World Briefs

The filming of Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt’s latest blockbuster has been kept on track in the UK by fuelling the cast and crew on a local delicacy – the humble Cornish pasty.

Mr Pitt, 47, is in Cornwall filming scenes for zombie action film World War Z off the English Channel coast and on a ship in Falmouth harbour.

After rough seas hampered delivery of lunch to hundreds of the cast and crew offshore, some of the 500 local extras employed on the shoot suggested they get a large consignment of pasties on board to see them through.

Bigamist jailed

A conman who married three women has been jailed for three years.

Delroy Bryan, 46, wed two Jamaican nationals in sham ceremonies as part of an immigration scam – despite the fact he was already married at the time.

The UK Home Office said Mr Bryan was paid just a few hundred pounds for taking part in each of the two “weddings”.

Armada wreck

The wreckage of a sunken vessel believed to be from the Spanish Armada has been discovered off the Donegal coast in Ireland.

Underwater archaeologists are to explore the historic wreck, located in shallow waters in Rutland Harbour, near Burtonport.

Evidence uncovered during a dive survey revealed the vessel was likely to be a 16th century ship, possibly part of the 1588 Spanish Armada.

Shanghai typhoon

Typhoon Muifa pounded China’s commercial capital of Shanghai with high winds and heavy rain while more than 400,000 residents along the country’s east coast were moved to shelter and tens of thousands of fishing boats recalled to port.

Just south of the city, Zhejiang province moved 330,173 people from its coastal areas while another 80,400 were evacuated in Fujian province further down the coast, according to local government websites. More than 30,000 ships along the eastern coast were also called back to shore, they said.

Typhoon Muifa was forecast to hit China early today, making landfall in the eastern province of Shandong and skimming the coast as it heads north, China’s Central Meteorological Administration said.

Tornado graduates

About 3,300 University of Alabama graduates finally got their chance to walk in cap and gown, more than three months after a deadly tornado hit Tuscaloosa and forced their commencement to be postponed.

The university had to wait because of the twister that struck near the campus on April 27. Six students who died in the storm received posthumous degrees.

The EF-4 twister that ravaged Tuscaloosa was among 62 tornadoes that hit Alabama, leaving dozens dead.

Drunk and incapable

A US town mayor said he was drunk and did not know what he was doing when he signed nine contracts with a California company which is now suing the city for one million dollars (€700,000).

Martin Resendiz, mayor of Sunland Park, New Mexico, has told lawyers he had been drinking for several hours with executives of the architectural design firm Synthesis. The lawsuit claims the company is owed one million dollars for work performed under the contracts. The city contends the contracts were not valid because they were not approved by the City Council. Mr Resendiz is a former police officer and municipal judge.

Sand rescue

Medics have saved the life of a girl after a hole she was digging on a beach collapsed on her.

East of England Ambulance Service said a seven-foot hole that the 15-year-old girl was digging on the beach at Caister, near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, caved in.

It is understood the teen stopped breathing but medics managed to save her life by clearing her airways.

Raider’s remorse

A thief who stole a woman’s wallet in a New Hampshire supermarket turned up at her home days later to return $90 (€63) and a GPS, along with an apology letter.

Eight days after the theft, a man knocked on her door, said he was sorry, returned her belongings, gave her the long letter and fled. Police said the thief probably found her address from something in her wallet.

Deputy Police Chief Kathleen Jones said that, although the wo­man was happy to have her belongings back, she was worried because the thief knows where she lives. The thief still faces charges when caught.

Rent row

A candidate who ran for New York governor because “the rent is too damn high” said he is being evicted from his rent-controlled Manhattan apartment because his landlord wants to charge a new tenant more.

Jimmy McMillan pays $872 (€610) a month for the rent-controlled East Village apartment. He said the landlord wants him out because “my rent is too damn low”.

Mr McMillan, now planning a run for President, is filing a counter claim for $70,000 (€49,000).

Waterfall body

The body of a man who died after being swept into a raging waterfall at Yosemite National Park, California, nearly three weeks ago has been found.

Hormiz David and two other members of his church group, Ramina Badal and Ninos Yacoub, died after crossing the safety barricade at the top of Vernal Fall to pose for photos on July 20. Recovery teams spotted Mr David’s body on Friday afternoon, pinned against a boulder about 240 feet below the base of the waterfall, said Kari Cobb from the Yosemite National Park.

It is believed the other bodies are trapped under rocks. (PA)