London, Feb 11: Kids who are weak in maths can improve their skills in the subject by playing cricket, according to a Brit Schools executive.
Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, has said that playing cricket helps develop skills such as managing statistics and working out sums under pressure.
Also, he suggested that with the development of technology such as computerised ball trackers and England''s new sweaters that help regulate body temperature, the game could boost children''s grasp of science.
Balls made the comments prior to a speech at a school sport conference.
London, Feb 11: Peaches Geldof, who is getting divorced from musician Max Drummey, has managed to find a sympathetic shoulder to cry on - model Agyness Deyn.
Sir Bob's daughter has left the New York apartment she shared with Drummey and has already found a new space to invade.
Deyn, who has also made Manhattan her home, has offered Peaches a room in her flat while she gets her head together.
London, Feb 11: Puerto Rican film actor Joaquin Phoenix has showed that he is very serious about pursuing a career as a rapper after he had a high-tech recording studio installed in his house.
Phoenix had stunned most of his fans when he announced last year that he planned to step away from acting and instead try for a singing career.
It seems that he is very serious about making a name for himself in the music industry, as director James Gray has revealed that Phoenix is doing everything possible to ensure his success.
London, Feb 11: Audrey Hepburn has pipped Angelina Jolie to land the honour of the ultimate screen beauty in a new survey.
The star of Breakfast At Tiffany''s topped the survey of Hollywood actresses through the ages, while Angelina Jolie, Keira Knightley and Halle Berry followed her in the second, third and fourth positions.
The poll of nearly 2,000 film fans put Hepburn in first place, citing her perfect bone structure and almond eyes. Jolie was second, although she was a favourite with younger voters, and Kelly was third, reports the Telegraph.
London, Feb 11 : Sienna Miller and Eva Longoria Parker are promoting a Unicef campaign in a unique way - by recreating literary heroines.
Miller''s "modern reinterpretation" of Natasha from Tolstoy''s War and Peace is quite appealing.
The actress explained that "books have probably been my biggest inspiration. I remember reading CS Lewis''s Narnia series as a child and the imagination I found in those pages probably led me to do what I do for a living", reports the Telegraph.