London, January 4: Britney Spears, who is trying to get back on track after her much-publicized meltdown, is reportedly suffering from stage fright, which could put her
2009 world comeback tour in jeopardy.
Mum Lynne revealed that the singer, who put up with two tumultuous years during which she lost the custody of her two sons followed by her trips to rehab, need a push to up her confidence.
"That gut belief she had in herself is what's missing," the Daily Star quoted Lynne as telling a US magazine.
London, Jan 4 : Actor Matt Smith will be the 11th `Doctor Who' - and the youngest actor ever to play the cult television time traveller.
The 26-year-old's name was unveiled by BBC bosses in a special one-off show.
Smith will be taking over from David Tennant, 37, and is due to first appear on screens as the revered doctor in 2010.
He becomes the 11th Time Lord since the programme first aired in 1963.
"I''ve got this wonderful journey in front of me where I''ve got these six months to build this Time Lord - and that''s such an exciting prospect," The Sun quoted him, as saying.
And current star David Tennant will be on hand to guide him.
London - The third round of the FA Cup, England's foremost cup competition, is famous for delivering shocks as teams from the lower leagues upset the big names of the Premier League.
The 2009 competition proved no different on Saturday as big-spending Manchester City were dumped out of the Cup in a 3-0 defeat at Eastlands by Nottingham Forest, a team struggling at the bottom of the Championship.
London - Big-spending Manchester City were the highest-profile casualties on third-round day in the FA Cup as they were humiliated 3-0 at home by struggling Championship side Nottingham Forest.
Chelsea were forced to a replay by League One side Southend, while Portsmouth and West Bromwich Albion were both held to draws by lowly opposition.
London - Thousands of people took to the streets of London and other British cities Saturday to protest the Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip.
Estimates of those taking part in the demonstration in London ranged between 6,000 and 10,000. Witnesses said around 1,000 shoes were thrown at the fence protecting the Downing Street entrance to the residence of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The shoe-hurling - an extreme insult in Arab culture - was reminiscent of that by an Iraqi reporter targeting US President George W Bush at a press conference in Baghdad last month.
London, Jan 3 : In a bid to put an end to Israel''s bombing of the Gaza Strip, Scottish singer Annie Lennox and English stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle have joined high-profile campaigners in voicing their concerns.
During a news conference in London, Lennox said that TV footage of the attacks, which have taken the lives of more than 400 innocent people, left her shaken.
"A few days after Christmas I came downstairs, put the television on and saw smoke pyres emanating from buildings and it shook me to the core," the BBC quoted her as saying.
London, January 4: Britney Spears, who is trying to get back on track after her much-publicized meltdown, is reportedly suffering from stage fright, which could put her 
London - The third round of the FA Cup, England's foremost cup competition, is famous for delivering shocks as teams from the lower leagues upset the big names of the Premier League.
London - Big-spending Manchester City were the highest-profile casualties on third-round day in the FA Cup as they were humiliated 3-0 at home by struggling Championship side Nottingham Forest.
London - Thousands of people took to the streets of London and other British cities Saturday to protest the Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip.
London, Jan 3 : In a bid to put an end to Israel''s bombing of the Gaza Strip, Scottish singer Annie Lennox and English stand-up comedian Alexei Sayle have joined high-profile campaigners in voicing their concerns.
