She is certainly not a household name, but Marisa Miller has been voted FHM Magazine’s Sexiest Women in the World in a poll which apparently attracted over one million votes.
Losing it on air
Australian documentary film maker Justin Sisley has convinced several young people to appear in a reality television programme in which they auction their virginity to the highest bidder, although he has been forced to move the auction from the Australian state of Victoria to Nevada in America after authorities said they would charge him with prostitution if the filming went …
World’s most expensive car
If a $106 million Picasso is just out of your price range, how about something a little bit cheaper, like a Bugatti? You can get a good one for around $40 million, and it’s a lot easier to drive. That was the price recently paid for a 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic, one of only three examples made by the company. …
Tweet tweet
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez only joined Twitter last month – a service he used to call ‘a tool of terror’ – but he already has nearly a quarter of a million followers.
In London
After 25 years as chairman of Harrods, Mohamed al Fayed has decided to retire to spend more time with his children and grandchildren. That’s normally the reason politicians give for being booted out.
The dos and dont’s
If anyone is curious about what you can and cannot do in a polling station (relating to voting) then here is a good explanation. What can you NOT do in a polling station?
Email scam
There was bound to be some sort of scam following the volcanic dust air chaos, and there is. An e-mail scam claiming it can help passengers hit by the volcanic ash flight ban is currently under investigation. The e-mails claim they are from the Civil Aviation Authority and inform affected travellers they could be entitled to receive £2,000 compensation.
Freedom of belief
An interesting, and disturbing (mis)use of the Public Order Act, introduced in 1986 to tackle violent rioters and football hooligans.
Who’s next?
Fads and the fashions. Dogs, pot-bellied pigs, micro pigs…they’ve all been trendy in recent years. So what could be the next fashion? Who is going to risk being seen in public with a ‘celebrity’?
El Bulli loses top spot after four years
‘El Bulli’ restaurant in Spain, run by Ferran Adrià and named as the top restaurant in the world for the past four years, has slipped to number two in the latest list, the new number one being the ‘Noma’ restaurant in Copenhagen.