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Cleared: the black motorist convicted despite white culprit caught on CCTV By PAUL TEED and DENIS CASSIDY, Mail on Sunday Last updated at 09:59am on 5th November 2006 Innocent: Edmond Taylor, top, and the real culprit caught on CCTV It should have been an open and shut case. But a black man has revealed how blunders by court officials meant he was convicted of a driving offence...despite police having video footage of a white offender. Edmond Taylor, 25, fought a bizarre year-long battle to clear his name. But only when an astonished judge was finally shown the CCTV footage last week was Mr Taylor cleared on appeal. He had been convicted of dangero…

Six-year-old TV addicts prefer blank screen to a human face By OLIVER COLEMAN Mail on Sunday Last updated at 00:20am on 5th November 2006 Scientists paired images of smiling human faces with those of a toy boat Children are now so addicted to television that they would prefer to look at a blank screen than a smiling human face, a new study has found. The results, described by scientists as deeply worrying, appear to show that youngsters are distancing themselves from interaction with real people because of their constant diet of television. Researchers found that they reacted as enthusiastically to the image of a television as alcoholics do to pic…

Germany's military has suspended two soldiers from duty in connection with photos of service members posing with skulls in Afghanistan , Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung said. The pictures published in the top-selling Bild daily provoked widespread expressions of disgust among politicians, and calls to improve training for foreign deployments. Bild says the pictures were taken in early 2003; they show soldiers posing with the skull on the hood of their vehicle and one soldier holding the skull next to his exposed genitals. Jung said that three other soldiers were under investigation in connection with more photos published by the RTL television channel and reportedl…

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Hundreds huddle around virtual bonfire Last updated at 23:12pm on 3rd November 2006 Children wave their sparklers in front of the virtual bonfire Hundreds of people celebrated Guy Fawkes night crowded around a VIRTUAL bonfire projected onto a giant screen tonight after health and safety killjoys forced them to scrap the real thing. Officials at Ilfracombe Rugby Club haven't held a bonfire night for four years - after being put off by the mountain of paperwork and regulations set by council chiefs. But this year they opted to show a FILM of the blaze instead to get round the strict rules surrounding the lighting of fires at public events. R…

Boxer Bruno apologises for new cocaine shame Last updated at 13:08pm on 4th November 2006 Former world heavyweight boxing champion Frank Bruno apologised today for relapsing into cocaine use. Last year Bruno, 44, wrote candidly in his autobiography about a six-month period when he took the the Class A drug, but pledged to stay clean. Today the ex-fighter and father of four admitted he had taken the drug again. His agent David Davies said: "Frank has said that he is very sorry that this has happened. "He has apologised to his family, he would also like to apologise to his friends and fans. "This will not happen again." Bruno apparently took the dr…

Former bond-girl Grace Jones headlined the show Ex-Bond girl Grace Jones has helped prove there is no keeping up with the Joneses at a record-breaking event in Cardiff. The 1980s' pop singer and style icon was among 1,224 people who created a new record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname. She also entertained her namesakes at the Wales Millennium Centre. The previous same-surname record was set in Sweden two years ago by a gathering of 583 people called Norberg. Jones is the most common surname in Wales and is generally considered to be derived from the term "son of John". It has been…

Secret Nazi 'baby farm' children meet By ALLAN HALL Last updated at 23:56pm on 3rd November 2006 Children born on the Nazi baby farms were intended to be the germseed for Hitler's Ayran master race Children born on Nazi baby farms who were intended to be the germseed for Hitler's Ayran master race are meeting in public to break a taboo that has lasted more than 60 years. They are the product of the Lebensborn programme of the S.S., the 'Fountain of Life' scheme that turned racially and idealogically pure S.S. men into studs and blonde, blue-eyed single girls into child-rearing machines for the Fuehrer. Thousands of such children were born in Lebe…

Tube workers cleared of 'Jelly Baby racism' after £250,000 trial Last updated at 12:22pm on 3rd November 2006 Two London Underground workers charged with racial harassment after they joked about a bag of Jelly Babies have branded their £250,000 trial a farce after they were cleared. Carlo Rozza and Victor Cooney denied taunting black colleague Daniel Jean-Marie with a bag of Jelly Babies. They were accused of making jokes about black Jelly Babies and threatening to bite off their heads. But they were cleared after an eight-day trial at Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court and Mr Cooney, 47, said the verdict was a "victory for common sense". The father-of-two …

British teenagers are 'worst behaved' in Europe By LAURA ROBERTS Last updated at 22:00pm on 2nd November 2006 British teenagers are the worst behaved in Europe, according to new research. Fifteen-year-olds in the UK are more likely to get drunk, act aggressively and be sexually active than their peers on the continent. The statistics collected by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), Tony Blair's favourite think-tank, will be presented in a report to the Government next week. It will state that 27 per cent of British teens are regularly drunk, the highest in Europe. That compares with just three per cent of French teenagers and five per cent in …

Voices in the head 'are normal' Some who hear voices fear be branded as "crazy" Hearing voices in your head is so common that it is normal, psychologists believe. Dutch findings suggest one in 25 people regularly hears voices. Contrary to traditional belief, hearing voices is not necessarily a symptom of mental illness, UK researchers at Manchester University say. Indeed, many who hear voices do not seek help and say the voices have a positive impact on their lives, comforting or inspiring them. …

