A bumbling thief struggled to remove a cash register still plugged into the wall during a robbery at an Auckland takeaway restaurant on 15 July. According to a police statement, two men armed with scissors and a knife robbed the store at about 8pm.
The Night of the Living Dead director passed away at the age of 77, after a battle with lung cancer. Romero is credited with reinventing the horror genre with his classic zombie movies, with director Eli Roth saying it is hard to quantify what he did for cinema.
The BBC announced on Sunday (16 July) that the 13th person to play the time-travelling alien in the hit sci-fi series Dr Who was to be a woman. The announcement left fans divided on social media, with some delighted with the decision to cast a woman in the previously all-male role, whilst others aired the grievances over the move.