Apple vs Samsung: The Battle Rages On

The battle between Apple and Samsung has been raging on for more than a year. The latest dispute seemed to be about Samsung's Galaxy Tab infringing Apple's patent. As many of you might have seen, the Galaxy Tab is basically the same as the iPad; and you can hardly tell them apart. But, of course Apple's device looks much better.

Unfortunately for Apple, the UK court stated that Samsung did not infringe their design. Therefore, the tech giants have been forced into putting this statement on their UK site; and writing adverts in national newspapers. However, the judge said that Apple's iPad has a cool design and the Galaxy tab isn't as cool. So, everyone knows what this means; Apple is still favoured by most people; giving them the edge over rivals Samsung in the ever growing world of technology. No one knows what Samsung will do next to raise Apple's temper, but we are looking forward to the next few years.

Shark Falls From The Sky.

A shark appeared to fall from the sky which shocked most golfers in California when it fell in front of them.

When i say appeared i mean that a bird had caught it and was flying away with it when it dropped the half-meter long shark onto the golf course much to the surprise of the golfers.

Someone at the golf course then picked up the shark, put it in the back of a golf buggy then drove to the sea to put it back to safety.

At first the shark wouldn't move but then it flipped over and swam off.

Gorilla Family Goes Back Into The Wild

A family of gorillas who live in Kent are going to be released back into the wild. The park in Kent say that the family are going to be the first captive family ever in the world to be released back into the wild. Altogether in the family there are 11 gorillas, which are going to be released back into the wild.

The family are going to be moved earlier next year to where the number of creatures that live there are low so nothing can hurt them. Also Gibbons, Javan Langurs and two elephants will also be released into the wild.  Aspinall  foundation who will be helping with the challenge have said that it would be one of the most ambitious tasks that they have ever had to do. For more information visit www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

The Most Popular TV Shows In The UK!

I’m sure we all love a bit (or a lot) of TV. And I’m sure we all have a particular show/TV programme that we love to watch and watch it every time it’s on. But have you ever wondered what the most popular and most watched TV programmes are in the UK? Well you’re in luck, take a look at this list of the top 50 most popular TV shows in the UK...

1	NAME: American Idol	WHEN IT'S NEXT ON: Not airing in the next 14 days
2	Dancing with the Stars	Mon, Oct 29 08:00 PM ET
3	Bones	Sat, Oct 27 11:00 PM ET
4	Revenge	Sun, Oct 28 09:00 PM ET
5	NCIS	Fri, Oct 26 08:00 PM ET
6	New Girl	Tue, Oct 30 09:00 PM ET
7	Grey's Anatomy	Fri, Oct 26 01:00 PM ET
8	Big Bang Theory	Sat, Oct 27 08:00 PM ET
9	Bachelorette	Not airing in the next 14 days
10	So You Think You Can Dance	Not airing in the next 14 days
11	Suits	Not airing in the next 14 days
12	Person of Interest	Thu, Nov 01 09:01 PM ET
13	Voice	Mon, Oct 29 08:00 PM ET
14	X Factor	Mon, Oct 29 08:00 PM ET
15	Modern Family	Wed, Oct 31 09:00 PM ET
16	Two and a Half Men	Fri, Oct 26 05:30 PM ET
17	Criminal Minds	Sat, Oct 27 09:00 PM ET
18	Breaking Bad	Not airing in the next 14 days
19	True Blood	Sat, Oct 27 11:00 PM ET
20	Big Brother	Not airing in the next 14 days
21	The Closer	Fri, Oct 26 03:00 AM ET
22	Weeds	Fri, Oct 26 05:00 AM ET
23	Jersey Shore	Fri, Oct 26 02:02 AM ET
24	America's Got Talent	Not airing in the next 14 days
25	The Bachelor	Not airing in the next 14 days
26	Glee	Not airing in the next 14 days
27	The Game	Mon, Oct 29 08:00 AM ET
28	House	Fri, Oct 26 08:00 AM ET
29	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	Sun, Oct 28 09:00 PM ET
30	V	Not airing in the next 14 days
31	Castle	Mon, Oct 29 10:01 PM ET
32	How I Met Your Mother	Fri, Oct 26 03:30 PM ET
33	30 Rock	Fri, Oct 26 02:00 AM ET
34	The Cape	Not airing in the next 14 days
35	Skins	Not airing in the next 14 days
36	Mad Men	Sun, Nov 04 06:00 AM ET
37	Community	Not airing in the next 14 days
38	Dexter	Sat, Oct 27 06:00 PM ET
39	Chase	Not airing in the next 14 days
40	Deadliest Catch	Not airing in the next 14 days
41	The Walking Dead	Fri, Oct 26 10:00 PM ET
42	Kourtney and Kim Take New York	Not airing in the next 14 days
43	Pretty Little Liars	Not airing in the next 14 days
44	Nikita	Fri, Oct 26 09:00 PM ET
45	Teen Mom	Wed, Oct 31 10:00 AM ET
46	Off the Map	Not airing in the next 14 days
47	Bad Girls Club	Mon, Oct 29 01:00 PM ET
48	Smallville	Fri, Oct 26 06:00 AM ET
49	Vampire Diaries	Thu, Nov 01 08:00 PM ET
50	Days of Our Lives	Fri, Oct 26 01:00 PM ET

