The week that was at a glance.
Watch Out
After 24 hours of speculation that a thief had lifted the $50 (137) Timex from the wrist of US President George Bush while he was mobbed by crowds in an Albanian farming village this week, the White House explained that Bush had put his watch in his pocket. Sometimes he pockets his wedding ring too. Even a world leader doesn't always know who to trust.
Wash Out
Sales of clothes pegs and washing lines are at their highest level in 50 years as people attempt to reduce their carbon footprint - though going green has its hazards.
Clothes pegs are blamed for 400 injuries a year in the UK. (They are for hanging washing, you know.)
In Quotes . . .
"The thinking man's crumpet"
- RTÉ presents the new chat show presented by Miriam O'Callaghan, Saturday Night with Miriam.
We Now Know . . .
Slummy mummies take heart: excessive scrubbing, strong soaps and biological washing powders could be fuelling a rise in allergies, doctors said this week.
Victoria Beckham dreams of working in a bank and living in a council flat with David, just like normal folk. Her admission came as she moved into her $16 million Los Angeles mansion and started work on her new chat show, and was parodied by Drew Barrymore on Saturday Night Livefor her eating habits.
In Numbers . . .
$54mDamages sought by a Washington DC judge from a dry cleaning shop that lost his trousers
10,000Signatures on petition in Alicante protesting at Irish female tourists sunbathing topless
£450mExpected spending binge by art collectors in London next week