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Radio Show Friday, 02 February 2007 “Great music and news that might not have quite met the headlines”

Man bets wife in card game, loses Wednesday, January 31, 2007 A Russian man lost his wife in a game of cards after putting her up as a stake instead of cash. Andrei Karpov from Murmansk had run out of money in a game of poker and offered his opponent his wife instead of cash to stay in the game. When he lost the game and his opponent Sergey Brodov turned up to claim his winnings his wife Tatiana was so angry she decided to divorce her husband and started a relationship with Brodov. Man sets 110V booby trap for wife Friday, December 15, 2006 What the doorknob may have looked like It's important in any relationship that both parties should be able to have their own private space. But a man from Arkansas may have taken that a little too far, as he now faces charges over booby trapping his bedroom door so that his wife couldn't get in. Authorities say that Herbert Caldwell Jr, 44, of Elkins, Arkansas rigged up an electrical fence normally used to pen livestock in – so that it attached to the doorknob of the bedroom door. When his wife touched the doorknob – hooked up to the electric fence by a wire coathanger – it sent around 110V through her. Police were called to the house at around 3.30 in the morning of Monday – the third domestic disturbance call they'd had to the house in three days. He was charged in the end Drink drive lawyer drives drunk Wednesday, January 31, 2007 A lawyer in Wisconsin who was called to a police station in the early hours of last Thursday morning to pick up a client who had been arrested for drunk driving, was promptly arrested when he arrived at the police station – for driving there drunk. Rick Petri, 64, once prosecuted drunk drivers when working at the attorney's office in Madison, Wisconsin. But when he was called to pick up a client at around 2 a.m., a breathalyser test at the police station showed that he was over the legal limit. 'I can't tell you how humbled I am, how embarrassed I am,' said Petri. He added that he'd had a few drinks after work the day before, then watched a basketball game on television, then had a few more drinks and gone to bed. When police called him in the small hours of the morning because his client, Patrick DePula, 34, had been arrested for drunk driving, they also asked him if he'd been drinking himself. He replied that he was certain his blood alcohol level was below the legal limit of 0.08%. It was actually 0.09%.

'I did not think I was intoxicated, and I was wrong. If there's anybody who should have known better, it was me,' said Petri 'All I can do is apologize to my client, my family and my community.' Both the lawyer and his client were charged with first drink driving offences, which could result in fines of up to $300, and temporary license suspension. No more swearing for Sweden? Tuesday, January 30, 2007 In potentially bad news for Swedish people who enjoy shouting obscenities, a politician in Sweden wants to ban swearing in public. The proposal, from Centre Party councillor Ingrid Olsson in Ljusdal, northern Sweden, would see a 'zero tolerance' approach to people using rude words to insult each other. According to The Local, Olsson believes that the problem of swearing has got a lot worse in recent years, particularly as used to insult others. 'I'm not talking about stopping people saying 'oh damn' when they hit their thumb with a hammer or something,' she insisted. 'Physical violence is always reported to the police, but this is a kind of violence too.' The first moose in space Friday, November 10, 2006 The first Swede in space plans to achieve another first next month, when he will take the first moose meat in space onto the International Space Station. The news comes just a few weeks after it was revealed that Sweden – a late but enthusiastic entrant into the space race – plans to put one of the famous little red cottages that dot the Swedish countryside on the moon. Clearly, while the Swedes are embracing the space age like never before, they're determined that the final frontier shouldn't deprive them of their home comforts. That's why Christer Fuglesang, the man who will become the first Swede to travel in space when he travels to the ISS next month, is taking supplies of moose meat, crisp bread and gingerbread cookies with him. He wants his fellow astronauts to experience a traditional Swedish Christmas, only one that's in orbit around the earth. Fuglesang admitted: 'It will be an unusual feeling to eat in a weightless environment. But I am sure my colleagues will appreciate the Swedish elements.' He added: 'With the help of NASA's dieticians I have put together a menu that contains all the necessary nutrients. Funnily enough, our food list now includes a type of yoghurt developed in Sweden – a space yoghurt.' Pink milk puzzles farmer Tuesday, January 30, 2007 A farmer whose cows produced pink milk after eating carrots solved the problem by feeding them white carrots instead. Peter Houguez was so surprised by the way the milk was affected he called in a vet, who was just as puzzled until he realised the problem began when orange carrots were added to the cows' diet of grass and hay. Luckily, Mr Houguez, from Jersey, found that white carrots sold in France turned the milk white again. The 47-year-old said: 'The cows go mad for carrots. White carrots taste just same as orange so the problem was solved.'

Ian Johnson, of the National Farmers' Union, said people fed cows all sorts of things – including liquorice allsorts. He added: 'Pink milk is probably healthier with all the nutrients from the vegetables.' Man jumps from window to be on time Wednesday, January 24, 2007 An over-elaborate bit of stock photgraphy illustrating the concept of 'office worker' An office worker broke his ankle as he jumped 6m (20ft) from his third floor flat – because he was late for his first day in a new job. The 22-year-old became trapped in his flat when the front door jammed. He climbed through the window and jumped on to the roof of a first-floor flat below, breaking his ankle. 'He just kept saying he was late for work,' said fireman Mark Coffey, who helped rescued him in Leigh, Manchester.

Wallace and Gromit axed!

Wallace and grmit have been dumped by US studio dreamworks. The move came after parent company Aardman Animations lost money of the last films...including curse of the were rabbit Dreamworks now want to focus on computer animations Man charged with nude gardening Thursday, February 1, 2007 A man has gone on trial accused of gardening in the nude. 30-year-old Yan Price appeared in York Crown Court on Tuesday, where the court heard claims that his neighbours were shocked to see him mowing the lawn entirely naked. One neighbour, a young mother, said: 'I felt intimidated. You could see everything.' 'She could see the defendant out in the garden and he wasn't wearing a stitch of clothing. He was completely naked using the lawnmower,' said Howard Shaw, prosecuting. Price's neighbours have complained about him sunbathing in the nude before, during an alleged twoyear feud which saw Price given an Asbo preventing him from speaking to his neighbours. He is also charged with breaching that Asbo. Price denied the charges of indecent exposure, claiming that he had merely been mowing the lawn wearing a towel when, as he tried to fix a fault with the machine, his towel slipped off.

Man hits jackpot, remains oblivious Thursday, February 1, 2007 A slot machine: how does this thing work? A 71-year old man at a Nevada casino, playing a slot machine game that he had no idea how to play and didn't realise the cost of, didn't realise that he'd won over £4million until somebody told him. John Bromiley, a machine shop owner from Plumstead Township in Pennsylvania, had put around $100 (£51) into the machine before striking it lucky – because he thought he was playing at 75 cents a go, when in fact he was paying $3.75. 'To be honest with you, I had no I idea how I was even playing the game,' he noted. 'When all of this happened, I was waiting for the Wheel of Fortune to go around and push the spin button and nothing was happening. I said to someone next to me: "Something's wrong with the machine." He said, "Call an attendant. You just hit the jackpot." I said, "Oh my God."' It turned out that he'd won $7,874,435 (£4,000,217). Bromiley, a father of four, says he doesn't have any plans for how to spend the money, other than paying off a few bills and his children's mortgages. He celebrated his victory by returning to work as soon as he got home.