Best, most magical and wibbly-wobbly home made wedding cake ever? Oh yes. http://t.co/LxDNg9L6 Continue reading →
Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of New International. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, is to be charged with perverting the course of justice, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Tuesday.Brooks, who was arrested in March by Scotland Yard officers investigating phone hacking, is the first person to face charges in the major criminal investigation into hacking and allegations of bribing public officials.Her husband, Charlie Brooks, the racehorse trainer and friend of the prime minister, is also to be charged, the CPS announced.They will be summonsed to court where the charges will be formally laid.The charges are the first since Operation Weeting began. Scotland Yard has budgeted for three linked inquiries to run to 2015 at a cost of ... Continue reading →
Thor: wore me out. Photograph: Photo Credit: Zade Rosenthal/Zade Rosenthal When a monk takes a vow of silence, is he still allowed to post messages on the internet? Chances are God won't find out. Being ancient, God probably can't work computers. He holds the mouse gingerly, like it's made of fine china. Sometimes he accidentally minimises a window and can't get it back. LOL what a noob #GodFailThings change so rapidly these days it's easy to get left behind, no matter how powerful you are. Much online tittering occurred last Friday when King Charles II (played by Rebekah Brooks) told the Leveson inquiry that David Cameron used to sign off his text messages with the acronym LOL, in the mistaken belief that it stood for ... Continue reading →
RT @pink RT to help boy, 9, dying from brain cancer trend worldwide #RyanKennedy http://t.co/FtxpgeAo RT @ariannahuff .@LisaBelkin on the Time magazine cover: “Breastfeeding is not a macho test of motherhood” http://t.co/lSkULNsb .@LisaBelkin on the Time magazine cover: “Breastfeeding is not a macho test of motherhood” http://t.co/lSkULNsb Continue reading →
Garrett McNamara, of Hawaii, rides what is being called the tallest wave ever ridden at the Praia do Norte beach in Nazare, Portugal. Photograph: Jorge Leal/AP The Guinness World Records has recognised a 44-year-old professional surfer from Hawaii for catching a 78ft wave off the coast of Portugal, saying the November feat beats a 2008 record for the biggest ridden by more than 12 inches.Garrett McNamara of Haleiwa, on Oahu's north shore, has admitted that the ride of his life was a fluke, however. He said he originally did not want to attempt the waves that day after wiping out numerous times on even bigger swells in the same spot, above an undersea canyon known as one of the biggest wave-generators in the world. "I ... Continue reading →
Amy Winehouse performs during her concert at the Volkshaus in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2007. Continue reading →
