Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of David Cameron yesterday - and the life-like model won immediate praise from the new British premier's pregnant wife Samantha.
"They've done the most incredible job, it's amazing. He looks so real. He just looks identical to him really," she said at the London museum, adding that her husband would also be impressed.
"I'm sure he'll love it," added the premier's wife, who is due to give birth in September. Posing with her model husband, she declined to give him a kiss, saying: "I'm worried I might leave my lipstick on him."
The waxwork - which cost £150,000 (€180,000) and took a team of 20 people to make - went on display less than two months after Mr Cameron's Conservative Party won a general election. (AFP)
Zimbabwe mother kills son, sells ear
A Zimbabwean woman killed her infant son and sold one of his ears for $20 to a traditional healer wanted for ritual murders in neighbouring Mozambique, police said yesterday.
"We can confirm that the woman Christine Hofisi from Chipinge strangled her 18-month-old son to death and cut off his left ear," deputy national police spokesman Oliver Mandipaka said.
"Hofisi sold the ear to a traditional healer notorious for ritual murders in Mozambique. She sold the ear for 20 dollars but was given 10 dollars with the balance to be paid later.
Rituals murders often involve traditional healers and business people who believe that the use of magic potions mixed with human organs can bring them good fortune. (AFP)
Croc shock for German cops
German police were called to make an unusual arrest yesterday, seizing a crocodile peacefully going about its business on the streets of the small town of Gross-Rohrheim.
The police received a call from a worried resident swearing there was a crocodile in the street. Initially suspicious of a hoax, police who went to investigate were stunned to find that the reports were accurate.
"With a great deal of finesse - according to the officers' report - they managed to outsmart the reptile, temporarily bind up its jaws and take it into police custody," a police statement said.
Suspicion quickly fell on a small circus that was visiting the town at the time. Police took the offending croc back to the big top and its grateful owners. (AFP)
Newt protester sentenced
A newt expert killed three of his own amphibians and sent them to wildlife officials after protesting against development work.
Brian Butcher, 75, of Canonbury Street, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, took the protected great crested newts from his pond, hit them over the head with a hammer and posted them to government body Natural England in protest against plans to tear down hedgerows where newts live.
Mr Butcher pleaded guilty to four separate counts at Stroud Magistrates' Court and received a two-year conditional discharge and was ordered to pay a contribution towards costs of £40 earlier this week, court staff said. (PA)
Lego jewellery
Lego has released its first line of adult jewellery in the form of sterling silver rings adorned with the children's construction block.
The jewellery is part of a trend towards "kidult" play-themed products, according to department store Selfridges, which is stocking the line. The silver rings come with two interchangeable Lego bricks available in more than 15 colours. (PA)
Ozzy analysed
Scientists are to study Ozzy Osbourne in a bid to find out why the rock star is still going strong after a life noted for its excesses.
DNA researchers in St Louis said they are part of a team working to determine why decades of substance abuse did not end the reign of the 61-year-old Prince of Darkness.
Jon Armstrong, chief marketing officer for St Louis-based Cofactor Genomics, said Mr Osbourne asked a Massachusetts human genomics company to map his DNA to help understanding of the relationship between DNA and the environment. (PA)