Whenever the Bermuda Triangle is mentioned thoughts turn straight away to the mysterious disappearances of ships and planes when travelling through the region. The region first received notoriety when investigators suggested that an external cause could be the reason why the vehicles disappeared. The comments like these proved a field day for conspiracy theorists and hence the mystery surrounding the region evolved.

The mysteriousness was fuelled by the fact that no wreckage was found when the first aircraft disappearances took place. However, new research has now been conducted focusing on the late 1940’s and found that many errors could have contributed to the planes loss. Mainly due to late arrival of search and rescue teams at the site.

If you want to find out more, Radio 4 have produced 10 radio shows dedicated to the subject. The first will be aired today at 3.45pm.

We often hear of robberies on the news, they are an unfortunate occurrence of day-to-day life. Mostly however we associate them with the younger generations. Not so it seems in Scotland. Two pensioners have just been charged with steeling £2,000 in cash and other items from a shop in Glasgow.

Before the jokes start, they did not did not steal slippers from M&S or pretend their walking sticks were guns. They actually committed the crime knowingly and willingly. One man distracted staff while the other stole the goods. Police later recovered cash and goods from the man’s house.

Sentencing has been deferred and the men have now been released on bail.

It is quite common to bit a little disappointed when your internet service provider says they are providing you with a certain internet speed and they are actually not. Download and upload speeds can vary and your provider will often use the age old excuse of you being too far from the exchange to get full usage.

A South African IT company that has had problems with internet speeds has finally found the solution – pigeon power. The company attached a 4GB memory stick to the pigeon’s leg and timed how long it took the bird to travel from one office in Howick to another in Durban. The bird took only two hours whereas the ASDL line the company used had only managed to send 4% of the same data in that time.

So, if you thought the internet was getting bigger all the time, think again, there is still a lot to be said for pigeon post.

We all know when we are supposed to dial 999, or do we? A recent report states that the British public seem to be calling the emergency number for the most bizarre of reasons. Greater Manchester has a huge population and the emergency number is dialled around 6,500 times every day by people that need either the Police, Ambulance or Fire service. But, sometimes these calls are bogus or even for purposes we can only stand back and be astonished about.

The Greater Manchester Police force has just released recordings of some of the weird and downright stupid reasons people have called the number. One man angry about the cash amount he received for his win on a bet called 999 because he wanted to complain, whilst a woman called 999 just because she had no credit on her phone and needed to call someone.

A police spokesman stated:

“999 Day has been launched to appeal to the public to only ring 999 in a real emergency as tying up the lines unnecessarily puts people’s lives at risk and could delay someone in need of urgent help getting through.”