Police are so desperate to cut youth crime in the UK they are bribing kids with fast food.

Teenagers who promise to be good are being offered discounts on Big Macs and pizzas in a new pilot scheme launched this week in South London.

Basically, anyone aged between 12 and 17 can take part by signing a ‘good behaviour contract’ with the police and the local council in Sutton.

Having fat friends could be making you fat.

Or at least that’s according to a recent UK study, which states humans are subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them.

Researchers at the University of Warwick into European lifestyles say people tend to gauge how fat they are by comparing themselves to their peers.

You’re probably wondering what Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s new twins look like - because you’re nosy and have nothing better to do.

But you mustn’t. You mustn’t look at Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s babies - especially if you’re looking at the paparazzi photos secretly taken with a high-powered telephoto lens that were recently taken. Look at those and Brad Pitt will sue your sweaty, loner arse all the way to the moon and back. He’s said so himself.

Apparently yes. Well so says a new study that reckons tofu (poor old tofu again) in large quantities could lower sperm count.

So really, although we used the word vegetarian in our headline (as did everyone else covering the story), it’s really about anyone who eats tofu, or indeed soya quite a lot. Which a lot of people – veggie or otherwise – do.

Patrick Swayze is looking remarkably well for someone who is supposed to be dead.

The Dirty Dancer was given only five weeks to live by doctors when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March.

But seemingly nothing really can put Patrick Swayze in the corner as he was pictured at LA Airport yesterday looking like he Cheshire cat that got the cream.

There are several ways to realise that Britney Spears has been in a bad way lately - one of them is to have eyes and/or ears.

Another way is to read the news. You see, Britney Spears turned up at a charity party at Jim Carrey’s house last weekend not looking as if she’d spent the last month wide awake and screaming at the ceiling. And that’s a news story, apparently.

Stressed out about giving a best man’s speech or speaking in front of your bosses?

Well, forget practising your lines or drinking beforehand to steady your nerves, the best way to prepare for a bit of public speaking is to have sex.

Need another excuse to drink tea? I didn’t think so.

But just in case you did, apparently just two cups of tea a day could reduce your chances of dementia.

Ever wondered which fruit juices are the healthiest?

No, it hasn’t exactly kept us awake at night either. But, conveniently, researchers at UCLA have given it some thought, and have come up with the eight best ones to get next time you are in a supermarket or cafe.

Most of us usually go for apple or orange, but have you ever considered pomegranate? Again, neither did we.

A vaccine for two deadly hospital superbugs should be available within 10 years.

That’s according to Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, who said in his 2007 Annual Report this week that a vaccine for C difficile is possible within five years, while a jab to protect against MRSA will be ready by the year 2018.

Women who like to eat flame-grilled food are more likely to get breast cancer than those who don’t.

That’s according to a new study, which found that ladies who feast on flame-grilled foods more than twice a month were 74% more likely to develop the disease.