London, Nov 9 : Staff at a Brit town hall have been banned from using the phrase "Singing from the same hymn sheet" as it could upset atheists.

Employees of the Salisbury council have been told that the religious implications of the saying, which has been in common phrasing for centuries, could offend non-believers. 

"Avoid office and council jargon wherever possible, including phrases such as ''moving forward'' and ''singing from the same hymn sheet''," the Telegraph quoted the Salisbury council as advising.

Besides the religious sounding phrase, other phrases like ''colour blind'', ''black'', ''British'', ''West Indian'' were also asked to be avoided as they could offend people.

London, Nov 9 : British/Canadian actress Kim Cattrall claims that US President-elect Barack Obama had come on to her during his campaign.

London, Nov 9 : BBC was forced to change an apology to Andrew Sachs over the Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand scandal after the actor complained that it was not directly referring to his wife and daughter.

The apology, which was broadcasted on Radio 2, had to be reworded by the Corporation after 78-year-old Sachs complained saying that the two had been deeply hurt by the affair. 

Sachs telephoned the BBC after listening to the first of two planned broadcasts of the statement and asked for the second apology to be changed.

“Mr Sachs asked us to specifically include mention of his wife and family in the second broadcast apology at 9.03 pm and we were happy to do this,” the Telegraph quoted a BBC spokeswoman as saying.

London, Nov 9 : English glamour model and Page Three Girl Amii Grove is engaged to Liverpool star Jermaine Pennant.

London, Nov 9 : Fans inspired by the Lord of the Rings films are making their own movie ‘Born Of Hope’, which has a 25,000 pounds budget, and is being made in the UK.

None of those who are taking part in the making of the movie are getting paid for it, but the Middle Earth subject matter has attracted people from around the globe to join the team, including some of the film''s original cast and crew, Sky News reported.

The low-budget production, which is due for release sometime in November 2009, has according to its backers been well received at many conventions and exhibitions worldwide after a trailer from the test shoot in April 2006 was shown.

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - The one-day meeting of the Middle East Quartet ended in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday with announced plans to stick to the Annapolis process, maintain Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and to hold a meeting on the Middle East peace process in Moscow next spring.

The quartet, which is comprised of the EU, the UN, Russia and the US issued a two-and-half- page statement following their meeting with Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that emphasized that direct bilateral Israeli-Palestinian negotiations should be continued and that an agreement will only be announced when all issues are agreed on.