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Internet 'rewires our brains' and makes teenagers vulnerable to mental illness By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:19 PM on 10th February 2010 Comments (35) Add to My Stories Young people are losing the ability to concentrate because of the internet, a controversial new study suggests. Researchers say the digital revolution may be 'rewiring' the brains of children and teenagers - making it easier for them multi-task, but making it harder to pay attention for any length of time. The findings add to the growing concerns that the rise of the internet and the proliferation of electronic gadgets isn't just changing people's behaviour, i…

ITV finally censured for turning up volume on ads to annoyance of millions By Liz Thomas Last updated at 12:32 PM on 17th February 2010 Comments (404) Add to My Stories It is a phenomenon that has annoyed television audiences for years - the advert break begins and suddenly the volume is cranked up. Despite numerous complaints, broadcasters have previously tried to suggest that the jump in noise is a figment of viewers' imaginations. But now the Advertising Standards Authority has proven it exists and is taking action against ITV. Jeremy Brett pictured as Sherlock Holmes in the classic 1980 series. Adverts shown during recent rer…

Mother fined £50 'after toddler dropped banana from pram' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 9:53 PM on 17th February 2010 Comments (59) Add to My Stories A mother was issued with a £50 fine when her toddler dropped the end of a banana out of his pram, she claimed today. Kirsty Allen, 29, said she was appalled by the fine issued by North East Lincolnshire Council. The mother claimed she was hit with the fine after she was stopped by a council warden while walking with 16-month-old Lennon. Kirsty Allen and her son Lennon: Mrs Allen said she was issued with a £50 fine when her toddler dropped the end of a banana out of his pram …

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Killing with kindness: Indulgent grandparents 'overfeed' kids and make them fat, scientists warn By Jenny Hope Last updated at 12:20 AM on 16th February 2010 Comments (33) Add to My Stories Being given sweets and cakes by your grandparents is an age-old part of childhood. But a study has suggested gran and grandad are perhaps being a little too generous with the biscuit tin. Medical researchers claim that children looked after by their grandparents are more likely to become obese because they are being overfed. Indulgent: Doting grandparents are often guilty of overfeeding children in their care, making them more likely to be obes…

Revealed: Inside Universal's magical Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:23 AM on 06th February 2010 Comments (11) Add to My Stories The countdown is well and truly on for the opening of the highly anticipated Harry Potter theme park in Florida. As these artists impressions show, fans of the hit books and films will be able to experience a full-size version of the wizard's magical world when a new 20-acre area is opened at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will open this spring, with Universal still to confirm the exact date. Magic…

Generation Jihad: Young people 'brainwashed with Al Qaeda propaganda on the internet' By Liz Thomas Last updated at 9:00 PM on 15th February 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Website: Aabid Hussain Khan was imprisoned for 12 years in 2008 on 23 counts of possessing articles for terrorism Religious extremists are increasingly turning to the internet to find, indoctrinate and radicalise young Muslims, according to a new documentary series. Like sexual predators they prey on vulnerable young people, quickly brainwashing them with Al Qaeda propaganda and very quickly turning them into potential terrorists. New BBC2 series Gene…

Chips can lighten even the bleakest of moods, making us calmer and more cheerful, researchers say By Fiona Macrae Last updated at 8:05 AM on 15th February 2010 Comments (4) Add to My Stories They may not be the best food from a nutritional point of view. But when it comes to lifting our spirits, it seems chips are unbeatable. They can lighten even the bleakest of moods, making us calmer and more cheerful, researchers say. They think the effect could be down to the carbohydrates that chips contain, or because the taste and smell remind us of happy times, such as childhood holidays by the beach. Chipper: The carbohydrates that chips …

Eighteen people have been killed in a head-on collision between two passenger trains in Belgium, although the death toll could rise. Railway officials said the trains collided during the morning rush hour at Halle, south-west of Brussels. One reportedly missed a stop signal. "The devastation is enormous," said an official, as bloodied passengers were helped from the wrecked carriages. Rail services to south-western Belgium, Paris and London were cancelled. There were varying reports about the death toll, but eight hours after the crash the crisis centre set up to deal with the accident said there were 18 confirmed deaths. Other officials were reported as sa…

Cheryl Cole's marriage in crisis: Husband Ashley accused of sending more X-rated photos of himself to a SECOND woman By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:28 PM on 15th February 2010 Comments (26) Add to My Stories Cheryl Cole has been dealt another blow today with claims her husband Ashley sent more X-rated photographs of himself to a second woman's mobile phone. The Chelsea defender texted naked photographs along with hundreds of raunchy messages to an unidentified blonde secretary over a two-month period, the Sun alleges. The paper claims the messages were sent in October 2008 and completely undermine Cole's previous denial that he had…

So long suckers! Human fly scales wall using two vacuum cleaners he bought at Tesco By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:30 PM on 15th February 2010 Comments (25) Videos Add to My Stories Human fly Jem Stansfield didn't need superhero powers to scale the walls like Spiderman - just a couple of vacuum cleaners. The scientist, a presenter on BBC One's Bang Goes The Theory, amazed onlookers by climbing up the side of a wall in a school. His modified Tesco vacuum cleaners worked like giant suckerpads and allowed him to climb the wall with ease. Scroll down for video Jem Stansfield climbs the wall using two vacuum cleaners …

Be careful what you say at work: One in five employees 'hate their colleagues' By Lucy Ballinger Last updated at 6:13 PM on 15th February 2010 Comments (17) Add to My Stories They may greet you with a smile in the morning, but beware what they are saying behind your back - apparently one in five workers hate their colleagues. Almost six million employees despise people they work with, according to a study. Of these, almost two-thirds regularly gossip behind the backs of their colleagues. And the back-stabbing continues away from the office, with one in four admitting they liked to moan about staff when they went to the pub after work. …

