Yesterday was a ...

Good Day for taxis, as the Singapore CityCab company solved the problems of uncommunicative taxi-drivers and forgetful passengers by announcing a plan to install speakers in all its vehicles. Passengers entering the cab will hear a cheery "hello", and when they leave it will say: "Goodbye, left anything behind?"

Bad Day for Sir Julian Oswald, former Admiral-of-the-Fleet, who has lost his ceremonial sword. He believes he may have left it on a train. Sadly, the train did not say: "Goodbye, left anything behind?" as he left.

Bad Day for ashes, as Californian police sought a pilot believed to have been paid by funeral homes to scatter ashes over mountains and rivers. Police found 3,500 boxes of cremated remains unscattered in storage lockers.