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The ten week old pooch was handed in to a dog charity after being abandoned. Carers at the Leeds Dogs Trust are trying to help Wonky walk by giving her treatment to straighten her legs.

The extremely popular boy band, One Direction are now ready to open up their own shop in the UK! Sadly the shop will only be open temporarily – opening for 3 weeks at the end of March in Leeds. Fans will be able to buy posters, phone covers, clothes and even life size cardboard cut [...]

Lately in Israel Locust has been swarming around everywhere. This has caused a lot of corruption in farms and is thought of as a crisis. However now there is a new approach o n Locust pest control-eating them! The founder of this ludicrous idea was Chef Mosse Basson. He also owns his own restaurant, and [...]

2013 is here and so is Twitters 7th birthday and has reached 200million members and yet still counting. It has been rated one of the world’s most popular social networking sites in the universe and almost all well known celebrities use Twitter to talk to their friends, family and followers. Twitter is very helpful to [...]

By Billericay School Reporter When Leo Barker was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 he didn’t know if he was able to make his Olympic dream.  One of our journalists asked him what gave you that extra push.  To which he replied ‘when you start wanting your goal you won’t stop.  All true inspiration to us [...]

By Chloe Wilson and Lucy Ward London Fashion week was held at Somerset House from 15th-19th February 2013. The catwalks included works from the likes of  Vivienne Westwood, Henry Holland, Paul Smith, Felder Felder and Rihanna Fenty’s debut collection for River Island.   New trends forming from the River Island collection  included bright colours matched [...]

Lately there have been many issues in the press and on the news globally about superstores selling false meat. You think that you are having an enjoyable burger and chips, when in fact you were most probably eating horse meat too! More than 6,000 tests for horsemeat have been carried out by British retailers. The [...]

* The most important source of energy is Carbohydrates. Make sure you start your day with toast or cereal.  * Make sure you only consume wholemeal/brown starches, as they contain more fibre, vitamins and minerals in comparison white varieties. * Eat white meat, beans, eggs and fish as they contain a good source of protein. [...]

by Mitchell Saitch and Beth Cornell Mental health is the psychological state of someone who is functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioural adjustment. Different types of mental health: Depression – low mood, hopelessness, loss of energy Anxiety disorders – sense of worry, panic, dread on a level that has a negative impact [...]

The topic of titties and testicles is often a ‘taboob’ topic however it is not one to shy away from seeing as we are all blessed with one of the two. There is a serious side to our private parts, which must be touched upon (no pun intended). Not all lumps are bad news ladies, [...]