17 FEB: A British tourist is making headlines in his home country after revealing that he was bitten on the genitals by a venomous tiger snake while relieving himself in the open in Tasmania.

15 FEB: Budget airlines are being blamed in part for the spread of prostitution Asia.

16 FEB: Nine couples have taken part in a Valentine’s Day nude wedding ceremony in the Caribbean.

13 FEB: British couples can now get an overnight divorce as part of a package holiday to the Caribbean.

8 FEB: A man stole valuable paintings from the lobby walls of leading Manhattan hotels in broad daylight, the New York Post reports.

30 JAN: A Roman Catholic priest who told his flock he was going on a spiritual retreat is actually a survivor from the Concordia.

24 JAN: Would someone steal the ashes of a dead person?

23 JAN: A thieving security worker at America’s Miami airport fitted a pocket in his uniform big enough to conceal a laptop computer, the Miami Herald reports.

20 JAN: A $70,000 reward is being offered for the return of a $1.3m emerald and diamond ring taken from a bathroom in the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong.

16 JAN: A wife in California phoned a bomb threat to Los Angeles airport to prevent her husband catching a flight to Atlanta. She believed he was flying to meet another woman.