British workmen have managed to misspell the word ‘bus’ during recent roadworks.

“Bup stop” was painted on to the road surface in Bristol, UK, in large yellow lettering at the end of last week, with the stencilled letter P used instead of S.

The mistake was made as part of road repairs that are likely to last up to four weeks in the Old Market area of the city centres.

Bird’s-eye view of candle proposal

A police helicopter crew captured on camera the moment a man got down on bended knee surrounded by the illuminated message: “Will you marry me?”

Metropolitan Police Service officers were flying to carry out routine duties at Heathrow Airport when they came across the imaginative proposal.

The words “Will you marry me?” were spelled out on the ground in Gladstone Park, Dollis Hill, northwest London, with what were believed to have been candles.

In a stroke of luck, the crew captured the exact moment the mystery man kneeled to pop his question: but whether he got the answer he was looking for remains unanswered.

The MPSinthesky Twitter account tweeted: “We think we have just seen the most romantic guy in north London.”

‘Heart attack pie’ sold at hospital

A pie filled with sausage, black pudding and bacon, topped with an egg, is on sale at a Scottish hospital.

The National Obesity Forum dubbed the pie “a heart attack on a plate”.

The pie is on sale at Dundee’s Ninewells hospital but NHS Tayside said healthier options were also available.

US small-town honour pays well

The owner of a coffee shop in the US that operates on the honour system says small-town living is what allows the system to work.

David Brekke, owner of The Vault in Valley City, North Dakota – home to about 6,700 people – says since the shop opened in October, people have left 15 per cent more money than the asking prices.

He renovated a nearly 100-year-old bank building and cut down on overheads by cutting out baristas.

Customers can pay by credit card, cash or cheque. There are security cameras, but Brekke says there has not been much to view.

England’s most desirable postcode

A garrison town in Wiltshire is said to have the most desirable postcode in England.

The SP9 postcode of Tidworth topped the Royal Mail table that ranked the most “desirable” postcode areas based on crime, jobs and health.

Tidworth was followed by the Hampshire village of Yateley (GU46) and St Bees in Cumbria (CA27) in the study commissioned to mark the 40th anniversary of the allocation of postcodes to every address in Britain.

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