A tasty model of The Imitation Game star Benedict Cumberbatch has been created out of chocolate.
Some of the Sherlock star’s fans, known as ‘Cumberbitches’, may say he looks good enough to eat – but now he really is after a life-size sculpture was crafted out of cocoa to celebrate him being voted the dishiest dramatic actor on UK TV.
To mark the launch of the new Drama channel on UKTV’s on demand service, uktvplay, 2,000 women were asked to name the man they find the tastiest in TV drama.
Duck ditched in row over statue
A row over a duck that threatened to derail the unveiling of a statue of a famous locomotive designer has been settled.
The statue to rail engineer Sir Nigel Gresley, who designed the Mallard locomotive as well as the Flying Scotsman, was to have also featured a duck next to the eminent engineer.
But Sir Nigel’s family, and others, were not keen on the appearance of the duck with the bronze statue, which is due to be unveiled at King’s Cross station in London on the 75th anniversary of Sir Nigel’s death. And now the Gresley Society Trust, which commissioned sculptor Hazel Reeves to create the statue, has announced the duck will not appear.
Trainer rolls barrel 832 kilometres
After nine days and 832 kilometres a personal trainer has completed a madcap challenge with a whisky barrel. Personal trainer Rob Edmond rolled the barrel 12 hours a day from Perthshire in Scotland to Tidworth in Wiltshire to raise money for Help for Heroes.
During the Bell’s Barrel of Laughs trek, Mr Edmond, who was the personal trainer on ITV’s The Biggest Loser, was joined by veterans and comedians including Fred MacAulay, Mark Dolan and Rufus Hound.
Man charged over emergency calls
An Idaho man called 911 a dozen times to report being overcharged at a bar and now faces a $1,000 fine and a year in jail.
A police officer gave Phillip Poissonnier, of Post Falls, a ride home after he was kicked out of Club Tequila. Poissonnier then made 12 emergency calls, the first wanting officers to come back to discuss his bar tab, police said.
A bartender produced Poissonnier’s receipts showing he was charged 30 dollars for the 10 beers he ordered. He now faces a misdemeanour citation over misusing 911, police said.
Rocket the Rusty Rooster stolen
Police are searching for whoever made off with Rocket the Rusty Rooster, a 3m, 136kg metal sculpture stolen from its perch outside a business in Athens, Georgia.
Lexington Vintage owner Bonnie Harris said the rooster attracted attention to the store, which opened in November. Local police said the estimated value of the Bunyanesque artwork is $3,000 meaning that whoever stole it could face a felony.
The rooster’s installation two weeks ago involved anchoring the big bird in the ground with rebar stakes. Harris said her husband thinks some type of tool was used to cut Rusty away because part of one foot was left in the ground.
Stabbed for eating all the salsa
An American woman has been charged with felonious assault for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend after yelling at him for eating all of the couple’s salsa.
Ronnie Buckner, 61, told officers he was eating salsa with his girlfriend, Phyllis Jefferson, 50, at his Akron, Ohio, apartment when she started complaining that he was eating all of it. Buckner told police that Jefferson then started yelling and stabbed him with a pen. He then tried to catch a TV that Jefferson had knocked over when she grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him again. Police later arrested Jefferson.