Opening sentences

The Listener has their ten favourite opening sentences from genuine news reports received. They include:
Sweden’s Ice Hotel has been ordered by the National Housing Board to install fire alarms, despite being made completely out of frozen water.

Firefighters have warned of the dangers of driving into a petrol forecourt when your car is on fire.
A Swino having consumed several cans of beer, starting a fight with a cow and causing chaos at an Australian campsite, has died in a car accident.

A gay man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat.

A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.