• Beckham's worry over son's convulsions
• Virgin airlines faces the music
• Federline hits 'golf balls' as Britney 'babysits'
• Sienna Miller does a Jude Law
• Nine out of ten don't wash well in France .

Beckham's worry over son's convulsions  (Go To Top)

     London: England soccer captain David Beckham is finding it extremely difficult to focus on his team's qualifying matches for the 2006 World Cup against Austria and Poland in the wake of the repeated fainting spells experienced by his three- year-old second son Romeo. Becks was sent off during the 1-0 win over Austria on Saturday and so will miss Wednesdays Poland clash. "It's probably been one of the worst weeks of my life because of what's happened to my son. It's been hard. "It's been a tough week for the whole family. It's worrying when your son goes into hospital twice in three days. It makes it hard to concentrate on anything but the family," The Sun quoted Becks, as saying after Romeo was admitted to a Madrid hospital for the second time in three days on Tuesday suffering convulsions. Doctors are keeping the tot under observation after he developed a fever of 107.60F. But he said he would be in the stadium at Old Trafford to cheer on his team-mates. "I'll speak to Madrid first and see what they want me to do but I'll definitely be here for the game against Poland and I'll be looking after my son as well." Romeo was a year old when he was first taken to a hospital near the family's Hertfordshire home, Beckingham Palace, in October 2003. He was admitted for a second time last July. On Saturday last week he was rushed in yet again, this time to Madrid's La Paz hospital. Romeo was released hours later after tests " only to fall ill again on Tuesday.

Virgin airlines faces the music (Go To Top)

    Sydney: Eight flight attendants aged between 36 and 56 have won an age discrimination case against the airline Virgin Blue. The flight attendants - all former Ansett workers - Nicole Hopper, Maureen Mulherin, Carol Dowling, Keely Bill, Alma Frank, Theresa Stewart, Lynley Boyes and Virgina Jeffries -- alleged before an Anti-Discrimination Tribunal in Brisbane that they were refused jobs because of their age, and added that in their job interviews they were asked to dance and sing. Nicole Hopper and Theresa Stewart said both were overjoyed by the verdict that showed "people over the age of 35 are not finished". During an earlier hearing, Stewart, 52, said she was refused a job at the airline in late 2001 despite her 27 years' experience, because she didn't have the "Virgin flair". Virgin Blue said it had not hired cabin crew over the age of 36 in a two-year recruitment drive because mostly young women had applied. However, the court sided with the women. Tribunal member Douglas Savage, SC, upheld all the complaints and awarded costs against Virgin Blue. "I find that the case of direct discrimination on the basis of age made by each of the complainants is made out. I order that the respondents pay the complainants' costs of these proceedings," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Savage, as saying. Compensation is due to be decided within four weeks. The relieved flight attendants have also decided to sign a deal with a commercial television station.

Federline hits 'golf balls' as Britney 'babysits' (Go To Top)

     London: It seems that euphoria of fatherhood has worn off for Kevin Federline, who now appears to be more interested in hitting golf balls and chatting on the phone instead of helping his pop star wife Britney Spears in raising their newly born son, as he reportedly moved out of their mansion and stayed with a friend for three days after having a tiff with his pop star wife. The former dancer spent a few days with his friend before Britney's mum, Lynne, helped the couple patch things up, reports Femalefirst quoting Britain's Daily Sport newspaper. The couple is said to have acknowledged rough patches in their marriage, following the birth of their baby son, Sean Preston, and Federline is reportedly not taking too well to fatherhood , as ever since the little one has been brought home, he has been a real brat with, Britney complaining that shes raising two kids now.

Sienna Miller does a Jude Law  (Go To Top)

     London: British beauty Sienna Miller, who had gained a lot of sympathy from the media as well as her fans, after her fiance Jude Law's cheating stint with his children's nanny, has now probably paid for her own indiscretion by losing everything for cheating on Law with his best friend Daniel Craig. According to the Sun, Miller told a friend that "I've lost everything." after being dumped by fiance Jude Law. The blonde, 23, broke down in tears in Morocco, where she has taken refuge amid revelations about her fling with actor Daniel Craig. The actress had earlier come down hard on Jude when his affair with his children's nanny became public and while Law was begging for forgiveness, Sienna was reportedly romping with hunky actor Daniel Craig. "Jude is incandescent with rage. He thinks Sienna's a hypocrite for giving him such a hard time over his affair when she has been carrying on with Daniel," a source was quoted by The News Of The World, as saying. "To make matters worse, Daniel is one of Jude's oldest pals and he feels utterly betrayed. She's had Jude jumping through hoops to put their engagement on track. Now he feels badly betrayed," he added. Jude apparently learned about 23-year-old Sienna's affair when a friend told him that two weeks earlier, when she told Jude she was flat-hunting in west London, she actually had a secret tryst with Daniel.

Nine out of ten don't wash well in France (Go To Top)

     London: Think of France and you think of fragrance, with it being the perfume capital of the world, but the same may not apply to its people, with nine out of ten admitting to not washing themselves regularly, and an incredible 2.5 million of them never taking a bath! And these statistics come from France itself, having been published by a respected Paris-based weekly magazine in their statistical supplement entitled: "24 hours in France - An Unusual Portrait of France and the French." Other findings include, that the French do spend between 48 and 56 minutes in the bathroom each day, with a third spending their time reading, a quarter daydreaming, 14 per cent making phone calls, eight per cent singing, six per cent smoking and one per cent eating. And while their continental neighbours may be smiling, the French are obviously up in arms against he lop-sided 'findings'. "This is ridiculous, bloody annoying and unhelpful." The Sun quoted former French leisure boss Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, once in charge of the Millennium Dome, as saying. "This idea of the 'Frog' who doesn't wash, has a baguette on his head and a string of onions around his neck is passe. "It's about as real as the idea of the Englishman in his pinstripe suit and bowler hat." He added.

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