The man threatened to denotate these sausages Pic: Europics.at

A THIEF kept police at bay for more than an hour before they realised that dynamite and detonators strapped around his waist were really sausages.

Sing He, 23, threatened to blow up a restaurant in Benxi, northern China, unless the owners handed him the day’s takings. 

The cat has become a national hero

A PET cat has become a national hero in China after learning how to use a human loo.

The cheeky pussy’s antics have earned her godlike status in the country, where half of the rural population don’t even have an indoor toilet themselves.

The aptly-named Miao Mi, has learned to patiently wait for public WCs to become vacant in Chongqing, southern China, before she enters.

Owner Fang Deng, 32, said: “When she uses the toilet she squats at the edge; the posture is exactly the same as us.

“After doing her business, she takes a peek and then uses her paw to flush the toilet.”

What a 54-year-old might look like... Pic: Europics.at

MEET Cindy Jackson who, aged 54, is the most surgically enhanced woman in the world.

Cindy has spent this year altering her appearance to look like movie icon Brigitte Bardot.

On top of the 50 procedures she’s had in the past, she’s filled 2009 with botox, lower lip injections, Restylane injections to fill out her cheeks and Strawberry Laser Lipo treatment on her jawline, stomach and thighs.

In total, she has blown more than £130,000 and had 14 major operations trying to make herself look younger.

She said: “Some say that life begins at 40, but I am loving my 50s.

“On a good day I get chatted up by men in their twenties who think I’m their age and on a bad day I look like I’m in my thirties.

“It’s nice when people say you look great but there is a down side and I have had plenty of nasty comments as well, with people calling me vain and shallow.”

The American, who recently set up own website, has even pledged to keep going under the knife until she is well into her seventies.

She told the Austrian Times: “People say you should grow old gracefully and for me, that is exactly what I am doing! There is nothing graceful about falling to pieces and letting yourself go.

“I have all the benefits of wisdom that come with age but see no reason why I should let those years show in my face.”

Brigitte Dentler is not a woman you'd want driving your motor Pic: Europics.at

WHO said taking the bus was safer?

Commuters waiting for their ride were left terrifed after a 78-year-old woman accidentally stepped on the gas, in reverse gear, and drove off a wall into their stop in Salzgitter, Germany.

Brigitte Dentler managed to drive herself up the wall, literally, as she left the car park of a local DIY store.

A police officer said: “She had a problem with her clutch and the next thing she knew she and her car were sitting in the queue at a bus stop.”

“She was a bit shaken up but at least she was well placed to catch the bus home,” he told the Austrian Times.