'The Killing', 'True Grit', Idris Elba win at Crime Thriller Awards

Acclaimed Danish drama series The Killing has dominated this year's Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards.

The murder mystery scooped three trophies at the ceremony, which celebrates achievements in crime literature, TV and film.

The Killing was awarded the 'International TV Dagger', while its stars Sofie Gråbøl and Ann Eleonora Jørgensen grabbed 'Best Actress' and 'Best Supporting Actress' respectively.

In other categories, Jeff Bridges western True Grit won the 'Film Dagger' and BBC detective drama Case Histories received the TV equivalent.

The corporation's success continued as Luther star Idris Elba and Rafe Spall of The Shadow Line took home the 'Best Actor' and 'Best Supporting Actor' honours.

A US remake of The Killing premiered on AMC in April and was renewed for a second season in June.

'Honest' teens hand in £5,000 to police

Two 17-year-old boys in Bath have found and handed in £5,000 ($7,800) to police.

Will Miles and Ryan McClory came upon a briefcase with the sum in £50 notes at a bus station.

The briefcase also included passports and letters from the University of Bath.

Miles told The Bath Chronicle: "We were a bit shocked when we saw all the money in the case. We didn't know exactly how much it was, but we could tell it was a large amount."

The A-Level students gave the briefcase to two police officers and were later told that the owner - who had intended to use the money to pay for his son's university tuition and accommodation fees - had claimed the money back.

McClory added: "I was pleased when I got the phone call saying he had the case back. It is a lot of money to have lost, and so I'm glad that we managed to get it back to him."

The teenagers were praised by local police for their "honesty and integrity". They received no reward for handing in the money.

Status Update: 'Facebook Pals Saved My Life'

A man who woke up paralysed due to a spinal condition has told how his Facebook friends saved his life.

Peter Casaru, 59, posted on the social networking site that he was unable to move his legs.

He said he could not call for an ambulance from his remote cottage in Brecon, South Wales, because the battery in his mobile phone was dead.

Mr Casaru said it took him over an hour to crawl to his laptop where he managed to post a message alerting his contacts to the emergency.

The father-of-one, who lives alone, wrote: "Can someone call 999? Ambulance for me.

"I need one now. I have fractured my back. Stuck to floor. No phone and glasses. Touch typing. Please help me."

Friends as far away as New York and Vancouver replied when they saw his updates and tried to call for help.

But it was his friend Juliet McFarlane, who lives six miles away, who was first to call 999 and two ambulances arrived at his house just 20 minutes later.

Mr Casaru, a photographer, said his doctors told him the spinal spasm he suffered could have killed him if he had not received emergency treatment.

He has had spinal problems since breaking his back in a quad bike accident six years ago.

He said: "That's the luck part of the whole story: that Facebook friends saved me."

The photographer thanked all the friends who had left messages and tried to help, adding: "I'm always joking when I go on Facebook, so I'm just glad they took me seriously."