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Police in the north German city of Bremen had to deal with an unusual traffic hold-up caused by an escaped goat. The animal was first spotted blocking a busy road by standing at a crossing and police gave chase. The errant animal was pursued across the city with drivers calling in reports on its latest location. Eventually the animal was trapped and held at a local jail, where it was fed on bread and water. Attempts to trace the owner proved difficult due to the animal's lack of distinguishing features othe

A parent in Denmark's capital Copenhagen got an unwelcome fright when he returned to his bicycle where he had parked it outside a shop in the city's Nørrebro area only to discover it had been stolen. His three young children had been asleep in the transport box of the bicycle.

Astec, the US-based manufacture of hot mix asphalt (HMA) plants and associated equipment, has appointed Sergey Dymov as director of sales, Northern Europe.

In Japan a woman was arrested by police after driving 6km with the body of a pensioner in her car windscreen. The 23 year old driver struck the 80 year old pensioner as she drove home early on morning. It was the young woman's boyfriend who reported the incident to the police, who commented that the driver was perhaps too shocked that she did not know what to do. The driver was charged with causing a fatal traffic accident and leaving the scene of an accident, which carry heavy penalties in Japan.

Local officials in the Scottish Highlands are being encouraged to cycle rather than drive to official events and meetings. The Inverness-based Highlands Council has to reduce its spending and the move is intended to cut costs. Other measures include the introduction of video conferencing and car sharing. The move will offer secondary benefits however as a recent report indicates that over 60% of British adult males and over 70% of British adult females take insufficient exercise. Scotland also has the highe

The local authorities in a village in the east of Germany have started selling potholes in an attempt to repair the community's crumbling roads. The village has insufficient cash available to repairs its roads and is using this novel approach to tackle the problem. Locals are being invited to help pay for the necessary maintenance work and are encouraged to feel that they own each repaired pothole. Several newspapers and TV firms have bought potholes in a move designed to gain advertising.

Highly integrated safety engineered into the Staxo 100 load-bearing tower has won Doka the European award for safety in structural engineering in Spain.

The authorities in a small Romanian town close to the Hungarian border recently took a novel approach to warning drivers of potential hazards in the roadway. Signs were erected showing a person crawling in the road, clutching a glass and proclaiming 'Attention - Drunks'.

Terex Cranes is using Intermat as the launch venue for its new Challenger 3160 all-terrain crane.