The UK’s only female giant panda is no longer pregnant, Edinburgh Zoo has announced.

The zoo said there is no evidence Tian Tian has had a miscarriage, and that “late reabsorption of the foetus” could have taken place.

It said that all data gathered since the animal conceived in April suggested she was pregnant and likely carry to full term, but “sadly this did not happen”.

The zoo said the panda is in great health, and is being monitored by experts.

Generous customer pays up

A generous customer paid $1,000 to pick up the tab for diners in dozens of vehicles at the drive-through lanes of a Texas fast -food restaurant.

The man was in a white truck at a Chick-fil-A in Abilene when he handed over the cash. He told employees he wanted to pay for everyone behind him for as long as the cash lasted.

He told workers that his name was John and that he just wanted to make everyone’s Monday better as he handed over the money.

The cash was enough to pay for drive-through food for people in 88 vehicles over about an hour.

Minecraft version of museum

An online version of the British Museum will be built using the popular game Minecraft after the institution appealed for volunteers to help create it.

The idea is part of its Museum Of The Future project and staff have gone online to find volunteers willing to take part.

The game, where players can build an entire world from scratch using different types of blocks, has millions of fans around the world.

£40m auction artwork on show

Artworks from the collection of an Austrian museum, expected to fetch more than £40 million when they go on sale next month, were exhibited in London yesterday.

More than 40 works, from the likes of Louise Bourgeois and Gerhard Richter, are being sold by Christie’s in London in an auction of post-war works drawn from the vast collection of the Essl Museum in Vienna.

Items gathered over a period of 50 years – including creations by Martin Kippenberger, Sigmar Polke and Cindy Sherman – will feature in the sale to be staged on October 13.

Many of the works will be on view to the public from today at Christie’s Mayfair in New Bond Street.

‘Doughnut’ dare causes damage

A Pennsylvania man caused more than $14,000 of damage to several other vehicles when he took a dare to do a “doughnut” with his pick-up truck in a bar car park.

Brett Whitmire’s truck kicked up damaging stones as it spun in a tight circle in the car park of the Beer Garden in Washington Township. Butler County prosecutors said they are willing to drop a felony criminal mischief charge if Whitmire, 35, of Butler, pays for the damage.

Whitmire was arraigned by video as he is in a state prison on a parole violation. His lawyer called the incident a “mistake”, adding that criminal mischief requires prosecutors to prove the damage was intentional, not just an accident.