Perfectly acceptable

David Jones, the Welsh Secretary, has been spotted taking his Chauffeur-driven jaguar around 100 metres from his office to Downing Street – and back again. Wouldn’t want him getting lost, now would we?

Priceless

Will Alex Ferguson get an extra 7 mins after the transfer deadline has finished?…Jason in Birmingham

Better off than Spain then

Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti says that the country only had $217 left in its public account last week after paying civil servants.

So glad they cleared that one up

Roald Dahl wrote that it took 501 seagulls to help James fly the Giant Peach, but University of Leicester physics students found a total of 2,425,907 would actually be needed.

Adaptation

Reading the ‘side-saddle’ news reminded me, for some reason, of a book I once saw on the shelves in Moscow airport: Lenin on micro-computers Wonder if it is still available, way ahead of its time.

Obviously very secure

Convicted killer known as the ‘Black Dog Strangler’ on the run after escaping from secure mental hospital by asking to use toilet

Legend

From 4-2 down to 7-4 for a sixteenth world title. Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor.

Kicking yourself Gerard?

France’s Constitutional Council overturns a new top income tax rate of 75%, a key policy pledge of new Socialist President Francois Hollande.