After nearly six months of auditions, live shows and public voting, the winner of the ninth season of American Idol has been announced, and it’s Illinois-born Lee DeWyze. Described by the judges as “emotionally accessible” and “what the show is all about”, the 24 year old managed to beat out the competition – including runner-up [...]
May, 2010
Cheryl Cole set to divorce "cheating" husband Ashley
Cheryl Cole has started divorce proceedings against cheating Chelsea and England star Ashley Cole. The divorce of the celebrity couple comes as no surprise, and was formally lodged yesterday at 2pm at London’s High Court. Mr and Mrs Cole share a £6m 9-bedroom mansion in Surrey and have an estimated joint worth of around £22m, [...]
The Queen invites UK schools to become academies
The Queen outlined this week, in the annual Queen’s Speech, that there were plans to introduce a number of new laws and schemes – the most talked about being the changes to the UK school system. According to the coalition government’s plans, all primary and secondary schools will be encouraged to become academies. Invitation letters [...]
Tension mounts and markets fall as China & US get involved in Korea negotiations
Following accusations that North Korea was responsible for sinking a Chenoan ship and killing more than forty sailors, the tension in Korea is said to be at breaking point. Both North and South Korean military forces have been put on alert as the situation escalates to a dangerous level and the US and China have [...]
Brittany Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack found dead
Just five months after the sudden and tragic death of young Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy, her grieving husband has also been found dead at their Los Angeles home. According to reports, British screenwriter Simon Monjack was found dead at his home on Rising Glen Road, Los Angeles, on Sunday 23rd May. The full details and [...]
Sarah Ferguson’s debt problems exposed in £500K royal access scandal
The Duchess of York is reportedly in hiding this week following embarrassing revelations exposing her debt problems even further, where she tried to make £500,000 in return for granting access to her former husband, Prince Andrew. Posing as a businessman, an undercover reporter from a Sunday newspaper exposed Sarah Ferguson’s attempt to make some quick [...]
Facebook and YouTube banned in Pakistan over images of the Prophet
Social networking websites Facebook and You Tube have been banned in Pakistan over non-Islamic images depicting the Prophet Muhammad. In a matter of days, the outrage and debate over the blasphemy of public images of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) – started by a Danish cartoonist in 2005 – has not only been reignited, it has [...]
Mother admits murder of two young children found dead in Spanish hotel room
The shocking story about two young British children found dead recently in a Spanish hotel room has been splashed all over the front pages and heavily featured on the news, although many details about the case are not yet known. At first, the Spanish police were not able to release any details about what happened, [...]
Crashed Afghan passenger plane found
An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopter has reportedly found the wreckage of an Afghan plane that crashed near the Salang Valley between Kabul and Kunduz in Afghanistan. The aircraft – operated by Afghan airline Pamir Airways – went down early last Monday morning whilst flying over the Hindu Kush mountains on route from Kunduz [...]
Surprise inflation rise to hit savers hard
Following a surprise and record-breaking rise in inflation last month, experts are warning that savers and mortgage borrowers may be the worst affected. How much has inflation risen? The Consumer Price Index (CPI) – the official inflation measurement – has risen from 3.4 per cent in March to 3.7 per cent in April this year [...]
