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‘My early work was a pile of crap,’ says Katie Melua

Sept 20 : British singer Katie Melua thinks that her early musical work with mentor/composer Mike Batt was ‘a pile of crap’.

Melua, who collaborated with Batt for making albums such as ‘Call Off The Search’, ‘Piece By Piece’ and the forthcoming ‘Pictures’, asserted that she learnt a lot while working with her mentor.

However, the 23-year-old star insisted that her old work was not up to the mark and she wants to move on with her career creatively now.

Hands-free mobiles more deadly than drink-driving

London, Sep 20 : Talking on hands-free car phones behind the wheel could be more risky than drink driving, a new study has found.

Millions in UK 'imagine' food intolerance

London, September 19 (ANI): A new poll has shown that millions of people in the UK have self-diagnosed a food intolerance, and may be avoiding key foods as a result.

The study conducted by a testing firm called Yorktest has revealed that less than a quarter of 12 million of the people, who claim to be food intolerant, have had their condition formally diagnosed.

While many of the nine million people also claiming to be intolerant may well be so, the study suggests that they may just be fussy.

Case of boy ripping 1p bag costs UK taxpayers £1,000!

London, Sep 19 : A criminal damage worth just 1pence has cost the UK government 1,000 pounds.

The Crown Prosecution Service charged a 15-year-old boy after he owned up to ripping the handles off a plastic bag, worth 1p, belonging to a 13-year-old girl.

Following the charge, prosecutors are being accused of wasting taxpayers’ cash.

The girl's parents called police who passed a file to the CPS, and the case is believed to have cost 1,000 pounds.

US, UK Agree On Need Of More Financial Authority - Alistair Darling

London: Before meeting with the U.S.

UK school has 20 sets of twins on its rolls!

London, Sept 19 : A school in Hartford, UK, has set a record of sorts by having 20 sets of twins on its roll.
 
And the Grange School, which achieved that distinction when four new pairs enrolled this month, says it has so much experience teaching twins that it now specialises in looking after them.
 
Having 20 pairs of twins means that one in 28 students of the 1,140-strong school is a twin.
 

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