A Briton who became lost in the Western Australian outback said he survived by remembering skills learn from watching Bear Grylls’s wilderness survival shows. Anthony Collis, 32, was driving the Canning Stock Route with his girlfriend, Debbie Blomfeld, 39, when their car got stuck in mud. The pair went separate ways and the alarm was raised when Ms Blomfeld found a miners’ camp. Mr Collis survived by burying himself in sand as night fell and eating flowers and insects.
Drugs kingpin jailed
An Albanian man described as the drug dealers’ dealer has been jailed for at least 17 years for running a £60 million network supplying gangs with heroin and cocaine. Klodjan Copja, 30, who was extradited after fleeing to Greece, admitted five charges related to drugs at Kingston crown court, southwest London. His men stashed drugs in cross-Channel lorry cargos.
Professor in court
An American academic will face trial in Chicago after Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, 26, was found dead in his flat in the city on July 27. Wyndham Lathem, 42, will plead not guilty to first-degree murder, his lawyer said before a hearing in San Francisco. He fled across the country with Andrew Warren, 56, an Oxford University employee, who is in custody but has not appeared in court.
Pine marten spotted
An animal that has not been seen in Yorkshire for about 35 years has been caught on camera. Film of a male pine marten, similar to but bigger than a stoat or ferret, was taken by a wildlife camera set up by the Yorkshire Pine Marten Project on the North York Moors. Pine martens were once widespread in the UK but are now mainly found in the Scottish Highlands.