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A young woman in Germany who burst into tears when police fined her for speeding received an early Christmas present when another woman caught for the same offence paid the charge.

Authorities in the western city of Aachen said the older driver was so moved by the woman’s crying at the police station that she pulled out her purse and handed over the money.

‘It is Christmas soon after all,’ local police quoted her as saying.

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Red Light Loves Bikes?

A Berlin brothel has come up with an innovative way to attract customers during the economic crisis, and do something to help avoid climate change at the same time. They’re offering a discount to patrons who arrive on bicycles.

‘The recession has hit our industry hard,’ said Thomas Goetz, owner of the ‘Maison d’envie’ brothel.

‘Obviously we hope that the discount will attract more people,’ he added. ‘It’s good for business, it’s good for the environment – and it’s good for the girls.’

Customers who arrive on bicycle or who can prove they took public transport get a €5 (£4.30) discount from the usual €70 (£60) fee for 45 minute sessions, Goetz told Reuters. He said the environmentally friendly offer was working.

‘We have around 3-5 new customers coming in daily to take advantage of the discount,’ he said, adding the green rebate has helped alleviate traffic and parking congestion in the neighbourhood.

Germany is one of the few countries in the world where prostitution is legal. It has about 400,000 prostitutes who, since 2002, have been allowed to enter formal labour contracts.

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Feeling Drained?

A German beer drinker ended up in an awkward situation after he failed to spot an open drain and fell inside – and then had to be freed by firemen because his oversized beer belly left him wedged inside.

Gerhard Wilder, 46, from Bochum in western Germany has now pledged to stay off beer and go on a diet after the embarrassing pictures were shown all over German media.

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You wouldn’t normally think of garden gnomes as being leading advocates of fascist ideology, given that they’re mostly concerned with sitting on logs in gardens, wearing hats, and fishing in small ponds.

Heil, honey, I’m gnome: the Nazi gnomes of Ottmar Hörl

But these gnomes are a bit different – and 1,250 of them just appeared in a public square in the German town of Straubing, all with arms raised in the Nazi salute.

They’re the work of Ottmar Hörl, a professor at the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts, and far from being an insidious attempt to spread far-right ideals through the medium of novelty garden ornaments, the art work is actually intended as a warning about the manipulation of the masses through fascist politics.

You’ll be surprised to learn that it’s attracted a certain amount of controversy.