A vehicle long associated with the communist regime of East Germany is expected to make its triumphant return in a more eco-friendly form.

A British woman said she was shocked when the movie her boyfriend took her to turned out to be video of him dancing to a music video and proposing marriage. Pete Simson, 26, told girlfriend Hannah McDonagh, 25, they were going to see a film called 35 Shots of Rum for her birthday at Watershed Cinema in Bristol, England.

By ALAN ROSS I SAW something on the internet recently about yet another electric car. The electric car has been set to take over from the petrol driven monsters we use ever since I can remember. This particular variant on the theme has a sister model, which is an electric van.