Germany in Focus, page 28

• BB porn star Cora Dies
  The busty Big Brother star who got viewers in a lather when she soaped up other housemates' boobs has died after a breast enlargement op went wrong.
• Silly Arson
  Silly arsonist Markus Rohrbach, 22, was arrested after he was spotted starting a blaze by a witness who then realised he was one of the firefighters that turned up minutes later to tackle the fire.
• Secret Millionaire Cleans Up
  A multimillionaire cleaning boss donned a blonde wig and overalls to start work as a trainee Mrs Mop in her own firm to learn more about the company she owns.
• Room Servicing
  Randy holiday-makers have revealed they they want more than just a kettle and a hairdryer in a fully equipped hotel room.

• Smash and Gab
  A pair of hapless smash-and-grab robbers were arrested after they dialed 999 for help when one of them cut himself snatching mobile phones from the broken window of a shop in Offenbach, Germany.
• Saw too much
  Cinema bosses have apologised after they showed the extreme horror movie Saw 3D at what was supposed to be a school holiday screening of the children's cartoon Rapunzel in Cologne, Germany.
• Big Tot-al
  Experts say a record cold winter last year has led to a massive baby boom in Germany in 2010 - with official figures showing 510,000 babies were born in the first nine months of the year.
• Sleighed
  A 25-year-old man died instantly when his home-made sleigh being towed down a busy road by a pal's jeep hit a snowdrift and sent him flying into a lamppost at 30 MPH, say police in Ostholstein, Germany.

• Brit murder
  A 50-year-old British man was stabbed to death in homeless shelter after a fight with another resident in Heinsberg, Germany.
• Rob-a-Job
  A burglar who fell asleep in the middle of a break-in at a Job Centre was woken by police the next morning in Ahaus, Germany.
• School Daze
  An alcoholic teacher conned his pupils out of 5,000 GBP for a bogus school trip - and them blew every penny on booze, a court heard.
• Kung fool
  A martial arts expert who forced a gang of teenagers to rebuild his snowman after they knocked it down for a prank is being quizzed by police in Strausberg, Germany.

• Caught napping
  Customs police unearthed a 26,000 GBP stash of marijuana stuffed into disposable nappies on a flight to Bejiing, China, during a stop-over at Cologne airport, Germany.
• Light entertainment
  Scientists claim to have cracked wafer thin screen technology that could turn windows into TVs and household lights within months.
• Pop idles
  Greedy music company bosses have sparked a rip-off row in Germany after demanding kindergartens pay them a royalties fee every time youngsters sing a children's song.
• Piste off
  A dozy motorist brought skiers to a halt in Reit im Winkl, Germany, when he took a wrong turn out of a car park - straight onto the ski piste.

• Cream of the pops
  Stranded farmer Stefan Lind drove his pregnant wife to hospital in his tractor when paramedics told him the snow was too deep to fetch his wife by ambulance when she went into labour in Viersen, Germany.
• Hitler Hotel: End of the Line
  Adolf Hitler's favourite hotel has reached the end of the line - and is to be turned into a transport museum in Nuremberg, Germany.
• Fuelish mistake
  A 63-year-old trucker was blown sky high when he lit a cigarette as he drove through Bocholt, Germany, and sparked off a huge build up of fumes from a leaking petrol jerry can on his passenger seat.
• Policeman´s Ball
  Terrified police broke out anti-riot batons and pepper spray when a gang of 40 teenagers in Berlin, Germany, blitzed them with snowballs.

• Crispy duck
  More than 7,000 ducklings were roasted alive when their barn burned down after a gas heater failed, say police in Brandenburg, Germany.
• Kims Magnetic Appeal
  Sex change pop singer Kim Petras is to go on tour around Europe after being asked to support and record with electronic music star KeeMo - with whom she launched a new single this week.
• Jobless should clear snow, say Politicians
  German politicians are discussing emergency measures proposed by home affairs expert Peter Trapp to force the unemployed to clear roads and airports of snow.
• Nazi Treasure Hunter
  Veteran German forger Andreas Uckert, 51, is seeking backers after claiming to have unearthed a secret treasure map leading to more than 150 million GBP of buried Nazi treasure.

• Swine Art
  A German Court has ruled that pets are not allowed to be tattooed because it causes unnecessary pain and suffering.
• Man `cured`of aids
  GERMAN doctors claim to have “cured“ a potential AIDS victim three years after treating him with transplanted stem cells.
• Manhunt - Marksman Bags Burglar
  A huntsman who shot dead a 16-year-old burglar in Sittensen, Germany, has been released without charge.
• PR Charge Against Defence Minister and Wife
  GERMANY’S defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is under attack from fellow politicians after taking his glamorous wife and a TV talk show host to visit troops in Afghanistan.

Chelsea Thugs Target Champs League Final
Anti-soccer thug police have warned that a hard core of violent fans are heading for Chelsea's Champions League final against Bayern Munich on Saturday - despite British police issuing more than 80 travel bans on suspected hooligans.

Old Banger
A cabbie whose gas-powered car exploded just after he'd fuelled up survived with barely a scratch when he was blown clean through the open window, say police in Schwabing, Germany.

Scared Stiff
A burglar fled an apartment in terror when he came face to face with the mummified corpse of the of a woman who'd died unnoticed five years earlier, say police.

Dirty Politics
A grandstanding politician came down to earth with a bump - when a 40 ton digger he'd insisted on driving overturned on top of him.

Ewe Brutes
Callous art students who planned to behead a helpless sheep are being investigated by prosecutors in the German capital Berlin over animal cruelty allegations.

Wedding Lift
A serial car crook found with stolen wedding presents worth more than 150,000 GBP has confessed to pinching them from cars parked outside churches and hotels.

Hot Cross Huns
Naked sauna-goers were among the two hundred guests that fled when a sauna and thermal spa resort in Fichtelburg, Germany, went up in flames causing 25 million GBP of damage.

Wedding Crasher
Boozed up Stephan Pfeifer, 20, was a real wedding crasher after wandering into a community centre attic space to find somewhere to sleep - and plunging 30 foot through the floor to land in a shower of debris in front of bride Annett Friedman in Unterfranken, Germany.

Off Their Trolley
Staff at a Kaufland supermarket in Duisberg, Germany, had to apologise to customers after thieves made off with their entire stock of 150 shopping trolleys overnight.

Piggy Back
Dad Lucas Bergmann who was burgled and his his kid's money boxes and toys stolen while the family were at a New year's Eve party has had the lot returned - complete with an apology note from the thief at Neufahrn in Bavaria, Germany.