Two passenger jets collided on the ground at Prague's Ruzyne airport when as they were preparing for take off yesterday.
An airport spokesman said no-one was injured in the collision shortly before noon (1100BST) but both planes have been slightly damaged and will have to be repaired.
The planes were a Lufthansa Airbus A321 heading for Frankfurt and a Boeing 737-800 chartered by Turkey's Sun Express.
It was not immediately clear what caused the collision.
Town imposes ban on cycling
A US town prohibited touring bicyclists from pedalling while in town, becoming what is thought by cycling advocates to be the only city in America with such a restriction.
Black Hawk began enforcing its ordinance and issuing $68 tickets on June 5, five months after it passed the law requiring bicyclists to dismount and walk their two-wheelers through the town of about 100 residents.
Black Hawk City Manager Michael Copp said eight citations have been issued so far.
"At this point the council has no intention of repealing the ban," Mr Copp said. "They believe their actions are what's best for its citizens in Black Hawk, which are casinos and their patrons."
Robots for hospital's dirty work
A fleet of robots is to carry out day-to-day tasks at an NHS hospital.
The robots will be used to transport clinical waste and dirty linen, deliver food and dispense drugs at the new Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Stirlingshire.
The robots will run along their own dedicated network of corridors underneath the hospital. Human staff will call the robot when it is needed using a hand-held personal digital assistant system. The robot will then make its way to a lift, collect or deliver its item and return to the lift.
An NHS Forth Valley spokesman said the new system would help with infection control, adding that the robots would not be replacing humans, but would free up more time for staff to spend with patients.
Vigilant dog detects alligator
A man used his bare hands to capture a four-foot alligator that an alert dog noticed outside a US business.
Employee Jeff Colucy was with his dog in the parking lot of a Columbus, Ohio company that makes office fixtures when the dog went on alert, focused on the alligator hunkered down in a puddle, The Columbus Dispatch reported.
Police brought in reptile wrangler Chris Law, who captured the gator by grabbing it at the tail with his bare hands.
Mr Law said people often buy alligators as pets, then dump them when they get too big.
Former Mr Gay on sex charges
A police officer and former Mr Gay UK has been charged with a number of sex offences, sources confirmed yesterday.
PC Mark Carter, 27, has been charged after an incident at a hotel in Leeds city centre on December 19 last year. He has been suspended and will appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "A 27-year-old man has been charged with a number of sexual offences. He was arrested following a police investigation at the Etap Hotel in Leeds on December 19 2009.
PC Carter was crowned Mr Gay UK in 2006 at the Flamingo Club in Blackpool. He was said to have had the full backing of West Yorkshire Police.
Lennon lyrics sell for £810,000
John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the Beatles hit A Day In The Life sold for more than £810,000 at an auction in New York yesterday.
The controversial song was the final track of the classic 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which spent 27 weeks at the top of the UK charts.
The double-sided sheet of paper features the lyrics - starting with "I read the news today oh boy" - written in capital letters, along with cross-outs and corrections.
The paper previously belonged to Beatles road manager Mal Evans.
Sotheby's, which organised yesterday's sale, had touted the document as a "rare glimpse into the Beatles' songwriting dynamic" with Lennon noting where Paul McCartney (now Sir Paul) would insert his upbeat verses.
How low can you go?
American singer Roger Menees has set a world record for the lowest note produced by a human.
The former gospel singer, from Anna, Illinois, hit 0.393 hertz - a very low F-sharp. The previous record was 0.797 hertz.
He said he could have done better and will probably make another attempt if his record is beaten.