Labour man disowned after PM attack

A Labour parliamentary candidate has been disowned by his local party after branding Gordon Brown the "worst prime minister" Britain has had. North West Norfolk candidate Manish Sood hit out at Mr Brown less than 48 hours before the polls open. But David Collis, chairman of North West Norfolk Constituency Labour Party, dismissed him as a "dreadful candidate" and distanced the party from his "bizarre" comments. A party source said the CLP had considered deselecting Mr Sood on several occasions in the past but had decided it "wasn't worth the effort", given the large Tory majority. The row erupted when, in an interview with the Lynn News, Mr Sood said: "Immigration has gone up which is creating friction within communities. The country is getting bigger and messier. "The role of ministers has gone bureaucratic and the action of ministers has gone downhill - it is corrupt. The loss of social values is the basic problem and this is not what the Labour Party is about.

"I believe Gordon Brown has been the worst prime minister we have had in this country. It is a disgrace and he owes an apology to the people and the Queen."

Asked on Sky News if he stood by the comments, Mr Sood replied: "Absolutely, yes. Obviously this is a very serious matter because we have a Prime Minister standing so close to the General Election and things are going totally wrong, and it's a real disaster for the cities, the country and the nation.

"And if you look at it, the average person has really got no respect for the Government and really we are moving towards not a government system but more towards anarchy, and that is very, very dangerous."

Mr Sood's mother Manjula Sood, a Labour councillor in Leicester and former lord mayor of the city, said: "I disapprove of what he said... Look at the improvement in the NHS and the minimum wage. My son holds his own views but I'm very angry about this and very angry with him. I'm campaigning every night and I'm very proud of that."(my view)-Gordon IS A DICKHEAD and should be emprisoned for his crimes.......without jam Roll

Beautiful women can be bad for your health, according to scientists

Meeting a beautiful woman can be bad for your health, scientists have found. Just five minutes alone with an attractive female raise the levels of cortisol, the body's stress hormone, according to a study from the University of Valencia.

The effects are heightened in men who believe that the woman in question is "out of their league".

Cortisol is produced by the body under physical or psychological stress and has been linked to heart disease. Researchers tested 84 male students by asking each one to sit in a room and solve a Sudoku puzzle. Two strangers, one male and one female, were also in the room. When the female stranger left the room and the two men remained sitting together, the volunteer's stress levels did not rise. However, when the volunteer was left alone with the female stranger, his cortisol levels rose. The researchers concluded: "In this study we considered that for most men the presence of an attractive woman may induce the perception that there is an opportunity for courtship. "While some men might avoid attractive women since they think they are 'out of their league', the majority would respond with apprehension and a concurrent hormonal response.

"This study showed that male cortisol levels increased after exposure to a five-minute short social contact with a young, attractive woman."

Cortisol can have a positive effect in small doses, improving alertness and well-being. However, chronically elevated cortisol levels can worsen medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and impotency