Council workers in England have taken parking restrictions to the extreme by painting double yellow lines down a 1.4-metre alley.
Despite barely being wide enough for two people to walk abreast, the walkway in Swindon has had lines painted down both sides, just in case drivers were unsure if they could park there.
The alley was painted last week when other roads in the area were having double yellows put down.
Resident Liz Adams said: “Only Swindon could do such things.” (PA)
Elephant attacks tourists
A Polish and a Chinese tourist visiting South Africa’s flagship Kruger National Park have been taken to hospital after an elephant charged their car and overturned the vehicle on Monday, park officials said.
An emergency medical team was dispatched by helicopter to the accident scene in the vast park. The Polish man, who was not identified, suffered broken ribs while the Chinese woman, also not identified, had no major injuries, park spokesman William Mabasa said.
“We stay here every day. We meet elephants on the road,” Mabasa said.
“We basically give them space but tourists sometimes don’t.”
More than one million people visit Kruger each year and incidents of this sort are rare but not unheard of with the animals that can flip cars and uproot trees with ease.
The last incident of this sort took place in November 2012, when an elephant overturned a car, injuring one passenger. (Reuters)
Daft Punk for Wee Waa
Australia’s tiny town of Wee Waa, better known for cotton than music, will be the launch site for Grammy-award winning French electro duo Daft Punk’s next album Random Access Memories, from which the music will stream live to the world next month.
In a clash of cultures, Daft Punk, known for its use of disguises, particularly ornate robot costumes, while in public or performing, will screen their latest video at the 79th Wee Waa Regional Show, a fair with a long tradition of wood chopping, pick-up trucks and cowboy hats and boots.
Daft Punk will not appear in person at the May 17 album launch, but 4,000 tickets were sold in 13 minutes for the event at Wee Waa, 570 km northwest of Sydney.
Sony Music Entertainment Australia said the event will be streamed live online to an international audience but declined to give further details, including why Wee Waa, Aboriginal for “fire for roasting”, was chosen as the album launch venue. (Reuters)
‘Batman’ burglary charge
A man who handed his friend in to a police station while dressed as Batman has been charged with burglary.
Stan Worby, 39, made headlines around the world last month when pictures were released showing him taking Daniel Frayne to a police station in Bradford, England, while wearing the Caped Crusader costume.
Worby and Frayne, 26, have now both been charged with burglary after police stopped a vehicle containing suspected stolen property.
The men were arrested shortly after 4am on Sunday.
West Yorkshire Police said: “Two men, one aged 39 and one 26, are due before Bradford Magistrates’ Court on April 26 charged with burglary.”
Last month, Worby, a Chinese takeaway delivery driver, explained he had returned from watching Bradford City play in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley in his Batman suit when Frayne asked him to accompany him to the police station in relation to other matters. (PA)