London, Nov 3 : With substance abuse on the rise, around 42,000 Brit pupils have been sent home for alcohol or drug-related reasons in the past four years.

The finding made on November 2 also revealed that half a million under-18s have been able to buy alcohol in bars.

The easy availability of alcohol was not the only problem, with 47 per cent of the youngsters, who drank regularly, admitting to having committed criminal offences.

London, Nov 3 : Ace F1 racer Lewis Hamilton may soon outdo David Beckham as the biggest sporting star, predict public relations experts.

The speculation comes after the racing driver sealed the 2008 Formula One World Championship in Brazil.

Experts have said that the F1 champion’s career earnings could top one billion dollars, far ahead seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher.

According to Auto Trader''s Motoring Rich List, Hamilton is currently thought to be worth around 15million pounds.

London, Nov 3 : English fashion and glamour model Danielle Lloyd was spotted having the time of her life and escaping the October freeze on a Dubai beach.

While millions are covering themselves up back home, Lloyd, 24, is busy sipping cocktails with pals in the Middle Eastern hotspot, and having buff lads waiting on her.

Even though she is enjoying the warm weather and attention, she most definitely does not seem to have romance on her mind.

“There’s no men at all involved in this holiday – apart from the fit serving staff,” the Daily Star quoted a friend of hers as saying.

London, Nov 3 : A rare blue-grey diamond, which traces its history to India, and had been given to the girl in one of the most famous paintings in Western art, will soon go under the hammer at Christie’s, London.

The Wittelsbach diamond, which apparently originated from the Indian diamond mines, is almost once inch in width.

A Christie’s spokesperson claimed that offering a blue diamond of this type was ''truly extraordinary''.

It was given to Infanta Margarita Teresa by her father King Philip IV of Spain on her engagement to her uncle Leopold I of Austria—one of the most historic events in European history.

London, Nov 3 : A novel imaging programme for facial surgery called DI3D system, which could produce life-like 3-D images on a computer from photographs, has been chosen for a top innovation award.

The DI3D system could help transform the treatment of facial surgery, burns, and orthodontics.

The Gannochy Trust innovation award of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) will be given to Dr. Colin Urquhart, of Glasgow-based Dimensional Imaging on November
7.

London, November 3 : Hard rock band Bon Jovi has been sued for 250,000 pounds by a Brit woman, who claims that one of the group’s staff purposely ran a golf buggy over her at a concert.

Sally Allen, a security supervisor, alleged that she had tried to prevent Kevin McDonnell, from entering the back-stage area after a fire broke out at the Milton Keynes concert in 2006, reports the Telegraph.

She further claimed that McDonnell had said: “I don''t care about your emergency situation. Get out of my way, you f***ing whore. Do you know who I am? You can''t f***ing stop me."