Cherie Booth, wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair suggests women to work and be financially independent, claiming that working women raise more independent children than the “yummy mummies”, who choose children over careers. “You hear these yummy mummies talk about being the best possible mothers and they put all their effort into their children. I also want to be the best possible mother, but I know that my job…

Johnny Depp, the celebrated actor and People magazine’s “sexiest man alive”, has separated from his French actress partner, Vanessa Paradis with whom he had two children, 13-year-old Lily and nine-year-old Jack. “Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have amicably separated. Please respect their privacy and, more importantly, the privacy of their children,” Depp’s publicist Robin Baum announced in a statement. Depp and Paradis got together in 1998, when they met in…

England team’s manager Roy Hodgson admits that the team has bettered his expectations by qualifying top of Group D at Euro 2012, with the team standing tall with seven points including two victories and a draw. England has topped its group and is now ready to face Italy in the quarter-finals what with its Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Ukraine, and France’s 2-0 defeat by Sweden. The 64-year-old coach said, “For…

Julian Assange, the founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, who due to be deported to Sweden in nine days where he is accused of the sex attacks by two former volunteers, has sought political asylum in Ecuador under the United Nations Human Rights Declaration. The 40-year-old Australian had lost a long-running legal bid earlier this month to stop his extradition to Sweden. Assange, who is currently under protection in the Ecuadorean…

The safety of the care homes for children is questioned by reports following the Rochdale case of sexual exploitation of children. The Rochdale case, that came into light just a month back, found nine men guilty of exploiting sexually young girls. One of the girls was, at that time, in care and all the girls were reportedly known to social services. Councillor Colin Lambert, the leader of Rochdale Borough Council,…

From October 28, low-cost airline Easyjet is adding extra flights on a number of its several routes from Belfast International Airport. On the Manchester route the number of flights will increase from two to three on Monday, Thursday and Friday. Last year, the new route to Manchester was launched by Easyjet. The two daily flights to Manchester, with fares from £21.99 one way, including taxes, were introduced. On the Edinburgh…

The Football Union of Russia (RFS) has been penalised with €30,000 (£24,300) by UEFA for the ugly incidents which marred their Euro 2012 match against Poland. The fine, however, does not mean activation of the suspended six-point deduction Russia incurred last week. The suspended points punishment was meted out following the improper behaviour of Russian fans in the Czech match, with the RFS also fined €120,000 (£96,761). The European football…

“War criminal” Tony Blair fended off an “arrest” attempt made by an anti-war demonstrator in Hong Kong where the former prime minister is on a visit to represent the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. Blair was in the beginning of his speech on ‘faith and globalisation’ at the University of Hong Kong when a 29-year-old man named Tom Grundy attempted a citizen’s arrest on the ex-Downing Street resident. Shouting that Blair…

A second man succumbs to Legionnaires’ disease in Edinburgh last night, report health officials at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. The 41-year-old man from Gorgie was admitted with severe symptoms of the infectious disease and was among the first patients to require hospital care, according to sources. Reportedly, the number of people suffering from the pneumonia-like infection has reached 41 while 48 Brits are suspected to have contracted the infection. Ironically,…