London, Oct 25 : Once touted as the Prince''s new Poundbury, Prince Charles’ dream "Urban Village in St Austell" has now turned into a living hell for residents annoyed by drunk teenagers.
Urban Village, envisioned and partially designed by Prince Charles, was designed to be Britain''s first village in a town setting.
The 147-property village boasts its faux Victorian houses, man-made pond, and stream.
It promised streets "designed for people rather than cars", and homeowners were encouraged to start their own cottage businesses and create a real community, which was quickly nicknamed "Charlietown Two".
Islamabad, Oct 25 : Pakistan was fully committed to the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, which was expected to meet substantial portion of “our energy needs”, said the country’s Law Minister Farooq Naek.
He said this while speaking in the Senate here last evening.
Madrid - Bomb and arson attacks believed to be the work of the Basque separatist ETA organisation damaged two train stations in Spain's northern Basque Country early Saturday, but injured no one, security officials said.
A bomb exploded shortly after midnight at Berriz train station near Bilbao, causing considerable damage. Officials said that there had been no warning, and no one claimed immediate responsibility.
Two hours later, masked attackers fire-bombed Amorebieta station some 20 kilometres away. Both stations were deserted.
ETA usually warns in a phonecall shortly before any bomb attack. The rail line serving the two stations, run by Eusko Tren, links Berriz with the cities San Sebastian and Bilbao.
Washington, Oct 25 : Oprah Winfrey is so fascinated by Amazon’s Kindle, an embedded system for reading electronic books, that she has decided to endorse the product.
A posting on her website revealed that the e-book reader is her “favorite new gadget.”
"I''m telling you, it is absolutely my new favorite thing in the world,” Wired News quoted her, as stating.
"There are not any keys in there, but something equally as good,” she added.
London, Oct 25: WAGS Alex Gerrard and Coleen Rooney became the latest victims of Fur campaigners, when a few caught hold of them at a fashion show.
Gerrard got the shock of her life when a campaigner dressed up as a bear and grabbed her as she made her way down the red carpet to the Grey Room in Liverpool.
Later, Coleen and her mum had to dodge a smack from a huge placard, as the Furfree Liverpool campaigners gave the girls a red card for shopping at the fur friendly store.
“It was crazy. The girls were really shaken when they got inside the venue,” the Mirror quoted a source, as saying.
Chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth lauded the century scored by Sourav Ganguly at Mohali against the Australians and asked the southpaw to come up with more hundreds in his last series so that he goes out on a high.
Speaking with the media persons, Srikkanth said, “I am very happy Ganguly is doing so well. He still has two more matches to go.”
"I will be very happy if he gets centuries in the next two matches and goes out on a big high," added Srikkanth.