In Room 41

  The former member of the disbanded girl band Mis-teeq and crooner of 'boy does nothing'   has got her eyes and ambitions set on things bigger than sitting as a judge on the Britain got talent show. The 37-year old 'strictly come dancing' winner and mother of one recently revealed her dreams of being a Hollywood star and was looking into taking acting classes to further her ambition.   Well, all the best Alesha I personally think you will make a Kick ass bond   girl

      24- year old Stuart Taylor who bought large quantity of cocaine-like drug   online   and sold to end users at a local pub in Scotland narrowly escaped getting a feel of life behind bar as he was instead sentenced to an eight month period of electronic tagging and 150 hours of unpaid work. Taylor claimed to believe he was acting within the law as mephedrone is a synthetic stimulant and a legal high manufactured in Europe, the drug is commonly referred to on the streets as 'meow meow' but prosecutors think he is a profiteering peddler of death and his actions criminal. Mr Taylor's lawyer argued that he shouldn't be sent to jail since he was in full time employment and would lose his job with nothing to come back to after his time.

So we had the ice bucket challenge which raised awareness of the disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis  and helped raise circa $1 000 000 between 2014 and 2015 towards funding research for the disease.   So now there is a new challenge, a trend that developed in Asia for young women to show how their waists measure against the size A4 paper.   Although am still struggling to understand this challenge, I can not help but wonder in the meantime if this challenge is aimed at revealing how neurotic more women have become in recent years.     Here is blogger  Samantha Bruen's   perspective on the trend  

      33-year old Arsenal goalie Petr Cech has once again been voted Czech Republic player of the year for the eight consecutive time in a row.   The one time Chelsea keeper who joined the team in 2004 until recent times won four Premier League titles with the team during his time there and is considered to be one of the best and most respected goalkeeper of his generation.   He is joint most capped player in the Czech national team with 118 caps and hold a Czech professional league for not conceding a goal in 903 competitive minutes. Star with wife Martina with whom he has 2 kids  

        Police were called after an object shaped like a grenade was found at a synagogue in Golders green borough in London.   Nearby homes had to be evacuated as the item was inspected, only to be confirmed a novelty cigarette lighter.

          Several people have been hurt in the departure hall of Brussels airport after two loud explosions rocked the building early hours of this morning. Belgium is currently under high security alert after the capture of 26-year old Salah Abdeslam, the fugitive master mind behind last year's Paris attack which claimed over a hundred lives. After a four month man hunt Abdeslam was tracked to a neighbourhood in Brussels and was shot in the leg during a showdown with the police before being captured Friday last week.        

one of the best bags at the New York fashion week one of the best shoes   The bag I don't mind but the shoes can only reserve my comment

  Photo:technews today       After a month long battle with Apple over creating a software to unlock Syed Farook's iPhone, the gunman who alongside his wife randomly shot and killed 14 people in San Bernardino California.   The FBI have asked judge Sheri Pym to postpone court hearing as it has found an alternative way to unlock the gunman's phone without the assistance of the giant phone company.   Apple had always maintained that creating a software to unlock the iPhone would undermine the securities features as it would be creating a backdoor for hackers to get into similar iPhones.   At the moment the iPhone of the gun man who was killed in a shoot out with police is permanently looked with a time delay feature that wears out anyone trying to guess his password and so the FBI want's Apple to create a software that will help them bypass security.

    Relatives of US presidential hopeful Donald Trump have been told to be on the alert and extremely mindful of packages in the mail as the sister of the man many love to hate receive threats. Maryanne Trump Barry, the 78-yaer old federal court judge who is the older sister of Mr Trump received the threat letter just days after a similar one was sent to the controversial republican's 32-year old son, Eric trump.

                                                                         source: STV   Be prepared North and central Scotland warned as heavy and persistent rain continue to wreck havoc, damaging properties, disrupting travel and infrastructures.   Meanwhile according to insurance experts the cost of the flood clean-up in the UK could hit £1bn.

  A 78 year old pensioner was targeted and robbed by a yet to be identified  cyclist.   The hooded cyclist whose gender remains unknown snatched the lady's purse in broad day light as she walked along the road in Dumfries in Scotland knocking her to the ground before cycling off.   What kind of person robs the vulnerable on new year's day.

        Couldn't resist sharing this pix as its so cute.

        Two years ago 24-year old Callum Biggs was involved in a camping accident causing him to suffer over 45 percent burns. Biggs spent seven days in coma and was given a 10 percent chance of surviving.   source: daily mail Biggs not only beat the odds of surving, he went on to university to study engineering. Upon graduation his parents bought him a one-way business ticket aboard Emirates flight using their frequent flyer points from Perth to London, to celebrate not just his graduation but also his overcoming the odds and having the courage to pick himself up and pursue his dreams.   One cabin crew member aboard the flight heard his story, got the rest members of her team together and they all signed a card in eight languages wishing him all the best in life. To be give a personalised card with a picture of him taken while he was boarding was the icing on the cake according to Biggs as it made him feel very special and welcomed.