Free tripper

Amsterdam, July 3: (Reuters): Police officers in the Dutch city of Alkmaar were surprised to see a car passing by with a man sitting on a bicycle on its roof. The driver and his wife said they heard a noise while waiting at a traffic light, but did not realise they were taking on an extra passenger. The cyclist was fined for public drunkenness.

Di concert

London: Organisers of Prince William and Prince Harry’s memorial concert for their mother could have sold more tickets but left it too late, says The Daily Telegraph. The terror threat and forecast for bad weather also meant hundreds who had bought tickets did not turn up, contributing to the number of visibly empty seats on what was billed a sell-out event . In all 63,000 tickets were sold in advance for the event.

Potter

London: Harry Potter-mania has reached frenzied heights with fans around the world swamping Amazon by pre-ordering nearly 1.6 million copies of the final Harry Potter book, The Daily Telegraph says. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows is already the online retailer’s most pre-ordered product ever.