A new road sign is set to be introduced to warn motorists of the lethal danger from wild boar after a fatal collision last week, the Sunday Times of London reported.
The newspaper said transport chiefs are also considering putting up fences or other barriers by the sides of some roads, and other measures to control the animals in “infested” areas.
The move follows the death of Raymond Green, 47, on the M4 in Wiltshire when his car collided with a wild boar that had strayed onto the motorway.
Chef roasted for eating puffin
TV chef Tom Kerridge has been criticised for eating a puffin bird on a trip to Iceland, the Sun reported.
The BBC2 host, 41, reportedly boasted he was “en route to a puffin lunch”, adding: “Gotta love food experiences.” The Food and Drink host also ate whale, horse and guillemot while sampling the nation’s culinary delicacies, the newspaper said.
Light work for prison inmate
A prisoner has been given a £7-a-week role turning off lights at his jail, the People reported.
Anthony Burns is “energy champion” at Littlehey jail, near Huntingdon, in Cambridgeshire, the newspaper said.
Prisons Minister Andrew Scales reportedly said: “They should not sit idle in their cells.”
Knickers in a twist over stunt
Romanian subway officials have got their knickers in a twist over a planned stunt in which people will ride the Bucharest subway without their trousers.
Briefed about plans, the Metrorex subway managers said that those “who disturb public order or are indecent will be fined” and reported to the police. The No Pants Subway Ride began in 2002 in New York as a stunt and has taken place around the world since then. Organisers call it “an international celebration of silliness” and are organising it in dozens of cities on Sunday.
Sub-zero temperatures were forecast in Bucharest, with participants expected to turn up at a central subway station wearing coats, hats, scarves and gloves – but no trousers.
One-cent coin sells for $2.35m
A US one-cent piece dating to 1793 has sold at auction for $2.35 million by an anonymous coin collector.
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions said the penny sold at auction in Orlando, Florida. The penny is known as a “chain cent” because the design on the back is a chain with 13 linking rings symbolising the unity of the original 13 colonies.
Heritage Auctions president Greg Rohan says the copper cent is rare because the design was changed soon after production started in March 1793. He says critics at the time thought the chain evoked an image of slavery. A wreath replaced the chain in later coins.
Poisoned brew kills 52 people
Health authorities in Mozambique say 52 people have died and 51 were taken to hospital after drinking a contaminated traditional beer at a funeral.
Another 146 people have reported to hospitals for examination in the Chitima and Songo areas, both in the northeastern Tete province.
Carle Mosse, provincial health director, said blood samples and samples of the traditional beer were being sent to the capital Maputo to be tested.
Pombe, a traditional Mozambican beer, is made from millet or corn flour. Authorities believe that the drink was poisoned with crocodile bile during the course of the funeral.
Police are investigating the incident.