HORNET SHOCK
Whoever stole an industrial vacuum cleaner from beekeeper Don Shump’s truck in Philadelphia was likely to get more than they bargained for. “The vacuum was there because it was filled with European hornet queens,” said Shump, who had just used it to extract a nest of the insects from a local building. “Those girls should be full of life and extra spicy. I anxiously await your unboxing video.” 6abc.com, 26 Sept 2023.
FINGERED
When Liam Jones, 27, attempted to rob Barclays Bank in Llandudno, North Wales, all he got was a one-year prison sentence. Having burst into the bank wearing a mask, he gave cashier Karren Star a note saying, “Give me all your money or I’ll shoot”. However, Star realised that Jones’s ‘gun’ was just his hand making a gun shape in his pocket and that he was shaking, so she tried to stall him until police got there. Jones, though, lost his
