Wilfrid Hartnagel and his daughter Sharon, who was born in Wales, left their home at Llanidloes, Powys, shortly before the girl's mother, Ines Kottenhof, arrived from Germany to collect the little girl. Other winners were The Prodigy for their Breathe video and surf rockers Reef who took the award for best single with "Place Your Hands On Me".. British Indie rockers Skunk Anansie were yesterday named best British band and top live act at the Kerrang! music magazine awards. The south-London group, who released the acclaimed Stoosh album, received their awards from last year's winners Terrorvision and Tura Satana. Skunk Anansie are fronted by bisexual black singer Skin (pictured), who refuses to talk about Britpop and recently told journalists she would smash them in the face if they asked her about Oasis.American gothic rockers Marilyn Manson scooped best live international act and best band in the world.

On one occasion Cox, a heating engineer, posted raw liver through her letterbox and left a severed chicken's head on a bible under a dustbin at her mother's house. He repeatedly telephoned her at her home in New Milton, Hampshire, alternating silent calls with death threats. On one occasion Cox rang Miss Holland 22 times during a two-hour period.His bombardment of calls forced the single mother to change her number three times.. Southampton Crown Court heard that Paul Cox, 34, had "dominated" Sandra Holland, 36, with a series of gruesome acts and threats after they split up in January last year. A stalker who terrorised his ex-girlfriend for nine months was yesterday jailed for 15 months. Twelve bank staff were treated in hospital yesterday after toxic fumes spilled from a cash machine.

A customer was using the machine inside a Halifax branch in Victoria, central London when a small electrical fire started. The customer was given first aid and staff who went to help got fumes in their eyes and throat. The area was cordoned off while firefighters tried to find out what chemical was coming from the machine. Casualties were taken to hospital but were not badly hurt and were expected to go home after a check-up.A Halifax spokesman said the customer went back to work after treatment in the branch.. Would-be conmen can easily register and set up their own, apparently legal, web sites. It takes moments to surf to a legitimate business's site, where simply accessing the page makes it possible to copy all or part of the contents. The fake copied site can then be used as a "virtual shopfront" to tempt the unwary into providing personal financial data or even money..

The researchers wrote: "Obesity presents us with two challenges, to treat people who are currently obese and to prevent obesity in people who are lean Neither of these challenges are currently being met.". Internet users were warned yesterday to beware online conmen who copy the web sites and logos of legitimate investment firms in order to rip off eager would-be investors. The Securities and Investments Board (SIB), which regulates the financial services industry, said there have already been several cases of "copycat" sites on the World Wide Web. The enormous growth of the Internet, which is doubling in users roughly every six months, is matched only by the rapid expansion of online commerce - and attempted fraud. Obesity is linked to a range of health problems including diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of cancer. According to the Royal College of Physicians, the number of adults in England who qualified as being obese doubled from 1980 to 1994. Obesity has become so widespread it should be considered a worldwide pandemic, experts claimed today. Researchers from Australia and New Zealand said a new approach was needed to tackle the problem. Writing in the British Medical Journal, they said one estimate suggested the average adult Australian had grown heavier by one gram a day over the past decade, despite increased awareness of the dangers.

It found that compared with the British as a whole, Londoners are more tolerant of traditionally frowned upon activities such as drug taking, and 37 per cent of them believe that "people should not be prosecuted for possessing small amounts of heroin, compared with 21 per cent in the country as a whole".. Londoners are hedonistic risk-takers keen to learn from other cultures and concerned about the environment, according to a report by the independent think tank, Demos. The study, Values Added, was commissioned by the London Planning Advisory Committee and the London Arts Board, and has revealed that Britain is moving away from "Little Englander" values and that the capital is leading that shift. The biggest cost is the annual holiday which costs an average of pounds 950 for a family of four - pounds 227 for each child. Summer school costs around pounds 51, holiday clothes pounds 50, trips to theme parks pounds 28, zoos pounds 17 and watching the latest films pounds 13. Other costs include visiting local events such as fetes and fairs, costing pounds 19, and days out with the family which cost around pounds 32.For families with more than one child, the cost of the summer can run into thousands of pounds, especially if extra child care has to be arranged by working parents.