Some of the more random headlines from the BBC News website over the last week or so:
- Saudi street fridge to feed the poor: A man in the Saudi city of Hail puts a fridge outside his house so people can leave food for the needy.
- Elderly driver hits 11 parked cars: An elderly driver in Erfurt, Germany, damages 11 parked cars while trying to exit a multi-storey car park.
- Dating show man in murder confession: A contestant on a Turkish television dating show reveals he murdered his former wife and a former lover – and vows not to kill his next partner.
- Shard hotel rooms ‘not so private’: Guests at a luxury hotel in a central London landmark are being warned to close the blinds at night to avoid being seen from neighbouring rooms.
- US twin babies born holding hands: A pair of US twin sisters who have a rare condition which meant they shared an amniotic sac have been born holding hands.
- US baby survives 11-storey fall: A baby in the US state of Minnesota has survived an 11-storey fall from an apartment balcony, local media report.
- US trio return $40,000 found in sofa: Three friends in New York find $40,000 (£24,000) in an old couch they bought but return it to the woman whose name was written on the envelope.
- Cat brings bag of cannabis home: NZ woman finds something strange on her doorstep
- French embarrassment over rail error: The French train operator SNCF has discovered that 2,000 new trains it ordered at a cost of 15bn euros are too wide for many regional platforms.
- How Greg got his holiday: How one man’s leave request became a top trend on Twitter
- Ghostbusters car stops the traffic: There’s something strange in the neighbourhood in Surrey – a replica of the 1959 Cadillac ECTO-1 ambulance from the movie Ghostbusters.
- Italy police get new Lamborghini: Lamborghini gives a sports car to Italian police.
- Charity worker rescues Osborne’s cat: Freya, Chancellor George Osborne’s cat, is rescued by a charity worker after straying more than a mile from her Downing Street home.
- BBC talks to youngest girl on Everest: Thirteen-year-old Indian schoolgirl Malavath Poorna, the youngest girl ever to climb Mount Everest, tells the BBC she wants to be a role model for tribal children.
- Game stunt causes office evacuation: Watch Dogs’ publisher apologises after a publicity stunt for the video game caused the bomb squad to evacuate the offices of a leading news site.
- Pensioners loot church ‘for thrills’: One motive was the rush of doing something ‘forbidden’.
