Londoners will be able to keep track of the Rugby World Cup as they travel around the capital as updates will be streamed across the Tube and DLR network.
Latest scores, results and news will be displayed on digital information boards at over 180 stations throughout the six-week tournament which begins when England face Fiji at Twickenham on Friday.
The service was unveiled at Southwark Tube station by England’s Maggie Alphonsi (pictured), who won the Women’s Rugby World Cup last year.
Hero dog sensed toxic fumes
A guide dog saved his owner and grandson’s life after using his sense of smell to detect toxic fumes from a faulty fridge, the Mirror reported.
Paul Whiting’s faithful Labrador-cross Iain started barking when the kitchen filled with gas, alerting the 53-year-old grandfather and six-year-old Leon.
Paul, of Hartlepool, and his wife Barbara, were treated in hospital after they inhaled the strong fumes.
Alpaca spat at saddle thieves
A protective alpaca tried to stop thieves by spitting at them, the Blackpool Gazette reported.
Victoria the alpaca was apparently trying to foil raiders who stole a retired horse called Huggy Bear’s specially made saddle, the newspaper said.
The thieves managed to get away and owner Judy Ainley spoke of her sadness that someone would target the 31-year-old pony.
Emu on loose in New Hampshire
Police are warning a New Hampshire town to watch out for an emu on the loose.
Bow police say several people have reported seeing an emu wandering around. They say they don’t know where the bird belongs.
Sgt Art Merrigan says the department has checked with emu owners and haven’t found any of the animals to be missing. He says his department is not equipped to catch the emu and that a wildlife expert has been called to assist.
Cookie criminal caught again
Police in Pennsylvania say a repeat shoplifter has been caught with raspberry cookies down his trousers.
Reports say that 47-year-old James Kaylor faces a preliminary hearing on September 23 based on his most recent arrest. Kaylor, who has six previous retail theft arrests and four convictions, was checking out at Martins Food Store in Altoona when a clerk told police Kaylor had shoved something down his trousers on September 5. Police say they confronted Kaylor after he paid for his other items but not the box of raspberry biscuits.
Altoona police say Kaylor acknowledged the theft was a stupid thing to do. The new charge is a felony – despite the small value of the cookies – because of Kaylor’s criminal record.
Vandals threw melons at cars
Police say vandals have been lobbing watermelons at cars in a Reno neighbourhood in the state of Nevada.
Sunday night’s vandalism happened in Angelique Ybarra’s north-west Reno neighbourhood. A watermelon dented the side of her car in July, and she says this new attack shattered glass and splattered fruit throughout her vehicle.
She says the incidents have cost her almost $1,000. Several other cars were also hit by the melons.