Fuelish driver - woman loses control of car at petrol station Last updated at 22:00pm on 2nd November 2006 Pictures from the CCTV footage Elderly Suzanne Cordeau was feeling a little fuelish after she lost control of her car at a petrol station and destroyed a diesel pump before rolling 360 degrees. • See the video footage here Mrs Cordeau, 82, was attempting to manoeuvre her Toyota Starlet closer to a pump when she accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake. The car swerved across the forecourt, careered into a diesel pump - knocking it clean off its foundations - and flipped into the air before coming to rest on its side. …

Noodling dance we'll all be do-odling soon Last updated at 16:24pm on 3rd November 2006 It sounds like a joke, or something a Jewish momma would serve as a cure for colds. But the Chicken Noodle Soup is, in fact, a new hip-hop song and dance craze sweeping the US. Now it is set to hit the streets, dancefloors and - brace yourselves - the ringtones of Britain. The bizarre phenomenon originated when two Harlem teenagers, Troy 'Webstar' Ryan and Bianca 'Young B' Dupree, recorded an infectious track about eating Chicken Noodle Soup "wit' a soda on the side". The dance itself was first sighted at Harlem's Cherry Lounge nightspot before it swept New York…

Money hungry Brits would 'sell their partner for £1 million' Last updated at 16:28pm on 2nd November 2006 Loadsamoney: More than 60 per cent of people surveyed said they would dump their current partner for £1million The majority of Britons would sell their partner for £1 million, and one in five would pretend to be terminally ill for the cash, a new survey has found. The Channel 4 poll revealed the lengths the public are prepared to go to in order to get hold of £1 million. Most respondents said they would be willing to sacrifice their relationship for the sake of cash. More than 60 per cent said they would dump their current partner, wh…

The magic underpants that give men a bigger bulge Last updated at 13:37pm on 2nd November 2006 Size really does matter - just ask the makers of this new male version of the 'Wonderbra'. Created by Australian underwear maker AussieBum, the new 'Wonderjock' is aimed at men who want to look that bit bigger down below. Since the launch last week, more than 50,000 pairs of these asset-boosting underpants have been sold around the world. Designer Sean Ashby says it is the special design of the underwear that enables men to get that 'fuller' look. "The fabric cup protrudes everything out in front instead of down towards the ground," he said. "There is no pa…

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A firm selling machinery to make tubes and pipes has sued internet sensation YouTube - saying the video-sharing site causes havoc at its own business. Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment said its own website - Utube.com - had to be moved five times after millions of inadvertent hits made it crash. The Ohio-based firm has now filed a claim in the US district court. It says it wants YouTube to stop operating or alternatively pay for it to create a new web domain. 'There first' Universal Tube said the cost of hosting its site had grown significantly in the last two months, and claims that it had lost business because customers have had trouble accessing its s…

Moscow traffic fouls footballers More than three million cars are registered in Moscow Traffic jams in Moscow forced footballers from the city's Spartak club to abandon their team bus and take public transport to a match on Tuesday. The players and coaching staff had to run to a nearby metro station to catch a train to their Champions League fixture with Inter Milan. Moscow police blamed the traffic jams on a number of factors, including fans on their way to the match. The team lost the match 1-0, and …

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'Lucky' Rolf speaks of CBE honour Last updated at 14:01pm on 2nd November 2006 A proud Rolf Harris shows off his CBE after receiving it at the Palace today Can you tell what it is yet? Rolf Harris was asked to produce a portrait of the Queen for her Eightieth birthday celebrations Rolf Harris said today he was "thrilled" to receive a CBE as he modestly summed up his 40-year career in showbusiness as a "lucky" achievement. Harris has been one of the nation's most popular entertainers for more than 40 years with a string of TV shows and chart hits but he played down his achievements as he received the honour at Buckingham Palace and said: "I r…

Tears of Crocodile Hunter's widow at TV awards Last updated at 16:10pm on 1st November 2006 Terri Irwin paid tribute to the 'inspiration' of Sir David Attenborough The widow of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin broke down in tears during an emotional surprise appearance at the National Television Awards. Terri Irwin took to the stage in trademark khaki at the Royal Albert Hall ceremony to honour natural history presenter Sir David Attenborough on her late husband's behalf. The audience gave her a standing ovation. It was her first appearance outside Australia since Irwin, 44, was killed by a stingray eight weeks ago. "I promised I wasn’t …

Brittle euro notes baffle Germans The brittle notes were not reported to be forgeries German police are trying to find out why some euro banknotes of various denominations have been disintegrating - and who is responsible. The notes are believed to have come into contact with sulphuric acid - perhaps during a cleaning process, police spokesman Michael Maasz said. "They do not pose a risk to public health," he told the BBC News website. Hundreds of the brittle notes have appeared in at least 17 German to…

Police's response to burglary-hit street? Put up a sign... Last updated at 10:10am on 2nd November 2006 Natasha Dwyer, whose house was broken into, and the sign the police asked the residents to put up Police have been lambasted by residents of a street where burglars targeted seven houses in four days. The family homes, 150 yards apart in Belsize Park, London, all suffered burglaries or attempted break-ins in the early hours. Yet the police response was to install notices on lamp posts that said: "Burglars operate in this area." Today, furious residents of Glenmore Road said the burglars were "unbelievably professional", striking when they…