Popeye can’t puff in front of kids anymore!

August 17th, 2009 LONDON - British children spend ten hours a day glued to TVs, computers, mobiles and games consoles, according to a new survey. The survey by energy firm Npower found that square-eyed youngsters aged seven to 16 spend a shocking four months a year - staring at screens.

August 12th, 2009 LONDON - Children as young as nine are receiving treatment for binge drinking at a clinic in the UK. Andrew Hall, chief executive of Alcohol Support, which runs Albyn House clinic in Aberdeen, revealed the majority of the children involved fell in the age bracket of 11 to 15.

July 31st, 2009 LONDON - The sister of Theresa Winters, who has vowed to keep on having kids until she's allowed to keep one of her 13 children taken into care, has called for her to be sterilised. Louise Walls, 37, a mum-of-three, said that she was ashamed of Winters, and accused her of having more kids out of "pure spite".

July 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Nadya Suleman, the mother of the world's most famous octuplets, has inked a deal standing at nearly 250,000 dollars for each of her 14 kids to star in a reality TV programme. According to the contracts filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the kids will earn 250 a day over three years though a judge is yet to give a nod of approval.

June 3rd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Three Indonesian women, working for the owner of a catering company in Sungai Siput, say they have been enduring sexual abuse for past two years for their salaries. The women claim that there 43-year-old employer would not pay them their RM400 monthly salary unless they have sex with him and would physically abuse them if they refused.

May 20th, 2009 LONDON - An intoxicated American woman and her lover were arrested after cops spotted them having sex in their car as her two small children looked on. Local police in Ohio reported that Danica Wallace, 24, and lover Jeremy Welch, 29, "pulled off the roadway to have sex" in the Ford Taurus that she was driving.

May 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Jessica Alba, who is married to producer Cash Warren, is keen to to have more children. The 'Sin City' star gave birth to baby Honor in June and now wants more kids, reported contactmusic.com.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - Amy Winehouse is being called the "Pied Piper of St Lucia" after she helped a number of local kids, according to reports. The 'Rehab' hitmaker took six kids from near her new island home to the picturesque Cotton Bay to play on the beach.

April 25th, 2009 LONDON - Chelsea mid-fielder Frank Lampard took the extraordinary step of calling a radio show to defend himself against suggestions that he had abandoned his two daughters by letting them live "in inferior circumstances" after he split with his Spanish fiancie Elen Rives. In an emotional exchange, Lampard said he called James O'Brien's phone-in programme on LBC to defend himself against "idiots like you" after the presenter said men who behaved in that way were "weak and scum".

April 5th, 2009 LONDON - Canadian actor Seth Rogen admits he hates kids. The 26-year-old actor, who has lend his voice in animated film Monsters vs.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Former couple Madonna and Guy Ritchie have reached a custody settlement that will see their kids make US their home, it has emerged. The Queen of Pop was previously alleged to have won a court order to relocate 12-year-old Lourdes, her daughter from a previous relationship, and their sons Rocco, eight, and adopted David, three, to the US from her ex-hubby's native England.

February 9th, 2009 LONDON - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's kids created a ruckus in a hotel here while the superstar couple were attending the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) event. Pitt and Jolie booked almost the entire third-floor of the Dorchester Hotel and the kids were playing outside their suite supervised by their nanny.

January 6th, 2009 LONDON - American rapper-turned-designer Puff Daddy said he does not like people dropping in at his home without prior information. 'I need some advance notice because when I am at home I just love to hang totally loose.

December 28th, 2008 LONDON - Superstar Tom Cruise says he loves being a father and wants to have 10 more kids with his wife Katie Holmes. According to thesun.co.uk, Cruise says: 'I want ten children.

December 28th, 2008 LONDON - Australian star Hugh Jackman says that being a father has changed his life. The 'Swordfish' actor also said that it was difficult befooling kids as they know your real-self, reports dailymail.co.uk.