London, Nov 26 : Brit chef Gordon Ramsay’s alleged mistress Sarah Symonds has been branded a “sex-crazed tiger” by a former lover, who reveals she loves to bite and scratch in bed.

Former bouncer Mark Mendelssohn revealed how Symonds was too hot to handle, especially after they had sex nine times in seven hours.

“I was scared. I could barely walk out of the place,” the Sun quoted him as saying.

“She is very demanding — a bit like Ramsay on TV really,” he said.

Mendelssohn, 35, further revealed that he had met the author when he was working at the Royal Over-Seas League in central London, where she was organising posh bashes.

London, Nov 26 : The discovery of a mouldy schoolbook owned by Eleanor Rigby, who had inspired the classic Beatles song, is set to bring its finder good luck, as it is said to be worth 15,000 pound

London, Nov 26 : American burlesque artist Dita Von Teese has posed in nothing but stockings and suspenders for the German edition of ‘Playboy’.

London, Nov 26 : A team of scientists has detected an organic sugar molecule that is directly linked to the origin of life, in a region of our galaxy where planets that could potentially harbour life may exist.

The international team of researchers used the IRAM radio telescope in France to detect the molecule in a massive star-forming region of space, some 26000 light years from Earth.

According to Dr Serena Viti, one of the researchers, from University College London, “This is an important discovery as it is the first time glycolaldehyde, a basic sugar, has been detected towards a star-forming region where planets that could potentially harbour life may exist.”

Crewe, England  - Bentley has upgraded its luxury Azure T convertible with a more powerful 500 hp engine and stylistic cues to enhance the sporty image.

The Azure T comes with 20-inch, five-spoke wheels, front wing vents, a dark tinted matrix grille and a sculpted, retractable "Flying B" bonnet mascot.

The twin-turbocharged V8 engine, produces 500 hp and 1,000 Nm of torque, has been given a boost of 11 per cent in power and torque was increased 14 per cent over its 450bhp/875 Nm Azure stable mate.

Wellington - New Zealand has protested to Britain about a proposed huge increase in the departure tax charged air passengers, fearing it will hurt the tourist industry, already suffering from a slump in visitor numbers because of the international financial crisis, news reports said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister John Key said he told his British counterpart Gordon Brown the increased tax on long distance passengers was a "significant concern" to New Zealand when the two men had talks in London on Tuesday.