Relief for man who lost wife's $1m purse

A Canadian man lost his wife's designer purse - containing $1,000,000 worth of jewellery - on holiday in California.

But a local man found the purse where he left it, on a park bench, and handed it in to police, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

Shahla Ghannadian cried for most of the way home to Toronto after husband Said Khalili lost the purse in Sausalito.

The designer purse contained her Cartier watch, diamond and ruby rings, pearl earrings, necklaces with large diamond stones and $500 cash. In total, it was worth US$1 million, the equivalent of £575,000.

But then they got a phone call from Sausalito police saying the purse had been found and handed in by John Suhrhoff, from nearby San Rafael.

"My mom started to cry again and my dad became very emotional, too," said the couple's 28-year-old son, Ali Khalili. "That was a big deal. There are still good people in this world."

Mr Suhrhoff said: "Every person I know or associate with would have done the same thing. I'm glad to be able to help."

Europe's biggest rail station has only one toilet

Operators of Europe's largest railway station have admitted their mistake in building only one set of toilets.

Passengers at Berlin's new £480m train station have already been complaining about the queues for the loos.

About 30,000 people use the new multi-level station each day and it has also attracted visits from shoppers and tourists.

Station spokesman Holger Auferkamp admitted the lack of washroom facilities was a problem, in particular for women.

"We realise there is a problem and are now planning to build a second set of toilets as quickly as possible," he said.

Einstein's theory of boarding aeroplanes

Researchers have used Einstein's theory or relativity to find the most efficient way for passengers to board an aeroplane.

And they have concluded that the time honoured method of boarding by seat numbers is a waste of time, reports the Sun.

Dr Eitan Bachmat, of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, says airlines would be better off following the example of low-cost carriers who let passengers sit where they like.

Dr Bachmat said: "Back-to-front boarding is bad because it is designed for cardboard-thin passengers, or for the spacious surroundings of the first-class compartment.

"But there is no need to play with the rows. It doesn't matter which rows get on first."

Dr Bachmat stumbled accross the theory when researching how to make computers run quicker.

He said: "It dawned on us that we could use the same geometry that appears in relativity theory."

Holidays for teddy bears are being offered by a German travel agent.

Christopher Boehm and Elke Verheugen promise "The holiday of a teddy's lifetime with a host of activities to tempt teddy away from the loving arms of his owner for a week or two."