25 July 2007: Europeans Keeping Cool

The UK may be flooded but continental Europe is suffering a heat wave, with temperatures remaining stubbornly above 40 Celsius (just over 100 Fahrenheit). This has caused people to behave differently.

A women, described as tall and slender, walked into a petrol station shop in eastern Germany wearing nothing but a pair of golden stilettos and a thin gold bracelet. She bought cigarettes, climbed back into the waiting Ferrari and drove off. Police say they won't be investigating the incident because none of the witnesses wanted to make a complaint.

But some tourists in Serbia were not so lucky. The three men were fined 10,000 dinars (about 84 pounds) each, having been reported by passers-by for cycling naked along the banks of the River Danube.