London, October 29 : Madonna used to control Guy Ritchie with a ‘marriage contract’, it has emerged.

The Brit director had to apparently alter his behaviour as per the ‘contract’ that included instructions deciding their number of dates and times of sex.

The 40-year-old was further asked to ‘work to enrich his wife’s emotional and spiritual well-being’ while being ordered ‘to resolve conflicts in a constructive way’.

London, Oct 29: Guy Ritchie has turned down Madonna’s 20million pound-divorce offer, according to reports.

The breakdown in the marriage of 50-year-old Madonna and her film director husband was first made public two weeks ago.

Madonna’s biographer, J. Randy Taraborrelli, claimed that the singer and her filmmaker husband were "no closer" to reaching any agreement.

While the Material Girl wants her children— Rocco, seven, and adopted David Banda, three— to be based with her in the US, Ritchie wants them educated in England.

London, Oct 28 : Nazi memorabilia being auctioned in London has raised a whopping 90,000 pounds, despite the recent credit crunch shaking the world.

Jonathan Humbert, of Northamptonshire-based J. P. Humbert Auctioneers, claimed that his three-day grand sale had fetched a massive 90,000 pounds thus far. 

The Nazi items that have been put up for going under the hammer includes a death head ring owned by Nazi SS leader Heinrich Himmler, which was sold for 2,200 pounds.

A number of other Nazi daggers and swords raised hammer prices ranging from 200 to 800 pounds each.

There was also a Nazi pin badge that sold for 180 pounds. 

London, Oct 28 : British Airways has stopped being the UK’s national carrier and effectively become London Airways. 

Though the airline still operates flights from Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, but passengers choice of destination from these cities is limited: They can fly to any other city they like – so long as it is London, The Independent reported. 

At the weekend, the airline axed the last international flight that neither departed from nor arrived at one of the London airports, the 44-year-old link from New York to Manchester. 

The slots at JFK have been redeployed for a new BA route from Gatwick. 

London, Oct 28 : World’s most romantic couple Anette and Kenneth Lund have not only set up a record by marrying six times, they have also broken a world record by completing four ceremonies in a day.

The couple is so head over heels in love that they plan to keep tying the knot every year, until they die in a bid to keep the excitement of their marriage alive.

“When Kenneth asked me to marry him again and again, I loved the idea,” the Telegraph quoted Anette as saying.

"I''ll never get tired of marrying him, even when we''re old and grey. I''ll have a new dress, flowers and pictures every year. What bride wouldn''t love that?" she added.

London, Oct 28 : The UK ‘s military intelligence service is facing severe cuts that will reduce its ability to foresee future threats to national security and dangers to British forces abroad, a confidential Whitehall document shows. 

British analysis of Russia’s military capabilities and activities will be reduced as the Ministry of Defence slashes the size and budget of the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS), a senior officer has warned. 

The agency is losing more than one in five of its Whitehall staff and having its budget cut by nearly seven million pound as the Ministry of Defence cuts costs.