Help may be at hand for the sort of person who is in such a rush that they don’t have time both to shower and drink a cappuccino — a caffeinated bar of soap. The manufacturers claim that as a person lathers him or herself with the Shower Shock soap it releases caffeine that is absorbed into the user’s system and provides the same hit as a couple of cups of coffee.
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/ 13 December 2004
When the Liverpool footballer Harry Kewell parked his ”greenmobile” beside his team-mates’ Ferraris and Aston Martins he was teased mercilessly over his choice of wheels. But this year’s choice for Car of the year has steered Toyota’s Prius into the motoring mainstream.
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/ 3 September 2004
The doom-mongers may complain that commercial pressures and a growing reluctance to annoy the posh neighbours are stealing the soul of the Notting Hill Carnival. But though the weather was more autumnal than Caribbean, the crowds flocked back to the festival as it celebrated its 40th birthday from August 28 to 29. The event drew a crowd of an estimated one million people.
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/ 24 February 2004
Two-thirds of the Great Wall of China has been destroyed by sightseers, developers and erosion, Beijing’s state-run media has reported in a warning that the world heritage site is crumbling out of existence. Survey teams are said to have found large new breaches in the ramparts, which are believed to have once stretched almost 6 400km.
Its economy is growing at a staggering rate and its people are beginning to enjoy a better diet. But the head of the UN’s environment programme has warned that China’s growth — and ambitious plans for the future — are unsustainable.
For the first time, Roald Dahl’s drafts, jottings and letters are being sorted and catalogued, offering fresh insights into the author’s mind, writes Steven Morris in London.