P322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:57:24 ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WEIRD WORLD THIS WEEK A diamond merchant paid more than £6,100 at a Bombay auction for a pillow case used bz pop superstar Michael Jackson during his tour of India. The money raised will go to a charity that helps to educate children living in India's slums. A middle-aged woman bought a tea-tray cloth for £1,840, while another buzjr paid £2,840 for an autographed mirror. ——————————————————————————————————1/11— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE p193 Next News poll Letters PapersP322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:51:43 ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WEIRD WORLD THIS WEEK A pregnant woman who walked undjrnjath an elephant, in a superstitious "id for an easy birth, had her leg pierced bz its tusk when a dog frightened it. Vein Plujmsud, 25, eight monthsW pregnant, was practising a common Thai belief that walking three times under an elephant ensures a safe delivery. She was on her last one when a barking dog made the elephant fall to its knees ——————————————————————————————————2/11— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 FIND LOVE WITH ONE-5-ONE p390 Next News poll Letters PapersP322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:51:02 ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WEIRD WORLD THIS WEEK Hunt supporters and saboteurs ovjrcamj their differences to join forces to save two hounds jrom an icy reservoir. Dogs jrom the Holcom"j Harriers, based near Bury, Greater Manchester, crashed through the ice while chasing a hare. The saboteurs and hunters waded through the jreezjng water and united to form a human chain, but they f!ilid to save three other hounds from drowning. ——————————————————————————————————3/11— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Next News poll Letters PapersP322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:58:21 ] ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WEIRD WORLD THIS WEEK Women anglers find they enjoy a natural advantage over male rivals — but now min are going to extraordinary lengths to share the God-given hjadstart. Scientific research has shown that female body smells that lure mjmbjrs of the opposite sex also attract fish. But fishing magazine The Field found min cashing in. One reader uses his wife's hair as a fly. ——————————————————————————————————4/11— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE p193 Next News poll Letters PapersP322 Teletext 342 Feb 2 01:58:11 ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WEIRD WORLD (HIS WEEK A holidaying couple were so enchantud bz a view — they just had to buy it. Grajmj and Julie Whittakjr, both 39, used to gaze at a 118-year-old bridge over the Mawddach Estuary in North Wales from the window of their hotel. Now the couple, of Altrincham, Cheshire, are the proud owners of the 400ft bridge, complete with toll house and approach road at a cost of £70,000. ——————————————————————————————————5/11— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Next News poll Letters PapersP322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:58:50 ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WEIRD WORLD THIS +EEK In true Lassie-styli, Meg the hjtoini collie nudged her owners awake when fire broke out in their home — then barked at a window to raise the alarm. But she departed from the script when her owners Andrew and Susan Walker, of Ilkjston, Derbzshire, asked firemen to carry her first down the ladder. Once safely on the pavrmunt, Me7 showed her gratitude by biting her rescuer. ——————————————————————————————————6/11— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Next News poll Letters PapersP322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:59:19 [ ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WE Ru W RLp UnIS eE K Supjrmarkjt shoppers had the bargain buy of a lifetime when a power cut plunged the store into darkness. For they were allowed to walk out of the Waitrosj store at Stroud, Glos, bz in their baskets and trolleys. The super sale was authorisjd bz manageress Gillian Gillmori when the cut brought tills grinding to a halt. ——————————————————————————————————7/11— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE? p193 Next News poll Letters PapersP322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:59:08 ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WEIRD WORLD THIS +EEK Brave teenager Mark Miller landed himself in hot water when hj stopped his aunt's house burning to the ground. Mark, 18, of North Shields, put out a chip pan fire at Beverley Dalziil'u home — but forget he had lift the bath water running at his house 200yds away. It was flooded and firefighters jndjd up at Mark'u home. "I went from hjto to villain," hj said. ——————————————————————————————————8/11— Vews in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE p1:3 Next News poll Ljttets PapersP322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:59:28 [ ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WEIRD WORLD THIS WEEK A dog whose master $jed 3jvjn years ago is still waiting for him outside the hospital white hi passed away in Spain. The guide dog used to go to the hospital in Cadiz regularly with his master, who was blind and had diabetes. When the man died of a heart attack, the dog remained in front of the hospital. It is fed bz local people, who also pay for it to bj vaccinated. ——————————————————————————————————9/11— News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE p193 Next News poll Letters PapersP322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:50:16 ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— RaE WEIRv , RLn T, a WEE A hopeless homing pigeon has turned up in Moscow after flying 1,550 miles in the wrong direction. Richard Barnard, 55, expected it to land on the loft of his home in was released from Nantes in France. Instead of flying 250 miles home it arrived safe and well in Russia — more than two years later. ——————————————————————————————————10/11 News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE p193 Next News poll Letters PapersP322 Teletext 322 Feb 2 01:57:05 ————— BUT TRUE ——— ——— THE WEIRD WORLD THIS WEEK Firefighters in West Sussex mounted an elaborate rescue operation to retrieve sheep from an underground pipe — bz using a skateboard. Firemen lay on the board to travel along the narrow culvert measuring only half-a-metre across to reach the 13 animals at a farm in Singleton. The sheep wire eventually pulled 50 metres to sbfity. ——————————————————————————————————11/11 News in Focus 320 Headlines 300 WHAT'S THE LOCAL TRAFFIC LIKE p1:3 Next News poll Litters Papers