Strange naked drunk woman wakes man

Forget asking for a cup of sugar -- this is one way to meet your neighbours and ensure they'll remember you.

A single man in Victoria, B.C., woke up early Saturday morning when he heard someone open the door to his apartment, police said."A few minutes later a woman came into his bedroom, promptly disrobed, slid into the bed next to him and fell asleep," Victoria police said on the force's operations blog. "The difficulty here was that the man lives on his own last time he checked."The man called police at 3:20 a.m. Saturday.

When police arrived, the woman was still asleep. They discovered the woman had the right building and apartment number, but she was on the wrong floor. One officer found her purse, jacket and shoes on the floor in front of her correct apartment door. No one answered when police knocked.

The woman, who police said was "quite intoxicated," was taken into custody until she sobered up.

Why-Iran bans Valentine's Day gifts

TEHRAN - Iran has banned the production of Valentine’s Day gifts and any promotion of the day celebrating romantic love to combat what it sees as a spread of Western culture, Iranian media reported.The Feb. 14 celebration named after a Christian saint is not officially banned but hardliners have repeatedly warned about the corruptive spread of Western values. Under Iran’s Islamic law, unmarried couples are not allowed to mingle.

The printing works owners’ union issued an instruction on the ban, imposed by Iranian authorities, covering gifts such as cards, boxes with the symbols of hearts and red roses.“Honouring foreign celebrations is the spread of Western culture,” said the union’s head, Ali Nikou Sokhan, ILNA news agency reported. “Our country has an ancient civilisation and various days to honour kindness, love and affection.”Valentine’s Day has become increasingly popular among the Iranian youth and is a money-maker for businesses in a country where 70 percent of people are under 30 and have no memory of the 1979 Islamic revolution which toppled the U.S.-backed Shah.

“Printing and producing any products related to Valentine’s Day, including posters, brochures, advertising cards, boxes with the symbols of hearts, half-hearts, red roses and any activities promoting this day are banned,” read the instruction. “Authorities will take legal action against those who ignore the ban.”Some nationalists have suggested replacing Valentine’s Day with “Mehregan,” an Iranian festival celebrated since the pre-Islamic era. Mehr means friendship, affection or love.

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings: Bride Sam Norton 20st illuminated dress - picture

DETERMINED to dazzle on her big day, Sam Skye Lee planned to float down the aisle in a net gown bedecked with fairylights and delicate fabric butterflies with moving wings.

Well, she would have floated if the voluminous dress – wired up to a battery pack hidden inside in her bra – hadn’t weighed 20st. Ex-barmaid Sam, 17, who lives in a caravan in St Helens, Merseyside, said: “I could hardly walk. But it was worth it.”Her marriage to traveller Pat, 20, features in the new C4 series of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, which starts tonight.

Shopkeeper faces jail for locking 40 customers in her store - because she thought one was a thief

A SHOPKEEPER who locked 40 people in her store because she thought one was a thief could face five years in jail.Customers in Szczecin, Poland, were held for an hour but no items were missing. A lawyer said: “This is a case of unlawful imprisonment.”