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Workshy teens to be forced to stay at school until 18 or face fines Last updated at 15:47pm on 5th November 2007 Comments (9) Teenagers are to be forced to stay at school until 18 under new plans to get more teenage "drop outs" to stay on in education. Ahead of a Bill tomorrow to raise the school leaving age to 18, Children's, Schools and Families Secretary Ed Balls also unveiled moves to cut benefits to those who refuse to get training or education. He called for a "culture change" to tackle the problem of "Neets", teenagers not in education, employment or training. Workshy teenagers who refuse to find jobs, get training or go to school will also b…

Paula Radcliffe wins New York marathon - less than 10 months after giving birth to baby Isla Last updated at 20:00pm on 4th November 2007 Comments (5) Briton Paula Radcliffe won the New York City marathon today less than 10 months after giving birth. The 33-year-old world record holder, who was running her first marathon in 2 years and 81 days, led throughout the race around the city's five boroughs. As she crossed the finish line in Central Park more than 20 seconds ahead of anyone else, Radcliffe draped herself in the Union flag and cradled her nine-month old daughter Isla as she kissed her husband Gary and waved to the crowds. Scroll down for more..…

Blue Peter admit 'competition winners' were child actors By DUNCAN ROBERTSON - More by this author » Last updated at 08:33am on 9th November 2007 Comments (20) Blue Peter was at the centre of a fresh controversy last night after it admitted two competition winners were child actors. The BBC 1 children's favourite recruited two talented mimics from a drama group to make an item on the show more entertaining. It follows two other Blue Peter scandals earlier this year in which bosses changed the results of a vote to name the show's cat and asked a visitor to pretend to be a competition winner. Scroll down for more... Storm of controversy: Blue Peter…

I don't have any links to back up my story but with the "Credit Squeez situation and banks like citibank losing 100 billion I am sure its on the cards.. I am certain over the next 9 months the DOW JONES.... FTSE will lose around 30-40 % 9f their respictive values...

Revealed: Chubby Victorian footballer who inspired 'who ate all the pies' chant Last updated at 12:36pm on 9th November 2007 Comments (2) His name was William 'Fatty' Foulke, a rather large Victorian goalkeeper who inspired the derisory football terrace chant 'who ate all the pies?'. Researchers discovered the origins of the mocking football chant and many other of the English language's most colourful chants, clichés and catchphrases. Scroll down for more... William 'Fatty' Foulke in his prime (left) before he became the object of derision for the chant 'who ate all the pies?' The findings have been put into a new dictionary, with Foulke bei…

Sitting at a desk all day is 'as bad for health as smoking' Last updated at 20:58pm on 8th November 2007 Comments (15) Sitting down for extended periods poses a health risk as "insidious" as smoking or over-exposure to the sun, a scientist claims. Millions of workers who sit at desks for hours on end before going home to sit in front of the TV are increasing their chances of heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity, says Professor Marc Hamilton of the University of Missouri. Writing in the November issue of the medical journal Diabetes, he said: "The dire concern for the future may rest with growing numbers unaware of the potential insidious dangers of s…

Tidal wave heading for English Channel poses 'extreme danger to life' Last updated at 20:19pm on 8th November 2007 Comments (9) A three-metre tidal surge is predicted to surge down the English Channel in the next 12 hours posing an "extreme danger to life and property", experts have warned. Coupled with storms and high tides, the wave could leave swathes of the east coast under water, according to the Environment Agency. A combination of gale force winds off the coast of Scotland and high tides are expected to cause floods which could breach sea defences. • Nine severe flood warnings issued by Environment Agency • Surge expected to hit east…

Data Protection Act DOESN'T ban parents filming the school play By LAURA CLARK - More by this author » Last updated at 22:33pm on 7th November 2007 Comments (1) Schools were yesterday warned against misinterpreting data protection laws to ban parents from taking pictures at plays and sports days. Information watchdogs said many were wrongly citing the legislation - designed to protect personal details held on computers from being abused - to stop parents recording treasured moments in their children's lives. Scroll down for more ... Data Protection: The legislation has been wrongly applied to stop parents recording the Christmas nativity play at sch…

