World Briefs

The entire collection of a classic car museum fetched nearly £700,000 when it was sold at auction.

The Exmoor Classic Car Museum Collection, which was the retirement project of keen collector Stephen Johns, went under the hammer at Bonhams at the weekend.

The specialist museum in Somerset, was set up when Mr Johns moved to the West Country 12 years ago.

Mr Johns, an entrepreneur who ran a pyjama manufacturing business for 45 years, started the museum to house the large collection he had built up over the years.

A 1927 Bugatti Type 40 Roadster was sold for £149,340, a 1972 Ferrari “Dino” 246GTS Spider went for £144,860 and a 1923 Rolls Royce 20hp Doctor’s Coupe was bought for £57,500.

Grave hunters closing in

An archaeological dig hunting for the grave of Richard III will continue for a third week as researchers get “tantalisingly close” in their search.

Work began on August 24 and researchers have determined the site of the mediaeval Franciscan friary known as the Grey Friars. They also located the site of the church within the friary.

In 1485 King Richard III was defeated at the battle of Bosworth. His body, stripped and despoiled, was brought to Leicester and buried in the church of the Franciscan Friary but over time the exact whereabouts of the Grey Friars became lost.

Cool bosses preferred

Employees want “cool, calm and collected” managers in the Sir Richard Branson mould rather than domineering Gordon Ramsay-style bosses, a study has found.

Workers said they wanted to work for employers who are fair (30 per cent), relaxed (20 per cent) and inspirational (19 per cent), according to research by YouGov for recruitment firm Reed.

Sir Richard topped the list of ideal celebrity bosses (26 per cent), while only one per cent of people chose Ramsay as the type of manager they would want to work for.

No cats and dogs allowed

Apartment owners in a part of the United Arab Emirates have received blanket eviction notices – for their pets.

Officials in Ajman, an emirate north of Dubai, have banned dogs and cats from apartments and put a two-dog limit on single-family houses.

Pet ownership is not part of traditional Emirati culture, but the UAE has millions of expatriate residents who have dogs, cats and other pets.

Six tigers on top of flats

A Thai man has been caught raising six tigers in a cage on top of an apartment block.

Environmental police acting on a tip found four adult and two juvenile tigers in the rusty caged compound on the rooftop of a four-storey apartment building in a residential neighbourhood in Pathum Thani province.

Police said the caretaker told them he owned the animals but was authorised to raise only two of them; 28-year-old Surasak Bunthienthong has been initially charged with illegal possession of protected wild animals.