London, Nov 17 : Noddy, a character created by British children’s author Enid Blyton, will have a book written to mark its 60th anniversary next year.

The new book, provisionally entitled Noddy''s Birthday Surprise, will be written by the late Blyton’s granddaughter Sophie Smallwood, 38, and illustrated by Robert Tyndall, who began drawing the characters in 1953.

“It is a great honour, if a little daunting, to pick up the pen and take over from my grandmother,” Times Online quoted Smallwood as saying.

According to the Telegraph, the book has been commissioned by Chorion, the firm that owns the rights to Noddy, and earns a reported 180million dollars a year from sales of the books.

Chicago, Nov. 17 : During the more than two-year-long campaign to win the bid for the White House, Democrat Barack Obama split his time between his family home in Chicago where Michelle and the girls lived, and a very modest apartment in Washington, which nearly burned down.

Both Barack and Michelle Obama had a few words to say on what they felt like living in that apartment, revealing it to CBS 60 minutes during an interview over the weekend.

London, Nov 17 : English actor Michael Caine was honoured at the Variety Club’s 56th annual Showbusiness awards on November 16 for his five decades of famous film roles.

Caine, 75, who has starred in classic movies like Alfie, Get Carter and The Italian Job, was awarded the Outstanding Contribution prize, the Daily Express reported.

Besides the veteran actor, English television presenter Noel Edmonds, the cast of musical Hairspray, Kenneth Branagh and James McAvoy were awarded.

Scottish actor McAvoy, 29, was honoured with the Film Award for his performances in titles such as Atonement, The Last King of Scotland and Wanted.

London, Nov 17 : Internet crooks are selling complete financial identities for just 80 pounds in Britain, according to an online safety group.

The Get Safe Online group, which is backed by police, government and banks, has revealed that Britons are losing their names, addresses, passport numbers and confidential financial data like credit card numbers to internet fraudsters, willing to make money as soon as possible.

According to Serious Organised Crime Agency, fraudsters are selling personal information for as little as five pounds per piece of data or 80 pounds for an entire package.

Branding it a serious problem, the online safety group calls for new ways to protect identities online.

Melbourne, Nov 17 : An alleged burglar was found to be in a critical condition after a dweller sat on him to stop him from fleeing, before the police arrived.

The homeowner revealed that he caught the 19-year-old burglar in his property at Myrtle St. Marrickville in Sydney at about 8: 30pm.

The two started fighting in the front yard of the house before the owner eventually sat on him to stop him from fleeing before the police arrived, reports News. com. au.

When the police arrived, they found the intruder in an unconscious condition and they continued to perform CPR on the man on the way to the Royal North Shore Hospital.

New York, Nov 17 : Country crooner Kenny Chesney recently told Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon that he is a big fan of her.

Witherspoon, who is dating Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal, got an unexpected visit from Renne Zellweger’s ex-husband Chesney in her dressing room at the Country Music Awards.

Before telling the ‘Twilight’ actress that he is her fan, Chesney gushed, “ You look gorgeous tonight,” reports the New York Daily News.