Police batter down Amy Winehouse's door in dramatic afternoon raid Last updated at 19:54pm on 8th November 2007 Comments Police smashed their way into the home of Amy Winehouse today in a dramatic afternoon raid. Armed with a battering ram and crowbars, specially-trained officers forced their way into the singer's home. More than a dozen officers forced their way into the terraced property in Camden, North London, at 4.45pm. Scroll down for more... Amy's husband Blake Fielder-Civil left the house shortly before these dramatic scenes The red door is prised open by the specially-trained entry expert Read more... Amy Winehouse final…

Why Tom and Jerry can now be best friends Last updated at 11:13am on 8th November 2007 Comments A mouse brave enough - or foolish enough - to take on cats and other enemies may be the stuff of cartoons. But now, a real-life mouse has been developed that is so fearless it will take on even the scariest of foes. A 'switch' in the brain of mice which enables them to sense or smell danger has been discovered by scientists in Japan. Scroll down for more... Best friends: Tom and Jerry can now be fest friends after scientists made the rodent fearless By turning it off, they have created a mouse without fear, called Delta D. When faced wit…

Stripper spanked schoolboy in classroom as mum's birthday prank goes too far By PAUL SIMS - More by this author » Last updated at 23:11pm on 7th November 2007 Comments Instead of a man dressed in a gorilla suit, the 16-year-old boy got a stripper dressed as a policewoman Most parents like to pull out all the stops to make a child's 16th birthday as memorable as possible. But having a female stripper surprise your son in front of his teacher in class would not feature on many wish-lists. Yet that's what happened when one woman booked a special performer for her son's big day. She stipulated that the surprise take place in drama class …

It's a dog's life as the world's tallest pooch meets the smallest By CLAIRE BATES - More by this author » Last updated at 14:16pm on 7th November 2007 Comments (1) Despite their radical difference in size, these two dogs have something in common - Gibson the Great Dane and Boo Boo the toy Chihuahua are both world record holders. Measuring a whopping 107cm, gentle giant Gibson was named tallest dog back in 2004. Joining him in the hall of fame for 2007 is tiny Boo Boo who only measures 10.16cm tall and is smaller than Gibson's head. Scroll down for more... Gibson looks down at tiny Boo Boo The two celebrity hounds, who were both bred in America,…

Schoolboy, 13, arrested after man burnt to death on bonfire in 'happy-slapping attack' Last updated at 19:26pm on 6th November 2007 Comments (1) Bonfire night: A man was was burnt alive Police were today quizzing a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of murder after the charred body of a man was found in the embers of a bonfire. Detectives were investigating reports that Stephen Croft, 34, was beaten-up and pushed onto the fire in scenes recorded on mobile phone cameras. The grim find of his blackened remains was made hours after an officially organised fire, attended by more than 100 people, at a YMCA centre on Merseyside. Residents said he had…

Gazza barred from boarding a plane because he was too drunk By NEIL SEARS - More by this author » Last updated at 09:57am on 6th November 2007 Comments (5) Troubled: Gazza was accused of racially abusing a photographer last year Sporty: Gazza on the pitch in Malta Most popular stories 1. Macca's tryst with wife of millionaire lawyer on the day of his divorce hearing 2. 'Dormant volcano' Heather Mills explodes - against legal advice - in another stinging attack on Macca 3. The two faces of Miss Spears – ravaged Britney gets an airbrush makeover 4. 'You might win Strictly Alesha... but I won your man', says ex-husband's new love Jav…

Teenager 'hired hitman to kill mother after she confiscated his Playstation' Last updated at 19:58pm on 6th November 2007 Comments Cory Ryder is accused of hiring a hitman to take his mother out A 16-year-old is going on trial in the U.S. after his mother caught him hiring a hitman to kill her. Cory Ryder was arrested after a sting operation in June this year after a woman he trusted - the mother of one of his friends - took him to a hotel room to meet someone he believed was a hitman, but who was in reality an undercover policeman. The teen, like other teens, had rowed with his parents over Playstation and TV, and had been grounded. His m…

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted the UK's most ludicrous piece of legislation. Another law which states it is treason to use a postage stamp upside down was placed in second place by those polled by UKTV Gold. The most absurd international law was judged to be in the US state of Ohio, where it is illegal to get fish drunk. The 3,931 people asked selected the laws from a shortlist of bizarre rules. A total of 27% of those questioned thought the law against dying in the Houses of Parliament was the most absurd, while 7% voted for the legislation …

I had Bang & Olufsen A8 earphones that broke (the cord totally ripped apart) and I asked my dad to fix them but I think he lost them. So anyway I'm looking for some new earphones. Those were a gift and cost around 170 bucks, but I don't really want to spend that much on earphones because I told my mom I'd buy these entirely with my own money. I know I can get them on Ebay for around 80 bucks, which I'm willing to spend, but are there better earphones out there that cost the same or less? Anybody have advice, opinions? What should I do?

