight woman snaps and says: 'I was not cursing, excuse me, do you know what schools I've been to?'

As the conductor tells the other conductor why she asked the woman to be quiet, the woman interrupts: 'I'm sorry, do you think I'm a little hoodlum?'

When the conductor talks about the words coming from the passenger's mouth, the indignant commuter explodes: 'From my mouth? Excuse me? Do you know how well-educated I am?'

At one point she gets up and says: 'Stop the train, stop the train.'

Commuter rage: The passenger gets ready to fly out of her seat

Getting ever more worked up, the woman demands her money back and says she'll never give Metro-North her money ever again.

She had already said she takes the train to get to work and back every day.

Finally, as the conductors walk off, one of them says: 'Go to customer service.'

Under pressure: After saying 'stop the train,' she asks the guard to go away

At that point our flustered female delivers her closing line before walking off: 'No do not tell me to go to customer service. I am not a crazy person. I am a very well-educated person.'

A minute later, there was an announcement asking all passengers to please not use profanity on the train, 'especially those people who went to Harvard or Yale or are from Westport.'

The video, uploaded on YouTube on Tuesday is titled Educated Loudmouth on the Metro North Railroad.

It remains a secret gem, having had under 400 hits so far. 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004479/Stressed-commuter-goes-nuts-told-voice-down.html#ixzz1PXTh0EqE