The six-month-old baby who learnt to walk before he could crawl By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:50 PM on 15th February 2010 Comments (68) Add to My Stories A baby has stunned his parents and medical experts by wobbling to his feet and walking unaided at the age of just six months. Baby prodigy Xavier can now walk over six feet without any support - a feat most one-year-olds still struggle with. His parents Mary, 30, and David King, 27, said they knew their son was going to be a fast learner when he started sitting up on his own at three-months-old. Hey, look at me: Six-month-old Xavier gets up and prepares to toddle off …

Alcoholic drinks to carry health warnings under plan to stop binge drinking By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:09 PM on 15th February 2010 Comments (4) Add to My Stories Bottles of wine, beer and spirits will have to carry warnings about the health affects of alcohol and reminders to drink responsibly under Government plans to be unveiled today. The warnings, which would be similar to those carried on cigarette packets, would appear on all drinks sold at shops and supermarkets in an attempt to address Britain's binge-drinking culture. The labels would include the number of alcohol units in each bottle, a reminder about the effects of a…

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Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995 By Jonathan Petre Last updated at 2:39 AM on 14th February 2010 Comments (27) Add to My Stories Data for vital 'hockey stick graph' has gone missing There has been no global warming since 1995 Warming periods have happened before - but NOT due to man-made changes Data: Professor Phil Jones admitted his record keeping is 'not as good as it should be' The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information. Co…

How the clutter bug took over our homes - research shows our rising hoarding instinct By Paul Sims Last updated at 9:02 AM on 15th February 2010 Comments (12) Add to My Stories If you've been convinced we live in a throwaway society - think again. Research has found that a rising hoarding instinct among Britons means our homes are now packed to the rafters with clutter. Almost half the typical house is filled with items such as old electrical devices and toys that we simply refuse to get rid of, according to a study. Almost half the typical house is filled with items such as toys we refuse to bin The amount of rarely used ite…

Two boys, 14, become youngest Brits to receive gastric band surgery on NHS after ballooning to 18st By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:01 PM on 15th February 2010 Comments (1) Add to My Stories Two morbidly obese 14-year-old boys have become the youngest people in Britain to receive £7,000 gastric band surgery on the NHS. The boys underwent the surgery after they both ballooned to more than 18st - double the average weight of boys their age. The surgery, in which an inflatable silicone ring is fitted around the top part of the stomach to make it smaller, is extremely rare in teenagers but the pair were deemed to be 'in serious danger.' …

When Cupid strikes a chord: What makes a great love song By Jeff Miers News Pop Music Critic There are innumerable quotations detailing the intangible marriage between music and matters of the heart. One of the most indelible comes courtesy of the philosopher Plato, who, though he never had the pleasure of hearing Bono sing "With or Without You," seemed to implicitly "get it." "Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back," wrote the great man. "Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet." So tough to argue with, this notion that love can bring out the poet in all of us, the part we ke…

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Child 'mini-marketeers' paid by junk food firms to secretly push products among their friends By Sean Poulter Last updated at 5:26 PM on 14th February 2010 Comments (1) Add to My Stories A website is offering young people money to promote products via social networking sites and amongst friends Youngsters are being paid up to £25 a week to promote sugary soft drinks and other products via social networking sites and playground chat. Products like Fanta and Cheesestrings are at the centre of big business stealth marketing campaigns. Firms are turning to the unorthodox tactics to reach children and teens following moves to crack down on ad…

From hypersexuality to sluggish cognitive tempo disorder: The excuses for being lazy in new psychiatrist's 'Bible' By Fiona Macrae Last updated at 5:59 PM on 14th February 2010 Comments (0) Add to My Stories Lost the remote control and can't be bothered to get up to turn the channel on the TV? Don't worry, you aren't lazy, you are simply suffering from sluggish cognitive tempo disorder. It is one of dozens of exotic-sounding 'conditions' under consideration for inclusion in the latest edition of the psychiatrist's 'Bible', the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. People who are passive or dreamy could be suf…

Immigrants to be taught the fine British art of how to queue By Kirsty Walker Last updated at 5:32 PM on 14th February 2010 Comments (25) Add to My Stories Immigrants are to be educated in one of Britain's most important etiquettes - how to queue properly. Foreigners applying to settle in the UK will have to learn about the revered British practice of forming an orderly line for everything from buses to sandwiches. Ministers even want the art of queuing to be included in citizenship tests, which immigrants must pass before settling in the country. They believe that queue-jumping is damaging social cohesion as the majority of Brits find su…

BNP votes to allow blacks and Asians to join party By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 4:57 PM on 14th February 2010 Comments (16) Add to My Stories The British National Party has voted to approve changes to its constitution that would allow black and Asian people to become members. President Nick Griffin said ethnic minority members will be accepted if they agree with the party's aims. He told the BBC: 'They'll be accepted, they'll be welcomed, providing they're there to do the things that we want to do, and providing they accept and agree with our principles, which is that multiculturalism, we believe, has been a failure. BNP pr…

Beware the Reebok Classic wearer: £60 trainer is revealed as burglars' favourite By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 4:35 PM on 11th February 2010 Comments (6) Add to My Stories Burglar's choice: The most popular trainers among burglars are Reebok Classics, according to a study The most popular choice of trainers among burglars are Reebok Classics, according to a study which examined footprints left at crime scenes. The £59.99 footwear were found to be the top choice for robbers in the UK after researchers looked at tread marks found inside and outside of raided homes. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Leices…