The body of a female Big Brother winner becomes public property Being a lapsed Big Brother fan allows you to look at the show from the outside – and wonder about the real price the winners pay. Witness Josie Gibson and her ever-changing body

'The worst thing Josie Gibson could do now is stay happy. Something must change, otherwise we lose interest and her career in bodychange will end': Gibson entering the Big Brother house in June 2010. Photograph: Getty Images And once more Big Brother rolls into town, with a strangled whimper and the small sad fart of a family pet on its final walk to the vet's. But in the same way that we suddenly understood the earth when we saw it from a distance, all blue...

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Chancellor Jeffrey Osborne: Barack Obama confuses George with soul star US president reportedly called George Osborne 'Jeffrey' three times during chancellor's G8 presentation on tax avoidance

The chancellor of the exchequer and the American R&B star - it's easy to get confused, isn't it? As swingeing government cuts bite, critics may have questioned George Osborne's soul, but Barack Obama appears to have no such doubts about the chancellor. During Osborne's briefing to G8 leaders on plans to cut down on tax avoidance, the US president reportedly called the him by the wrong name, later explaining that he had confused him with his favourite soul star,...

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G8 summit: Cameron has misjudged by putting Syria on the agenda Discussing Syria is likely to result in discord between Russia and the west which could sour the atmosphere of the summit

British prime minister David Cameron and Russian president Vladimir Putin in London ahead of the G8 summit. Photograph: Aleksey Nikolskyi/Pool/EPA For once a G8 summit has a good idea on the table. David Cameron's call for today's Ulster meeting to agree action against tax havens is original, sensible and needs international concord to push it through. Success would be a real triumph for him. A treaty will take time, but it is good to start now. So why spoil it with Syria?...

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Barack Obama describes Northern Ireland as 'blueprint' for peace US President uses opening of G8 to deliver impassioned speech urging young Belfast listeners to 'face the future united'   In his speech, Barack Obama noted it had been 15 years since the Good Friday agreement that paved...

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UTALII TANZANIA: Viboko wa ajabu wasiojulikana kwa watalii

Viboko wakijidai majini  Ni kilometa 123 kutoka Kilwa Masoko yalipo makao makuu ya Wilaya ya Kilwa. Katika wilaya hiyo kuna Kijiji cha Makangaga na kuna kivutio kizuri cha utalii kwa mfano viboko wa ajabu ambao wanatii amri mbalimbali. Wakazi wa kijiji hicho chenye wakazi wapatao 1525 wanaotokana na makabila ya Wamwera, Wangindo, Wamakonde, na Wamachinga ambao wanalitumia eneo hilo kama kivutio cha utalii ambalo linachangia pato la wakazi wa eneo hilo...

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