Yesterday was a ...

Good Day for Abby, a pet cat in Bournemouth which was found after being trapped under a school's new roof for the past month. After a works inspector saw two eyes peering at him through a thin groove, the cat was tempted out with a tin of pilchards.

Bad Day for grave robbers, as two parents were sentenced to jail in Athens for stealing bones from a cemetery to help their son learn anatomy. "It is the first time such a bizarre case has been heard here," said the district prosecutor.

Crowded Day for James Bunce, a building surveyor whose home in Cirencester is bulging with 56 gas cookers. He has appealed for museum space to house his collection, which numbers 160 in all. "When you start collecting, it becomes an obsession," he said.