WEIRD WORLD

DOPEY

DEFENDANTS: A young couple have been arrested at a steakhouse after leaving behind a bag containing cash and what is believed to be class A drugs. The pair rang the diner to check their belongings were still there, West Midlands Police said. But when they returned to the restaurant, in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, to collect them, officers were waiting for them. The pair, both 19, have been detained on suspicion of possession with intent to supply and money laundering and remain in police custody.

GREEN-EYED

MONKEYS: Scientists have located the lair of the green-eyed monster in a part of the brain that responds to social rejection. The discovery was made in a species of highly monogamous monkey that, like humans, succumbs to jealousy. Coppery titi monkeys, from South America, form strong attachments very similar to human romantic relationships. “Male titi monkeys show jealousy much like humans, and will even physically hold their partner back from interacting with a stranger male,” said US lead researcher Dr Karen Bales, from the University of California.

SOCKS APPEAL:

The New England Patriots may have left Super Bowl LI with the Lombardi Trophy, but someone else is going home with presidential socks. Former Republican President George HW Bush is giving a pair of socks he wore to the Super Bowl to a Roman Catholic Diocese in Maine so they can be auctioned off. Mr Bush wore the red, white and blue socks while performing the ceremonial coin toss with his wife Barbara Bush at Super Bowl LI in February.