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Officials at the seaside town of Castellammare di Stabia in Italy are planning to ban miniskirts and a whole host of other revealing clothing in a bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour and improve standards of public decency.

The town’s mayor, Luigi Bobbio said that the proposed regulations would, “restore urban decorum and facilitate better civil co-existence”.

People braking the rules could face fines of between €25 (around £22) and €500 (around £438) and the new regulations would not only affect women wearing miniskirts, but a whole host of other clothing including low-cut jeans. If the proposals are passed by a council meeting this week then there will also be a ban on playing football in public areas, sunbathing and even blasphemy.

Local parish priest Don Paulo Cecere welcomed the news saying, “I think it’s the right decision” adding: “It’s also a way of combating the rise in sexual harassment”.

Costumes worn by actors and actresses on ITV’s The Bill have been bought by Metropolitan police to stop criminals posing as police personnel. A police spokesman confirmed that they had bought 400kg of used and unused clothing from the TV show after it was axed earlier this year.

The spokesman said, “When the announcement was made that The Bill was to cease production, the Metropolitan police service approached the production company with a view to acquiring all used and unused items of clothing and uniform. Used items have already been sent for secure recycling. Unused items will be put into stock for issue to officers”.

The Bill’s directors prided themselves on realism and had permission from Scotland Yard to use real uniforms and stab proof vests on their sets. Over 2400 episodes of The Bill were aired during its 26 year run, with the final episode being watched by nearly 4.4 million viewers.

A man is being hunted by police after he robbed a County Durham bookies dressed as a Power Ranger. The masked man threatened two female staff members at the William Hill Bookies in Sacriston on Friday night; the two women were unharmed but shaken by their ordeal.

The man is described as being between 5ft 2in and 5ft 4in tall and was wearing a blue tracksuit with a white stripe across the front. The mask he was wearing was a black and silver Power Ranger mask.

A County Durham police spokesperson said “We are investigating a report of a robbery which occurred at 9.20pm on Friday October 15 at the William Hill bookmakers, Front Street, Sacriston”.

Adding that, “A lone male has entered the shop and threatened two female staff members, demanding cash. A quantity of cash has been handed over after repeated threats were made before this male made good his escape onto Sacriston Front Street”.

Police are still searching for the man.

Couples wishing to get married in Hong Kong can now exchange their vows in their local McDonald’s fast food restaurants. Coined by staff as the ‘McWedding’, these ceremonies include a meal of burgers and a wedding cake made from apple pies.

There are a few drawbacks of the McWedding, the restaurant will remain open to the public during the ceremony and there is no alcohol allowed. The weddings will be available in McDonald’s chains in Hong Kong from January and will cost around £250.

Director of communications for Hong Kong McDonald’s, Helen Cheung said, “Over the past two years we’ve started receiving calls from people who want to have a wedding party in our restaurants,” adding that: “People said they’d dated or met there and wanted to get married there. We see this as a business opportunity”.

American clothes giant Gap has dumped their new logo after just one week following a barrage of comments online. The company’s Facebook page had more than 2000 negative comments about the new logo, with many commenters’ wanting a return to the old logo.

The old logo, which has been used for over 20 years is a simple blue box with ‘GAP’ written inside, whereas the new logo has ‘Gap’ written in black with a small blue square underneath the letter ‘p’.

A statement released on Gap’s website stated that the customer always comes first; it said, “We’ve been listening to and watching all of the comments this past week. We heard them say over and over again they are passionate about our blue box logo, and they want it back.

“So we’ve made the decision to do just that – we will bring it back across all channels.”

The statement went on to say, “There may be a time to evolve our logo, but if and when that time comes, we’ll handle it in a different way”.