Olympic Medals Stolen

Two team GB bronze medals have been stolen.
This happened hours after being at a Buckingham palace reception with the Queen. Bronze medallist and rower Alex Partridge  and hockey player Hannah McLeod were celebrating the victory of winning a their medals. They realised in the early hours Wednesday morning that the medals had gone. Alex had told BBC sport that it's very very devastating and would love to get his prise possession back safely to him. Also Hannah had said that she doesn't want anyone to be punished, all that she wants is her medal to be returned back to her but wants it to be anonymous so she won't know who it was and that if they were good friends then they can stay good friends.
There seems to have been CCTV footage that the pair have seen and there might be a connection to where the medals maybe. Alexs medal seemed to have been inside his blazer when it had gone missing.  For more information on this matter visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20078041.

Baby Elephant Ends up down a well

A baby elephant in Kenya has fallen down a well.
Before anyone could rescue the 8 month old elephant they had to move the mother so that they were not in danger.
The people who had found out about the elephant were  the Amboseli Trust. The trust helps elephants who are in need of someones help. When the task was done the calf ran off to be reunited with her mum.


For more details on this story vist http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20001091

Halloween Is On Its Way!

Halloween, also known as All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31st. Most scholars believe that All Hallows' Eve was originally influenced by western European harvest festivals and festivals of the dead with pagan roots.
Typical Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

We all know that next week is Halloween! Some of us maybe excited about going trick-or-treating this year for sweets/confectionary however there are people who don’t enjoy Halloween as much as us kids. We kids never miss out a chance to collect a bag of sweets by saying: “Trick-or-treat” as somebodies door step, and some of us may spend hours and hours out at night collecting the yummy treats for free.

But there are the people out there who hate Halloween. People may hate Halloween because they might dislike kids constantly arriving at their door every minute and disturbing what they are doing. But they may also not like it because they don’t believe that Halloween is something to celebrate/take part in as they think it is a waste of time or simply because of their religion/beliefs.

But what do you think? Do you like Halloween? And what are you doing this year to celebrate it?

The iPad Mini is Finally Here

One of the most anticipated devices is finally here, the iPad Mini. In black and white. As you might have guessed, it is smaller than the previous models but it has nothing less to it. With it's new 7.9 inch display and it's fantastic 1024 x 768 screen resolution, gaming will be out-of-this-world. It is only 7.2mm thick, 23% thinner than the iPad; and it weighs an astonishing 308 grams! 53% lighter than the iPad. All of this means that you will be able to hold the device in your hand with ease and stash it in your smallest bag; without giving it a second thought.

All of the built in apps are still there. The amazing Siri, Newsstand, Mail, iMessage and everything else that will be very useful when you're on the go. The iPad Mini most certainly doesn't disappoint with it's performance. Playing games, like Real Racing 2, is now smoother and faster, and most important of all, safer than the real thing. The tablet contains a powerful A5 chip, although people did want an A6 chip in there. A tablet isn't a tablet without  a respectable battery life. Apple's new device doesn't let you down with that; as it still holds an impressive 10 hours of battery life. The web browsing experience will be miles better with advanced and faster wi-fi technology. However, if you are in a place where wi-fi is not available, you can always choose to turn on the cellular connection, so you're always connected and up to date; wherever you are. The iPad Mini has a 5MP iSight camera; 1080p HD video recording and a HD FaceTime front facing camera. There are over 275,000 apps available for the iPad Mini from the App Store, including Angry Birds, Temple Run and Cut The Rope. Of course, an Apple device would never be complete without a Lightening connector, it doesn't matter which way you put it in, it will always fit.

Apple have succeeded yet again with another of their high-tech devices. If you want to own an iPad Mini then you will have to let go of £269 for the 16GB model, £349 for the 32GB model or £429 for the 64GB model. How high will the sales be? Will this be the king of the small tablet market? We will have to wait a few days until we find out.

What Lotto Winners Spend There Cash On.

A survey has been sent out to find out what Lotto winners spend there cash on after there big win.

3,000 people in the UK have won the Lottery since it was launched in 1994.

Going on holiday and getting a jacuzzi are just some of the things winners listed as things they did after winning.

Most people give up there job, buy a new house or share the money with some family members.

20% of people carry on working even though they could afford to stop.

1 in 3 buy a hot tub or walk in wardrobe.

30% Buy their own cleaner to do all there cleaning.

Seven Year Old Sends A Robot To School

Devon Carrow who is from New York, America has sent a robot to school instead of himself. This is because Devon is too ill to go to school.
The robot allows him to reply to teachers but also ask them questions and  join in group sessions. The robot that he uses costs £3,000.
Devon has to stay at home because he has so many allergies and when he is with other children this could set them off. 
It also has HD cameras so Devon can see his classroom clearly. Devons mum says its good so Devon is able to learn while at home. Also the robot has a desk.

