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£10,000 rail ticket

TRAIN services have apologised after a customer was offered a £10,000 fare by a ticket machine.

Lucy Watson posted a photo of the machine at London Bridge station, which showed the giant price for a single to Gatwick Airport via Southern Rail, next to a similar fare via Thameslink for £11. “Might go for Thameslink then, cheers,” Lucy wrote on Twitter.

The mistake was put down to a “technical glitch”, but happened just a day after a price rise of 3.1% for rail fares across Britain was met with uproar.

Shop stunt

A NUMBER of mysterious eightiesthemed shops have appeared in various parts of the UK decked out with references to hit Netflix show Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.

Social media users spotted the pop-up stores in London and Birmingham, fitted out with retro signs and records, as well as posters for fictional games made by Tuckersoft, the games company in the show. Neither shops are open to the public, with signs reading “be right back”.

Pointing out one store in Shoreditch, east London, Isabel Davies wrote: “Some awesome Black Mirror marketing around Old Street! Just in time for my Bandersnatch playthrough.”

OAP hits back

A FLORIDA mugger picked the wrong senior citizen to attack.

Steve Shepherd, 68, was limping to his car in Palm Beach, a pulled muscle impairing his stride, when a mugger hit him on the head with a bottle and demanded his mobile phone. Bad choice – Shepherd is a five-time world kickboxing champ.

Although he has been retired for 18 years, Shepherd has been back in training to become the oldest professional fighter. He fought back with blows to the attacker’s head and ribs, crumpling him. Bystanders interceded and the man escaped. Shepherd suffered a ruptured eardrum, a cut and bruise.