Brit schoolgirl suspended for distributing Viagra to boys

September 7th, 2009 LONDON - Defence chiefs in the UK are planning a "chilled" reception for the boys returning from a tumultuous Afghanistan to their homeland after a gruelling six months, by handing them beer cans as they board the flight back home. A "Beer for the boys" campaign has been started to collect cans of lager or bitter for men and women of the returning armed forces.

August 31st, 2009 LONDON - A Brit woman has been suspended after being caught having sex with a stranger on a table at the police station where she works. Single mum Kim Bedford, 43, is said to have taken the man back to the station after she met him at a pub, and was discovered by a PC who checked on her office after hearing moans coming out of it.

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - A baby boy born with multiple complex conditions is being kept alive on Viagra. Three-and-a-half weeks old Owen Bloomfield, born with his stomach in the chest, a hole in his heart and a rare lung disorder, is virtually living on the impotence drug.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - An attempted armed robbery of a hairdresser in the Russian town of Meshchovsk became a three-day sex ordeal for a would-be thief, leaving him with torn genitals and a Viagra hangover. The man, known as Viktor, tried to rob 28-year-old hairdresser, called Olga.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - Despite being given just a few weeks to live by doctors, a little boy with a serious heart condition has managed to survive, courtesy anti-impotence drug Viagra. Little Alfie Oliver, who needs six doses of the drug every day, is set to celebrate his first birthday in two weeks.

June 15th, 2009 LONDON - Hackers have taken over hundreds of government, school and university websites in Britain, which direct users to pornographic websites, revealed a new research. The researchers pointed out more than 30 school and university websites' domain names, which have been infected with content that could direct children to illicit content on the net.

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - A leading US scientist, who shared a Nobel Prize in 1998 for his contribution in the development of Viagra, has passed away. He was 92. Robert Furchgott's family announced he had died in Seattle on Tuesday, reports the BBC.

May 2nd, 2009 LONDON - After a joke email about Viagra was circulated with an explicit picture attached to it, it cost taxpayers in a seaside town more than 14,000 pounds. Bournemouth Council is said to have spent 14,100.17 pounds paying 15 employees to stay at home, after the Viagra email, as council chiefs checked some of the staff's email accounts.

April 26th, 2009 LONDON - By using nanotechnology - the science of tiny particles -researchers have created a fast-acting treatment for impotence that could rival Viagra. The treatment has so far only been tested in animals but the researchers behind it say the same approach could also benefit humans.

April 6th, 2009 LONDON - A majority of Brit girls believe that they are loosing their freedom, as their parents are "too protective". In a survey conducted by Girlguiding UK, almost half girls aged 10 to 18 said that they faced too many restrictions.

April 4th, 2009 LONDON - Viagra seems to be gaining popularity among footballers, with a club deciding to give its players the impotence pill to help them play better in high-altitude cup matches. Brazilian side Gremio has plans to use Viagra when they take on Bolivian teams, who have grounds up to 2,500 metres above sea level, in the Copa Libertadores.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Scientists are on their way to provide double bonanza to women looking for healthy skin - a moisturiser containing Viagra that could resolve cellulite issues. The drug sildenafil has had mixed success as a drug for women, but according to Croatian researchers incorporating the stuff into a moisturiser could open up a whole new market, reports New Scientist.

March 5th, 2009 LONDON - Former 'OC' actress Mischa Barton will play a schoolgirl in her new movie 'Assassination of A High School President'. The movie is set in a Catholic high school where the popular girls join forces with a student newspaper reporter to investigate a case of stolen exam papers, reports thesun.co.uk.

January 20th, 2009 LONDON - New British singing sensation Leona Lewis has been snubbed by the Brit Awards. 'It's a complete travesty, Lewis has been overlooked in her own country.

January 18th, 2009 LONDON - Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress Kylie Minogue is to co-host the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards, also known as Brit Awards. Minogue will take to the stage alongside English actors James Corden and Mathew Horne at London's Earl's Court Feb 18, reports contactmusic.com.