One Direction Unders 30s Rich List

For the first time ever One Direction have joined  the uder 30s rich list. This means that they are earing a lot of money from their carreer, out of 10 celebrities they are at number 5 but Daniel Radcliffe is at number 1 with his earnings of £53.33 million pounds. This just shows how much the famous band is making.

UK Top 40 22nd October 2012

1- Calvin Harris- Sweet Nothing(Feat Florence Welch)

2- Swedish House Mafia- Don't You Worry Child (Feat John Martin)

3- PSY- Gangnam Style

4-Rhianna- Diamonds

5- Adele- Skyfall

6-Lawson- Standing In The Dark

7-Taylor Swift- We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

8- Maroon 5- One More Night

9- Conner Maynard- Turn Around (Feat Ne-Yo)

10- Flo Rida- I Cry

11- Ellie Goulding- Anything Could Happen

12- David Guetta- She Wolf (Falling To Pieces Feat Sia)

13- Leona Lewis- Trouble (Feat Childish Gambino)

14- The Script- Hall Of Fame(Feat Will.i.am)

15- Rebecca Ferguson- Backtrack

16- One Direction- Live While We're Young

17- Disclousure- Latch(Feat Sam Smith)

18- Ne-Yo- Let Me Love You (Until We Learn To Love Yourself)

19- Otto Knows- Million Voices

20- Justin Bieber- Beauty And A Beat (Feat Nicki Minaj)

21- Little Mix- Wings

22- Mumford And Sons- I Will Wait

23- Owl City And Carly Rae Jepson- Good Time

24- Paloma Faith- Never Tear Us Apart

25- Kanye West- Clique (Feat Big Sean And Jay-Z)

26- Nicki Minaj- Va Va Voom

27- Taylor Swift- I Knew You Were Trouble

28- Tyler James- Single Tear (Feat Doc Rotten)

29- Amelia Lily- You Bring Me Joy

30-Emeli Sandé- Read All About It Part III

31- Fun- Some Nights

32-Florence + The Machine- Spectrum (Say My Name Feat Calvin Haris)

33- Jake Bugg- Two Fingers

34- P!nk- Blow Me (One Last Kiss)

35- Sam And The Womp- Bom Bom

36- Taylor Swift- State Of Grace

37- Everything Everything- Cough Cough

38- John Denver- Annie's Song

39- Of Monsters Of Men- Little Talks

40- Maroon 5- Payphone (Feat Wiz Kalifa)

A Granny On A Scooter Becomes An Online Star!

A 74-year old granny has recently become an online sensation after being recorded going to the shops on a scooter.


There have been reports that she regularly takes a whiz on her fold-able scooter down the pavements of Perth, Scotland. She is also claimed to hold a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle when she rides her scooter.

The famous scooter gran, Mrs Roerig, now has thousands of Facebook fans following the video posted on the most commonly used video site, YouTube. 

She has told people that she uses the scooter as she's found out its a good cure for her 'sore knees.' 


"I saw staff at Oslo airport using one of these scooters to carry things, and I bought one from a shop in Perth for myself," she said...

"I love it. It saves me from a lot of carrying. And it has certainly helped my sore knees. The more bags I have on the scooter, the better it is balanced" She added.

"I get a lot of waves from young men, which I enjoy very much, and people yelling out to me from their cars, I go along Tay Street a lot and the skateboarders come past me and they all know me and treat me like one of them. They think I am pretty cool." She also said.

Rumours Of Who's Appearing On “I’m A Celebrity 2012!”

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here is a reality television game show series in which 8 to 15 celebrities live together in a jungle environment for a few weeks. They have no luxuries, and compete to be crowned king or queen of the jungle. The first episode aired in 2002 and is now about to start its 12th series in the United Kingdom!

I’m sure we all can’t wait until the next series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here finally starts on ITV1 and there have been plenty of rumours about which celebrities will be on it this year...

The most recent rumour has been that Helen Flanagan is set to appear on the show as she addresses reports. Helen also told The Sun that the series would be a ‘daunting project’ for her fears. “It would be a daunting prospect as I’m very scared of heights and it would be a real challenge, I think it’s something you would have to really think about before agreeing to do.”

Some other rumours of the celebrities appearing on the show are; singer Grace Jones, darts champion Eric Bristow and Birds of a Feather star Linda Robson. However the bosses this year said that they are keen to get some Olympic stars on the show too! They said that they would love former cycling champs Bradley Wiggins and Elizabeth Armitstead, as well as gymnast champ Beth Tweddle and swimmer Rebecca Adlington to appear on the show too! But yet another rumour is that Eastenders star Ricky Groves has somehow been linked to I’m A Celebrity 2012 as well.

Furthermore, The Sun reported this week that the actor, (who played Garry Hobbs in the BBC One Series) has been approached to take part in the upcoming series. However, a more recent rumour is that Former What Not To Wear presenters Trinny and Susannah will be heading Down Under to take part in the new series. A source has told a newspaper: “It will be great watching Trinny and Susannah trying to slum it in the jungle. They are both strong and opinionated women and they’re bound to ruffle a lot of feathers.”

Don’t get your hopes up too soon as all can change very quickly, these are just rumours so you never know what will happen... But will any of these rumours come true? All will be revealed soon...