It would be hard to believe that most of TheEye’s regular readers are not frequent denizens of Komsomolskaya Pravda. So therefore it is only for passing blog visitors that one feels the need to relate the sorry tale (reported today) of a naked couple pulled from a freezing river after their car plunged off the bank whilst they were having sex.

The intimate couple told rescue workers in Moscow that they were making love as they drove to a well-known beauty stop beside the Lihoborka River.

However when they arrived neither they nor the car could stop and it kept going right into the water.

Rescuers winched the driver and his 26-year-old girlfriend to safety where paramedics treated them for exposure.

TheEye wishes their continuing relationship much success.