London, Nov. 9 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is planning urgent tax cuts in a 15-billion-pound package of measures to combat the economic slump in the country.

According to The Mirror, Brown is considering extending tax credits to help more low-paid families as Britain teeters on the brink of recession. He is also looking at extending the stamp-duty "holiday" on more modestly-priced homes to help first-time buyers and revive the crisis-hit property market.

Other possible measures include a "significant" increase in winter fuel allowances and a further delay to rises in petrol duty.

London, Nov. 9 : The execution of three Indonesian militants for the serial bomb blasts in the tourist resort of Bali that claimed the lives of 202 people, including 88 Australians, has not satisfied their relatives.

They do not believe justice has been fully achieved. 

Imam Samudra, 38, Amrozi Nurhasyim, 47, and Ali Ghufron, 48, were executed yesterday on the island prison of Nusakambangan by a firing squad after they were found guilty of planning attacks on two nightclubs in the resort of Kuta. 

London, Nov 9 : A Brit teacher has admitted to viewing porn while teaching in the classroom.

Darren Adamson, 36, also called sex phonelines from school telephones, the General Teaching Council (GTC) for England was told.

Adamson, the head of English at Houghton Kepier School in Houghton le Spring, used to log on to camcandy. com and other porn sites, while his pupils got busy with their work.

“This is particularly serious as he was head of English…and was in a position of particular trust and authority,” Timesonline quoted a ruling by the General Teaching Council for England, as stating.

It has also been revealed that the teacher used the teaching time to make calls to sexually explicit chat lines.

London, Nov 9 : With the credit crunch taking a toll on people’s lives, gym membership seems like an ‘unattainable’ luxury – but there are many other ways that can help you stay fit without breaking the bank.

Therefore, Times Online has provided some advice on how to stay fit during recession.

They are:

1 Go to bed

Lack of sleep is debilitating. Studies have suggested that simple things can make a difference to the amount and quality of sleep people get, such as cutting down on tea, coffee and alcohol at night. Exercise is good as it can help us to get off to sleep and it also eases depression and anxiety that keep us tossing and turning.

2 Go down to the woods

London, Nov 9 : Adoptive parents believe boys are ''too much trouble'', a snapshot of adoption agencies across the UK has revealed.

Experts fear that boys are being overlooked because people believe little girls will be easier to look after.

According to the British Association of Adoption and Fostering BAAF poll, most people believe that frequent coverage in the media of boys as knife-wielding, cannabis-smoking gang members may fuel the reluctance to adopt them.

Now, experts hope to shed light on the plight of little boys during National Adoption Week and to challenge their trouble-maker image.

London, Nov 9 : Nuclear power plants, which are smaller than a garden shed and are able to power 20,000 homes, shall be available within five years, according to a group of scientists.

Scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb, said that the miniature reactors will be factory-sealed and contain no weapons-grade material.

The experts added that they have no moving parts and will be nearly impossible to steal because they will be encased in concrete and buried underground.

The US government has licensed the technology to Hyperion, a New Mexico-based company which said last week that it has taken its first firm orders and plans to start mass production within five years.