An Australian woman is recovering after being wedged between her toilet and bathroom door for a week. The 67-year-old fell over, trapped her feet on either side of the loo and wedged her body against the inward-opening door. She spent a week stuck there before a neighbour was alerted to her cries for help.

Michael Hibberd said he heard her as he was hanging his washing out in his garden on Sunday morning. He could not get into the house so he called the police and fire service, who eventually rescued her by taking the door off its hinges. The woman was suffering from dehydration and was taken to hospital.

An elite team of guinea pigs has set two new records for the Guinness Book of World Records. The world record for the fastest run by a guinea pig was won by two-year-old Flash, who conquered the 10 metre red carpet track in 8.81 seconds. And the world record for the longest jump by a guinea pig was set by Diesel who leapt 20.5 centimetres between two set points.

The stunt was set up to mark this weekend’s release of Disney’s new film G-Force, a film about guinea pigs. The stars of the comedy are guinea pigs who are trained as spies by government agents. It has been brought to the big screen by producer Jerry Bruckheimer, well-known for his CSI stable of TV shows.

A dog which vanished from outside an Australian family’s home nine years ago has been found alive and well 1,000 miles away. Fluffy white mutt Muffy was discovered sleeping on a scrap of cardboard in Melbourne by the RSPCA who were investigating a possible animal cruelty case. A microchip in her neck helped identify her original owners and after a few days of searching for a phone number, officials tracked down Natalie Lampard.

“When the RSPCA described her, I told them her name; I knew immediately it was our Muffy,” Ms Lampard said. The pooch was suffering from a severe allergic reaction to fleas and has been having treatment since she was discovered.

A baby crocodile has caused panic on a plane after it wriggled out of a passenger’s hand luggage and went for a walk around the aircraft. People screamed as the 1ft-long reptile made its way under seats and down the aisle during the international flight.

Fortunately, a crew member on the EgyptAir flight from Abu Dhabi to Cairo managed to catch the wayward creature and the passengers calmed down. The crew then handed it over to authorities when the jet landed in the Egyptian capital. It will now be housed at Giza zoo in the city.