A traffic cop in Austria got more than he bargained for after a booby trap covered him head-to-toe in manure as he was trying to catch people speeding. Police said an explosive put in a plastic bucket filled with liquid manure was set to detonate when somebody triggered a fishing line placed nearby. PC Gunther […]
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Spring at the palace
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Gertenpalais Liechtenstein is inviting visitors to an exhibition with a different this time with a focus on all things to do with spring and a tour of its gardens. As part of a general renovation the gardens at the Gertenpalais Liechtenstein were given a new lease of life and now they can be seen in […]
Schweizerhaus opens for season
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Schweizerhaus, a huge beer garden, popular with locals and tourists alike has opened for the summer season this week just in time for the warmer weather this weekend in Vienna. The beer garden opens every year on 15 March at 10am and many locals rush to its opening to sink their first beer of the […]
A school bus driver was found nearly four times over the drink and drive limit after an accident on Monday.Police in the Styrian district of Judenburg announced today (Weds) that the woman who got away uninjured needed counselling after the crash in which three children aged eight and nine were injured on Monday.The […]
A two-year-old girl underwent surgery after she was bitten in the face by a dog.The child was attacked by a friends Border Collie at a garden party in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, yesterday (Tues). The canine reportedly bit the kid when she tried to catch a tennis ball herself and that others had thrown into the air.The […]
An Upper Austrian woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for cutting down trees in her neighbours garden.The 28-year-old was in court in Ried im Innkreis yesterday (Thurs) for axing several spruces in her next-door neighbours back garden with a chainsaw last year. The actions were the final chapter in a bitter feud […]
Axe-wielding husband arrested
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A Viennese was put in custody for threatening his wife with an axe while drunk yesterday (Weds).The 58-year-old was arrested after the woman, 34, managed to flee their flat in Ottakring district to tell officers at the nearest police station what was going on.The attacker is in custody, and police have refused to give out […]
Dad of 10 drowns cutting hedge
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A 74-year-old father of 10 drowned in a creek after he slipped and fell down an embankment cutting a hedge yesterday (Thurs).The pensioner was found by his wife who started looking for him when he failed to come in for lunch.The man was already dead when the horrified woman spotted him lying in a stream […]
One man was injured when a pensioner fearing a burglary shot at a group of friends trying to put up a poster to surprise his birthday-celebrating wife.Police in St. Georgen in Upper Austrias Vöcklabruck district said today (Thurs) the 78-year-old had fired several shots in the direction the noise was coming from in his houses […]
Gardener survives fence impalement
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A Vienna man is recovering after he was impaled by a garden fence yesterday (Weds).The 45-year-old fell onto one of the fences metal poles after he lost balance while cutting back a bush in his garden in Döbling district. The metal pike ripped through his upper body narrowly missing his ribs and emerged from out […]