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Becks eyeing £7m jet to be with family

London, Oct 29 : David Beckham is a true family man at heart. The soccer ace is planning to dish out 7 million pounds on a jet so that he can spend time with his family based in US while he plays in Europe.

The multi-millionaire soccer star is eyeing a top-of-the-range plane so that he can shuttle back and forth to US in between games, or even bring them to Europe.

Pals are urging the 33-year-old footballer to snap up a luxury Bombardier Learjet, and he is already in talks to sign a deal with AC Milan so that he can keep his fitness up while his American league shuts down.

Beckham’s friends believe that the only way for him to keep up with family life is to spend his extra earnings on a private jet.

Red LEDs can significantly reduce wrinkles

London, Oct 29 : While sunlight can cause wrinkles, the red glow from LEDs may help smooth them out, finds a new study.

A light-emitting-diode (LED) is a semiconductor diode that emits light when an electric current is applied in the forward direction of the device, as in the simple LED circuit.

The red LEDs do this by altering the interactions between water and elastic proteins in the skin.

In a new study, Andrei Sommer and Dan Zhu of the University of Ulm in Germany, found how water molecules in the skin interact with different substances.

New Bond babe says she doesn’t need a man

London, October 29: After divorcing twice, latest Bond girl Olga Kurylenko has realised that she doesn’t need a man.

The 28-year-old, who had a tough start sharing a small apartment with eight relatives, revealed she hated being a ‘possession’.

Speaking of her first hubby Cedric Van Mol, the Ukranian-born stunner said that after some time the photographer felt ‘like a brother’.

"He was a good friend so we never fought but you know how it is – at some point it just gets so comfortable – the person becomes more of your brother,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

Brit man turns orange after drinking too much cider

London, October 29: A British man’s doctors were puzzled to see that his skin turned orange after drinking too much of cider, and still he survived the condition.

Forty-seven-year-old Michael Stenning, who spent three weeks at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, began drinking more than four litres of cider a day after losing his job as a courier.

His friends convinced him to seek medical attention after his skin began to change colour.

Doctors at the hospital were “amazed” to see that he was still surviving.

"It was a miracle. I have never seen someone as sick as him leave the hospital alive," the Telegraph quoted Dr. Sumita Verma, who researches alcoholic hepatitis, as saying.

Liquid Cigarette Drinks To Go On Sale

In Britain, a new drink claims to offer the same effect as cigarette. This ‘Liquid Smoking’, a Fruit flavored herbal drink, is set to be launched in Britain.

If there is smoking ban, there is no need to worry for smokers as the liquid cigarette would also hit the Indian market as an alternative to cigarette.

The drink in a red and white can appears the same to Red and White cigarette packets and also claims to deliver the same feelings as cigarette.

“The product has the same effects as nicotine, but this you can drink in restaurants and even on flights,” said the Dutch supplier and manufacturer, United Drinks and Beauty Corporations.

Tony Blair’s lectures @ 2.5 lakh dlrs per 90 minutes earn him a 12 mln pound booty!

Tony Blair’s lectures @ 2.5 lakh dlrs per 90 minutes earn him a 12 mln pound booty!London, Oct 29 : Former British premier Tony Blair, who is said to be the highest paid speaker in the world, is learnt to have amassed a wealth of 12 million pounds over the past one year since vacating 10 Downing Street.

This is more than six times of the income he earned during his prime ministership.

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