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Kerry Katona back with hubby

Kerry Katona back with hubbyLondon, Mar 28 : Kerry Katona has confirmed that she is back with her husband Mark Croft - just two weeks after they split.

"Mark's at home looking after the kids. Things happen in a marriage, and things happen behind closed doors," The Daily Star quoted her, as saying.

Mark, 38, had last week claimed that he had walked out on the mum of four and that she had been living off him.

He said: "I walked out on Kez because I'd had enough of her mood swings and stuff. Kerry never threw me out. There has been no money in secret bank accounts or anything like that."

The dingy pub cellar plot to create mayhem during G-20 summit revealed

The dingy pub cellar plot to create mayhem during G-20 summit revealedLondon, Mar 28 : A clandestine meeting was organised in a dingy pub cellar by Chris Knight, the leader of a group calling itself G20 Meltdown, an umbrella organisation for the radicals who plan to bring "mayhem" to the streets of London as world leaders gather for the G20 summit.

The meeting held on last Sunday was aimed at plotting "anti-capitalist protests" during the next week''s summit.

BBC''s black Friar Tuck irks historians

BBC''s black Friar Tuck irks historiansLondon, Mar 28 : The English folk law has been reshaped - courtesy BBC. In its new series, Robin Hood has been armed with black warrior Friar Tuck - a change which has not been well received by historians.

However, actor David Harewood, who plays the first ever black Friar Tuck, who is usually played by short, fat, balding white men, is happy with his role.

He says he will reincarnate Sherwood Forrest''s bumbling monk into a hunky, fighting robed warrior who helps Robin rob from the rich and feed the poor.

How restorers wiped away Shakespeare’s changing appearance from his portrait

London, March 28 : The restoration work on William Shakespeare's portrait, 100 years after his death, actually removed a superimposition that could have revealed an insight into the changing appearance of one of the world's greatest playwright.

When art conservators joined hands to restore two rare portraits of Shakespeare, they thought they were removing paint daubed on the canvases more than 100 years after the Bard's death to reveal "authentic" portraits beneath.

According to a report in the Independent, it has emerged that they were, in fact, wiping away priceless insights into the changing appearance of Shakespeare.

Brown not to surrender sovereignty of Falkland Islands to Argentina

Brown not to surrender sovereignty of Falkland Islands to ArgentinaLondon, Mar 28 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that he will not surrender the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands ahead of talks with Argentinean premier Cristina Kirchner, who was elected with a pledge to regain the islands from British occupation.

Brown will today hold his first meeting with Kirchner at a conference in Chile, The Telegraph reported.

Now, a device that buzzes you to straighten up when you slouch

Now, a device that buzzes you to straighten up when you slouchLondon, Mar 28: You can now stop worrying about the way you look while sitting, for iPosture a small gadget, which can be stuck on the skin and buzzes to remind the wearer to sit up straight, helping improve posture, has come to your rescue.

The revolutionary device vibrates discretely when the wearer slouches by more than three degrees for one minute.

Once the posture is corrected the buzzing stops and users have been found to adopt better habits after wearing the device for four hours a day for up to a month.

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