Thieves steal caravan - with owner inside 

Dozy thieves fled empty handed after stealing a caravan in Sweden - while the owner was fast asleep inside.Terrified holidaymaker Bjorn Feldbaek woke up to find himself being towed away in his mobile home after the crooks hitched it to their getaway car in Skovde.But he sent them packing when they stopped and broke into the caravan by screaming so loudly that the thieves abandoned their car and fled on foot.Feldbaek said: "I woke up to find the caravan hurtling down the road. I had no idea what was going on and was scared stiff."Then it stopped and I heard someone opening the door and when I saw the thieves I just started screaming and screaming. They looked as scared as I did and just ran off. I guess it wasn't quite what they were expecting."Police have now launched a search for the crooks.

Student wakes up in 150ft crane cab 

An Austrian student woke up in the cab of a 150-foot-high crane after a night boozing with friends.Stefan Hohenwart, 28, told police he had no idea how he got up there when they found him after construction workers called them in Graz.Officers said he was driven home and would face no charges since he had not caused any damage.A police spokesman said: "The construction workers turned up to start in the morning and the crane operator got quite a surprise when he went up and found the student snoring away in his cab."When our officers got there and get the man down he swore he had no idea how he got up there and just remembers leaving the pub and feeling very tired."The spokesman added: "Going up 150 feet into the crane cab can be a risky undertaking at the best of times, let alone after a heavy drinking session. This man was very lucky he got up there safely."

Man digs 50ft hole to fish - in his kitchen 

A Chinese farmer dug a 50ft hole inside his house to go fishing. Li Huiyan, of Chongqing, hired 30 villagers for six months to dig the hole in his kitchen, reports IC Media. He wanted to reach an underground river which he suspected was full of fish.The river had been over ground but had disappeared 30 years ago when the local authorities bombed part of a mountain to pave a road.Li explained: "The river used to have so many fish, and by simply putting a net there, hundreds of fish would be caught."After digging his pit down to the river, Li installed a fishing net across it and regularly hauls out fish, so far earning his family nearly £2,000."I sell the fish at a wholesale price of 24 yuan (£2.15p) per kilo, but 36 yuan (£3.20p) per kilo for retail," he said.Li built ladders from his kitchen to the river 16 metres below, and each day he has to go down to check the harvest.