One in four Germans think Nazi rule was not all bad, poll reveals Last updated at 19:48pm on 17th October 2007 Comments (2) Hero or villain? One in four Germans think Adolf Hitler's rule had a positive side A quarter of Germans believe Nazi rule had its good points, a poll suggested yesterday. They were asked whether they agreed that National Socialism had positive aspects such as 'the highway system, elimination of unemployment, low criminality rate and the encouragement of the family'. While 70 per cent said No, 25 per cent said Yes. The survey was commissioned by Stern magazine after a talk show hostess was fired for praising the Nazis' att…

Santa told to slim down for Christmas to 'set a good example' to children Last updated at 10:28am on 5th November 2007 Comments (1) Santa has been told he must slim down, or face eviction from shopping centres at Christmas Santa is being told to shift the pounds before Christmas - because the obese saint is failing to set a "good example" for children. The traditional children's hero, best known for feasting on mince pies left out on Christmas eve, has always sported a bulging midriff. But shopping centre bosses are giving the well-wisher his marching orders - to the nearest gym - to tackle the increasing problem of obesity. The revelati…

AUSTIN — The Texas State Library and Archives Commission is declaring there are too many state reports. It says so in a 668-page report. The project took 18 months and included the commission's small team canvassing more than 170 agencies, and public colleges and universities, checking on all the reports they are assigned to do. In the past, the state regularly compiled a list of about 400 reports that agencies were required by the Legislature to produce. But the commission found more than 1,600, and state records administrator Michael Heskett is pretty sure his team hasn't found them all. Heskett's initial findings indicate more than 400 report requirements a…

JK Rowling publishes a new book... but there are only seven copies and it costs £50,000 Last updated at 11:54am on 1st November 2007 Comments (2) A set of fairytales mentioned in the final Harry Potter novel are to be auctioned off to raise money for a children's charity. Author J K Rowling has hand-written and illustrated just seven copies of the Tales Of Beedle The Bard. It is her first work since the last Harry Potter book was published in July. While one copy will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in London next month, the others will be given away by Rowling to those most closely connected with the Potter books. Scroll down for more ... …

Revealed: What IS the secret of Silbury Hill? By MICHAEL HANLON - More by this author » Last updated at 01:06am on 3rd November 2007 Comments Pagan burial site? Too boring. UFO landing pad? Too bonkers. So what IS the secret of Silbury Hill? Terry the Druid reveals all Can there be anything more po-faced than a health and safety briefing? We are about to enter some rather iffy tunnels dug into Silbury Hill, in Wiltshire, a 4,400-year-old man-made pyramid constructed entirely from chalk. It will be wet, dark and nasty in there, so we need to take precautions. There is talk of wearing hard hats, stout footwear and highvisibility jackets. But w…

Stick-thin Posh is told she must eat more ahead of Spice Girls tour By KATIE NICHOLL - More by this author » Last updated at 00:33am on 4th November 2007 Comments Victoria Beckham: on a diet where she has to eat more not less David Beckham wants Marilyn Monroe to hang over his bed Most popular stories 1. What's Posh famous for? Absolutely nothing, says slimmed down Lily Allen 2. Stick-thin Posh is told she must eat more ahead of Spice Girls tour 3. 'He lied... he called me a slut. Jeremy Kyle could be a guest on his own show, ' claims first wife 4. The real reasons Kelly Osbourne pulled out of Chicago 5. I had implants before go…

The passer-by believes she may have captured an image of the elusive Banksy His work sells for thousands of pounds and he is feted by the Hollywood elite, yet the identity of guerrilla artist Banksy remains shrouded in mystery. Now a photograph has emerged which some people claim could show the reclusive artist at work on a London street. The photograph, taken by a passer-by in Bethnal Green, shows a man at work with an assistant, scaffolding and a truck. Banksy made his name with stencils and subversive art in public spaces but fiercely guards his true identity. The photographer, who wishes to remain anonymous, is familiar with Banksy's work and took the…

Has anyone heard of this anime series? I've just started watching it and am loving it.