And finally…bucket lift

The hunt is on in America for a thief who brazenly carried an 86lb (36kg) bucket of gold flakes worth $1.6m (£1.2m) off a truck in a New York street.

Surveillance video showed the theft took just place within just 20 seconds while the armoured truck was briefly unattended.

The man struggled to carry his loot, though, taking an hour to lug it on a usually 10-minute walk, footage showed.

Authorities believe the man is hiding out in Florida’s Orlando or Miami area, but he is still at large.

NYPD Detective Martin Pastor said: “I think he just saw an opportunity, took the pail and walked off.”

Detective Pastor also speculated that the perp may have had no idea what was in the unmarked, sealed black metal bucket when he lifted it.

However, the suspect appeared to be loitering near the truck in busy Midtown Manhattan on 29 September when one of the guards left the truck to make a delivery.

A second guard stepped away to grab his mobile phone from the front seat of the truck when the thief seized the moment and made off with the bucket down West 48th Street.

The man is then seen on video carrying the five-gallon pail through the crowded streets of Manhattan, pausing to catch his breath from the weight of the gold, before he disappeared.

Police described the suspect as a Hispanic male, about 5ft 6in tall, 150lb and between 50 and 60 years old.