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100 Year Old Blooming Garden

A stunning 100-year-old wisteria on a house in Dorset is attracting visitors from all over Britain.

Alison Halliday is celebrating a bumper crop of the flower covering her home in the village of Uploders, near Bridport.

Experts think that foot long blossoms may be the biggest in the country.

The climbing plant is of such importance to the village as a whole that locals often gather when Alison prunes it - to ensure the job is done correctly.

Alison and her husband John run their four bedroom cottage, which they have owned for 10 years, as a bed and breakfast.

They have people come from all over the country to admire their wisteria.

The couple are signed up to the National Garden Scheme, and will open their land for the public to visit on May 23.

British Gardeners Use Wallabies As Grass Cleaner

British gardeners are increasingly buying wallabies as pets to clean their lawns.

Wallaby enthusiasts say the animal is a cuter, friendlier and more exotic alternative than sheep.

A pair male wallabies cost £150 and females around £650, in addition to food and bedding costs.

Recently landowners seek new ways of keeping their grass neat & clean so they are buying marsupials. Waveney Wildlife, Britain's biggest private supplier, reports a doubling in wallaby orders in five years.

Trevor Lay, who runs the centre in Bungay, Suffolk, now sells 35 a year and says he could find homes for three times as many.

"It's crazy. To be honest, if I had 100 I could easily get rid of them," he said.

Anyone looking to keep a wallaby should have enough land for them to roam, half an acre, and fences at least 5ft high to ensure they cannot jump for freedom.

Judy is the happiest girl in Britain

If your name is either Judy or Joshua Then you are the happiest, while Lynn or Ben are likely to be the most miserable, according to psychologists research.

The research claims that a person's personality is found in his or her's name. The original meaning of Judy is 'praised' while Joshua is a biblical name meaning 'God is my salvation'.

Dr Holmes, of Manchester Metropolitan University, was commissioned to look into the psychology of first names for internet bank Smile. He found those called Mark or Ruth smile the most and those called Frank and Pauline smile the least. 'Names are like product brands in having a powerful effect on attitudes and should therefore be chosen with care.' said Dr. Holmes

Dr Holmes also said this chart would help the parents to choose right name fo the newborn babies. Here is the chart below.

Neglectful Parents of Britain Should be Punished

Parents in Britain who refuse to pay child maintenance could have their passports and driving licences confiscated without a court order under tough new laws aimed at cleaning up the welfare system.

The Welfare Reform bill, which will be debated by lawmakers on Tuesday, also seeks to nudge single parents and people with health problems into employment and to make the long-term unemployed work for their state benefits. "For those who choose not to support their own kids, we will not stand by and do nothing.

If a parent refuses to pay up then we will stop them travelling abroad or even using their car," said work and pensions minister James Purnell. The government has dubbed the changes the biggest shake-up of the welfare system for 60 years but it has also come under criticism for tabling the reforms at a time of soaring unemployment and slumping economic activity.

Britain's Largest Pensioner

A great-grandad has been named Britain's strongest pensioner - at the age of 75.
Ged Mullane, from Oldham in Lancashire, has beaten competitors up to 15 years his junior to become British Bench Press Champion in the over 60s category.

Ged will now represent Britain in the European Championships in the Czech Republic on 23 October - where he's hoping to win by bench pressing 16-and-a-half stone.

He told the Oldham Advertiser: "I've got 15 years on some of the other competitors, but I'm really looking forward to it all the same."

The father-of-four is certainly no stranger to hard training. In his younger days, the former electrician was a member of the Salford Harriers athletics team.

As part of his keep-fit regime, Ged would run a total of twelve miles to work and back every day - completing the journey quicker than if he took the bus.

"I used to have ten training sessions every week and would sometimes take detours to make up some more miles," he said. "especially if I was training for a race."