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UK supermarket Tesco has announced that it plans to sell erectile dysfunction drug Viagra for just £52 for eight pills; Boots pharmacist currently sells four Viagra pills for £55 and this new move by Tesco could start a price war.

Tesco’s will start to sell Viagra next Monday but assured customers that a trained pharmacist would vet customers before selling the drug. The drug will only be available to men between 40 and 65 and they will have to fill out a questionnaire and have their cholesterol and blood pressure taken, as well as having a diabetes test.

Dr Nick Tomlinson from the Sexual Advice Association believes that this over-the-counter approach could be a good idea saying, “Men can be very embarrassed about going to their GP for help with things like this,” adding that some men have resorted to buying Viagra from the internet, which could be a health risk if they were supplied with fake drugs.

Michigan Police are searching for a man who committed an armed robbery at a Get & Go store in Ferndale, Michigan wearing a Darth Vader mask. The man entered the store on Monday afternoon, pulled out a butcher’s knife and demanded all of the money from the cash register.

The stores shop assistant gave the man the money and he fled (presumably back to the Death Star); Police Lieutenant William Wilson told local press, “I guess he didn’t have a lightsaber with him,” but said that the assailant had made a ‘significant mistake’ during the robbery.

The man only put his Darth Vader mask on after he was caught by the stores CCTV cameras and police released his description as, a white male with a goatee and dark hair. He was wearing dark trousers and a blue v-neck jumper.

The Bank of England has announced that interest rates will stay at 0.5% for the 18th consecutive month. The bank will also continue with its £200bn quantitative easing program in the midst of uncertainty over the UK’s economic recovery.

The Consumer Prices Index inflation was up by 3.1% in July 2010 and analysts warn that prices will go up, with food prices set to rise over the next couple of months. Analysts also predict that Augusts CPI has edged up to 3.2% creating more headaches for the Bank of England.

Meanwhile, the UK economy grew by 1.2% in Q2 2010 which was better than expected, but new data has suggested a slower growth since then with manufacturing and service sectors estimating a slower demand for products over the next few months.

Entertainment giant HMV has stated that the football World Cup added to a 10.6% drop in quarterly sales throughout the UK, adding that first financial quarter trading had been ‘difficult’. The announcement saw its share prices plummet by 10% to 60p each during the London trading session.

The firm also outlined its future strategy on the increasing growth of tickets for live events, a stronger product line including games and blu-ray’s and will be seeking a revival of sales for its subsidiary Waterstones book store to provide a successful Christmas period.

HMV’s chief executive Simon Fox said, “We continue to make good progress on all three parts of our strategy,” adding that; “the initiatives to strengthen our specialist positioning, localise our store offer and revitalise our market leading brand have had a positive impact on trading”.

The company also announced that its finance director, Neil Bright would be leaving the company before Christmas to join Holidaybreak.

An over exuberant golfer in California sparks a wildfire that spread for 12 acres after trying to hit his ball out of the rough on the Shady Canyon golf course in Irvine. The fire started after the golfer struck a stone with his club sending a spark into the parched wooded hill nearby.

Fire officials stated that approximately 150 fire fighters attended to the blaze and the cause of the fire was found after interviewing people at the scene. The golfer, who has not been named, will not face any charges over the fire.

South California regularly suffers from wildfires during the summer months as the ground dries out because of the heat.