Sunday, 16 June 2013

Man broke into woman's home, beat her up and tried to steal her computer 'because she had hacked another woman's Facebook'

Stephen Smith warned prison 'inevitable' afterleaving Donna Green battered *.Attack occurred after Ms Green hacked into another woman's Facebook account *.Ms Green sent messages on Facebook posing as other woman By Matt Wes

Readers are better thinkers, according to new research

Research from the University of Toronto found that people who had just read a short story were able to think less rigidly and were more comfortable with disorder and uncertainty *.People who are regular readers also appeared to be more creative thinkers and less prone to snap judgements *.The study suggested reading literary fiction is a way to become more open-minded By Alex Greig

Is size 16 'normal' - or a serious danger? These women areall Britain's most common dress size, so you'd expect them to be healthy, but a battery of medical tests came up with surprising and worrying results *.

The average size for a British woman is a curvy 16 *.Nearly half of UK women are a dress size 16 or above *. Test of four 'average size' women revealed serious health problems

Daughter, 18, cuts off her father's head after he raped her in their Papua New Guinea village home

Father raped daughter overnight while rest of family were away *. Village forms 'protective ring' around girl because 'evil' father deserved to die *. It comes as Papua New Guinea brings back death penalty for serious crimes B

The happiest place on Earth? Inside Walt Disney's luxury estate with underground RAILROAD that inspired him to build Disneyland

Walt Disney's personal pride and joy, the estate he last called home and the property which was the inspiration for Disneyland - has gone on salefor a whopping $90million. The Carolwood Estate is considered the birthplace of the1955 theme parkand is the place where Disney imagined the vast expansion of his animation company into amusement parks. In 1950 the mogul builta one-eighth-scale backyard steam train around the estate's grounds - it is still evident at the Los Angeles property today with a tiny doorway into one of its underground tunnels. It was enjoyment of his personal train line that convinced Disney to develop rides and an amusement park fans could visit. Disney and his wife Lillian saidthe property onCarolwood Drive, in Holmby Hills, was their 'dream home' and it soonbecame known as the Old Disney Estate. A steam enthusiast, Walt Disney, soon got carried awaywith his pet project on the grounds, developing a huge control room in a barn as he expanded the train's route, twists and turns until it became known as the Carolwood Pacific Railroad.