A couple’s wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of their lives, but for many it is the most anxious one too – for one in eight Britons (12 per cent) the biggest fear is that their partner will not turn up at all.
Couples about to marry are plagued by worries including being jilted at the altar, the dress being ruined, the groom losing the rings, or the venue going bust, a survey for Debenhams Wedding Insurance revealed.
The biggest dread for people before they tie the knot is rows between family members, with more than a third (35 per cent) concerned that arguments and bickering could cast a shadow on their big day, the survey of 1,630 UK couples found.
Corpse mistaken for a mannequin
A front desk clerk at a Florida apartment complex has been fired after mistaking the body of a tenant for a mannequin and throwing it in a rubbish bin.
The Tampa Tribune reported that Ronald Benjamin, 61, told police he saw the body in the car park of the 16-storey St Petersburg apartment building and assumed someone had put a mannequin there as an April Fool’s Day prank.
A co-worker arrived and told him there was a body in the car park but he insisted it was a mannequin. He got a newspaper carrier and her son to help him throw the body in the rubbish. A maintenance worker saw the body and called authorities.
Police said the body was that of a 96-year-old woman who jumped from her balcony.
No Super Mighty for Vladimir Putin
Hey, Putin – don’t even think about ordering a Super Mighty in Buffalo. Mighty Taco, a chain of Mexican fast-foot restaurants, has banned Russian President Vladimir Putin from all of the company’s 23 locations in western New York.
The company known for its quirky ads announced on social media this week that, effective immediately, Putin is banned from Mighty Taco for seizing Crimea from Ukraine. Mighty Taco’s posting says Putin may be ordering around Crimea, but he will not be ordering a Super Mighty, one of the chain’s most popular menu items.
The post, which features a red-tinted photo of a gesticulating Putin, says he’ll be “welcomed back” at Mighty Taco when he stops acting like a bully and “picking on people”.
New zombie craze
Streets in Cardiff came to a standstill following a new zombie craze set to sweep the rest of the UK.
The cross-city chase game, 2.8 Hours Later, sees players immersed into a film-like story where actors playing the undead are out to get them. As well as fleeing the zombie hordes, participants also interact with characters and avoid getting infected.
Around 500 people in the Welsh capital got in on the act across six locations, including Cardiff City’s football stadium, a primary school and an eerily deserted recycling centre over-run with bloodthirsty monsters.
New Monopoly rules made by fans
No rent collection while in jail, double the dough for landing on Go and clean out Free Parking if your luck takes you there – these are among five made-up Monopoly rules Facebook fans voted in for future editions of the board game.
Several thousand people weighed in on “house rules” over 10 days of debate, a year after Hasbro added a cat token and retired the iron in a similar online stunt aimed at keeping the 79-year-old game fresh.
“Our goal is to stay current and deliver Monopoly in a way that they want to engage with it and that means sometimes being new and having modern takes on the brand,” said Jonathan Berkowitz, vice president of marketing.