WHEN you gotta go, you really gotta go - that was the unusual excuse given by a UK man to police after they caught him driving his Mercedes at 160km/h.
Officers said the silver vehicle was also spotted overtaking in "awful" weather conditions.
"The 'professional' driver was very sorry but 'he needed the toilet, a number two'," one policeman wrote on Twitter.
"Err..that's OK then. Reported," the update finished, with the now hopefully relieved driver facing disqualification.
There has been a major medicines mishap in Spain, with authorities blaming a drug substitution mistake for a rise in so-called "werewolf syndrome".
A spate of babies and children developing hair all over their bodies is believed to be due to them being given what was thought to be omeprazole to treat gastric reflux.
Unfortunately it appears the bottles actually contained baldness treatment minoxidil, with a total of 17 cases of exceptionally hirsute youngsters reported so far.
An investigation found the suspect medications came from Malaga-based FarmaQuimica Sur, with the company's laboratory now closed as a precaution.
A statement from the Spanish health ministry said the unfortunate hypertrichosis was expected to reverse once the affected children stopped taking the drug.
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