March 2009 Archives

Prince William wanted to be a bobby. How many early dreams have became a reality for you? Just the one.

MEMORIES of childhood ambitions were recalled this week after Prince William revealed that as a child he wanted to become a policeman.

He let slip his Prince Bobby dream while being interviewed for CBBC's News round by Alice - a 10-year-old cancer patient at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.

Prince William, 26, the hospital's president, had to admit that his boyhood ambition to be a policeman, "probably wasn't a good idea".

A tax on chocolate has been proposed - would it be a positive step in the health direction or just another stealth tax...

IT is a dark and delectable seduction but chocolate is under attack.

David Walker, a family doctor from Airdrie, thinks it's a good idea to tax the tasty treat to save us all from obesity.

Tax fags - fair enough. Drink - well, it's not ideal, but OK. However, tax chocolate and the government may have are volt on its hands.

Chocolate, eaten in sensible amounts, is beneficial. Okay, so our waist lines might argue against that, but the odd bar here or there lifts the spirits in these credit Crunchie times.