Kitchen Confidential
‘THERES safety in numbers. Thats why the papers love them. Here are some things we learned last week
2 Professor Tim Kuskly of St Louis University says the ocean is reclaiming New Orleans at a rate of two acres an hour
5- A village council in Sultanwala, Pakistan has ruled that five women, all cousins, who refused to honour childhood marriages should be abducted, raped or killed
6 Wayne Rooney spent 6 minutes and 22 seconds in a clandestine meeting with 20-year-old brunette Emily Fountain (Sun)
6- The National Transport Safety Board said one in six truckers suffers from obstructive sleep apnoea, which could make them nod off at the wheel
8 700 hundred years ago the average London drank eight pints of beer a day
12 After 12 years in business, Prince Eddies Ardent Productions is to be dissolved
18 Middlesbrough player Abel Xavier was banned from football for 18 months for failing a drugs test
22 A study found parents spend £22 a day on raising their children from birth to 21
30 Samantha Holt, aged 10, has been suspended from school 30 times
40 Scientists at Uppsala University, the Swedish university of Agricultural Sciences and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences found that the difference between a wolf and a farm dog could come down to as little as 40 genes
98 A roadside bomb brought the tally of British soldiers killed in Iraq to 98
109 – Alfred Anderson, the last British veteran of the famous 1914 Christmas truce – when German and British troops climbed from their trenches to share cigarettes and play football during the First World War – died
475 Prince Charles spent £475 on a Victorian throne seat toilet after his previous one at Clarence House cracked
1,070 The RACs online route-fining service was directing motorists from the East Midlands to Devon via 1,070 mile trip taking in the Irish Republic and western France
3,500 Tony and Cherie Blair will send 3,500 Christmas cards with five variable inserts so no religion if offended
20,000 Benefits claimant, and dad-of-ten, Mark Corby spent £20,000 of taxpayers cash on decoration for the outside for his four-bed semi in Exeter. The show features an illuminated Santa and train on the roof, two 4ft Santas with sleighs, a Santa climbing a ladder, a 4ft Santa with a reindeer, a 3ft snowman, two 4ft shining starts, four trees filled with fairy lights, lights all over the roof and fake frost on the eaves and windows.
320,000 The House of Commons ran up a £320,000 deficit for its guided tours for
360,000 The Ministry of Defence spent £360,000 on 139 plasma screens for its revamped London HQ
1,200,000 Kate Moss scores £1.2million modelling contract with Virgin Mobile
1,400,000 Britain is Europes biggest importer of illegally-logged timber. According to the World Wildlife Fund, the world loses 1.4 million acres of forest a year
1,500,000 130 guests , including Sharon Stone, Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz saw Christina Aguilera marry music executive Jordan Bratman
6,000,000 Elton John turned down £6million to have his wedding to David Furnish filmed for TV
23,000,000 Daniel Radcliff, aka Harry Potter, has racked up a personal fortune of £23m
40,000,000 The number of people living with HIV worldwide has exceeded 40m for the for the first time, according to the Aids Epidemic Update 2005′
Posted: 26th, November 2005 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
