London, November 1: Britney Spears is all geared up to perform at London’s O2 arena in June 2009 where she will play for two weeks in a row.

The 26-year-old pop icon, who last played in the UK during her ‘The Onyx Hotel Tour’ in 2004, will take to the stage in what is to be one of the biggest months in British live music history.

The singer will join Prince and the Spice Girls as acts while English bands ‘Oasis’, ‘Take That’ and ‘Coldplay’ will be giving their performances in the same month.

London, Nov 1: The biggest dog in Britain has been put on a crash diet, after vets decided that the 20st giant was too heavy to undergo a life-saving operation to repair a ruptured cruciate ligament in his left hind leg.

Standing tall at 6ft 6in on his hind legs, Samson has ruptured a cruciate ligament in his left hind leg.

And now, his owners Ray and Julie Woods, from Wyberton, Lincolnshire, have forcefully postponed his 1,400 dollars surgery till the time the canine loses some weight.

According to vets, if Samson fails to reduce waist, he will not recover properly, and may never be able to walk again.

London, Nov 1: Forget the Atkins and the Cambridge diet – and give way for WI – the newest way to reduce waste and waistlines in the UK.

National ‘Love Food’ campaign by Women''s Institute campaign turned out to be such a success at weight-loss that its now been touted as the perfect diet for shedding extra pounds.

In the campaign, women are encouraged to plan meals, reuse leftovers and buy local produce, for reducing the amount of waste produced by households.

But apart from reducing waste, the scheme turned out to be an effective scheme in boosting health and saving money, and is thus being considered as the ultimate solution to the problem of childhood obesity and surviving the credit crunch.

London, Nov 1: Holly Madison, it seems, didn’t took much time to get over Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner, for the busty blonde has reportedly fallen under the spell of ‘mindfreak’ Criss Angel.

London, Nov 1: An alarming report has revealed that the sound of chirping birds might soon be lost for ever among sounds in the countryside, as the populations of farmland birds have plummeted to their lowest levels for over 40 years in the UK.

According to a report in the Daily Express, breeding pairs of countryside birds are 52 per cent fewer than in 1966.

Between 1970 and 2006, the number of corn buntings declined by 89 per cent and turtle doves by 86 per cent.

The crisis, which particularly affects species such as skylarks, grey partridges and lapwings, is likely to get worse, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds warned.

London, Nov 1: A new world record has been set for the largest gathering of zombies during a Halloween event, with 1,227 people dressed as zombies dancing to pop star Michael Jackson’s superhit song ‘Thriller’ in Nottingham.

The participants were seen covered in fake blood and face paint as they gathered in the Old Market Square, and performed a choreographed zombie dance.

The performance started at 5pm, and it took officials from Guinness World Records half-an-hour to verify the number of participants for the event, which was part of the GameCity festival.

The record had previously been held by the US, when 1,124 people attended Monroeville Mall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in November last year.