London  - Chelsea ruined Alan Shearer's debut as Newcastle United manager with a 2-0 win at St James's Park on Saturday to keep their league title hopes alive.

Goals from Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda moved Chelsea to second on goal difference from Liverpool, who can go top above Manchester United if they win at Fulham later on Saturday.

Newcastle remain in deep trouble, third from bottom and three points from safety, while bottom side West Bromwich Albion look doomed after they were beaten 2-0 at home by fellow strugglers Stoke City.

London - Shortly before his 98th birthday, pensioner George Moyse has become Britain's oldest-ever parachutist.

The native of Dorset, on England's south coast, jumped out of a perfectly good aeroplane some 3,000 metres into the wide blue yonder.

Moyse, who was strapped to his instructor in the tandem jump, was in a free fall for the first 1,500 metres, and then floated to a perfect landing on Salisbury Plain, in the county of Wiltshire.

London, Apr 4: Photographs showing British group ‘The Beatles’ at the height of their fame have been published in a new book.

The pictures, taken during the time they held the top five positions in the US singles chart in 1964, show the extent of the band''s popularity and the mania that enveloped them both in the US and the UK at the time.

Photographer Curt Gunther, who had been given access to the Fab Four both on stage and behind the scenes, had clicked the pictures.

London, Apr 4: U. S. President Barack Obama has chosen to have a romantic evening with his wife Michelle rather than meet Czech politicians, after the First Couple arrives in Prague.

The Czech Republic is one of the stopovers on the US President''s first tour of Europe as it currently holds the presidency of the European Union.

But instead of meeting the country''s conservative leaders, the Obamas have chosen to spend their one evening there enjoying the atmosphere.

London, Apr 4 : Late Brit celebrity Jade Goody has planned her own funeral service to include some of her best-known sayings.

The 27-year-old mum-of-two requested wreaths spelling “Minging” and “East Angula” to accompany her to her grave.

Goody also requested a perfume bottle, newspaper, camera, floral arrangements stating the word “kebab”, and a Marmite jar to be included.

London, Apr 4: Prince Harry’s ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy has been having the time of her life after splitting from him, for she was recently seen partying the night away with South African cricketer Graeme Smith.

Davy, 23, was seen drinking and chatting with Smith at a nightclub on the day she arrived back in Cape Town for the Easter holidays, and the fun did not stop there as she invited him back to her apartment for late-night drinks.