Sylvia

"It's almost like we have a split personality," says Sylvia Carrillo, city manager of Bastrop, which has a growing population of more than 12,000.

Mazyar Azarbonyad, of Sylvia Terrace in Stanley, County Durham, admitted a series of driving offences when he appeared at Newcastle Magistrates' Court.

Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, of Sylvia Terrace, Durham, will appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Saturday charged with dangerous driving, the force added.

Much like critic Nathan Rabin’s definition of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl type who exists “in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors,” Sylvia is there “to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.”

But one quote, about “nefarious business” going on at the market, makes him pause, and he goes in search of the source, Sylvia, in order to confirm what she told the author and ask for details.