A pastor who was robbed at gunpoint handed over £250, only for one of the gunmen to return the cash moments later. Pastor Ade Amooba, of the Christian Victory Group, said he remained calm when three armed teenagers opened his car doors and demanded valuables in New Cross, south London.

Car enthusiasts are ignoring the world financial crisis to get their names down for a £1.2 million new car. UK luxury vehicle company Aston Martin has had around 100 expressions of interest for its new limited edition 200mph car codenamed the One-77.

Two police officers failed to notice a missing man's body while searching his house. Greater Manchester Police visited the property on Cow Hill Lane, Ashton-under-Lyme in December last year, after 46-year-old Peter Hanrahan was reported missing.

The makers of Marmite said it was "disappointing" a council had decided to impose a ban on the spread at their school breakfast clubs. Ceredigion Council in Mid Wales took the yeast extract product off the menu at their 51 breakfast clubs within the county because of a "high level of salt."

A Spanish debt collection agency has its bailiffs wear tails and top hats to inflict an extra, attention-grabbing dose of embarrassment when they repossess property. The company is called El Cobrador del Frac, which translates as debt collector in tails, and business has been booming since the economy fell into near-recession over the past year.