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Amazon has revealed its new online music streaming service called cloud player, which users can upload their songs and play them from a range of different devices. Cloud Player has already been released in the States and gives Amazon account holders 5GB of storage space for free, although more storage can be purchased for just over $1 per GB.

Songs uploaded onto the cloud player can be accessed through Palm, Blackberry and Android devices, but there is no support for Apple devices.

Bill Car, Amazon’s vice president for music and movies said, “Our customers have told us they don’t want to download music to their work computers or phones because they find it hard to move music around to different devices.”

Apple and Google are expected to release their own cloud music services over the coming months, so time will tell on how popular Amazon’s cloud player will become.

We have all heard of conditions like tennis elbow and athletes foot that can cause a lot of discomfort to sufferers, but there is a new condition that can affect people who use mobile devices for work called ‘Blackberry Thumb’.

Blackberry Thumb is a type of repetitive strain injury caused by the overuse of mobile phones to send emails and other messages and is becoming so common that one law firms expect an increase of compensation claims from employees who suffer from the condition.

Karen Jackson from Roberts Jackson solicitors said, “If no one knows about the risks involved, they won’t sue, but more and more people are becoming aware of health hazards in the workplace.” Adding that, “A lot of people displaying symptoms associated with repetitive strain injury do not realise they are work-related, but the number with symptoms is increasing.”

Roberts Jackson solicitors is now hiring new staff in anticipation of the rise in ‘Blackberry Thumb’ claims.

Rene Higuita, a former Columbian goalkeeper has announced that he intends to stand for mayor of a municipality near Medellin. The maverick goal keeper is perhaps most famous for inventing the ‘Scorpion Kick’, which he used to save a goal in a friendly against England at Wembley.

It has now been 14 months since Higuita hung up his gloves after a 24 year career, but now he wants to help his local community and run as an independent candidate for mayor in the municipality of Guarne. He told El Tiempo, a Columbian newspaper, “You only need around 4,500 votes to become mayor,” and added, “but I hope to get 10,000!”

Cumbrian butchers and traders were rejoining this week as the Cumberland sausage was given protected status meaning that they can only be produced in Cumbria. The popular sausage joins Cornish clotted cream and Stilton cheese on the UK protected list and ranks alongside Greek feta cheese, Parma ham and Champagne which all have Protected Geographical Indication or PGI in the EU.

To display the PGI mark and be named a Cumberland sausage these sausages must be prepared, processed and produced in Cumbria, have a meat content of no less than 80% and be sold in a traditional coiled shape.

Spokesman for the Cumberland Sausage Association Peter Gott said, “This is a great milestone for the county and a well deserved place in England’s food history for a truly sensational, diverse food product.”

A group of comedians have set a new world record for the ‘highest stand-up comedy gig’ as the British Airways flight soared to 35,000 feet. 180 passengers were on board to see the 45 minute gig performed by Jack White hall, Jon Richardson and Dara O Briain and raised an estimated £100,000 for Red Nose Day.

Joking around after the flight Dara O Briain who performed last said, “I told the captain I’d bang twice on the locker like this when I was on – so he can take the aircraft to 37,000ft and beat Jack and Jon’s record”.

Mr Whitehall added, “I was looking forward to today – after all, it’s the only gig where people can’t walk out. If you want to heckle you’ll have to press the call button.”

Flight Captain Brian Connolly said he was proud to have played a part in the new world record by saying, “It was an honour to captain this very special flight,” adding, “I’m proud to be able to say that I’m a Guinness World Records holder, and of course – member of the Smile High Club!”

Stockport police have asked a Manchester United fan to remove an offensive sticker from her car after a complaint was made. 39 year old Sarah Webb-Lee had a sticker that read, “On the first day God created United then completely [expletive] up and created City.” On her car, but was asked to remove it or the offensive word as infringed Section 5 of the Public Order Act.

Initially Mrs Webb-Lee refused to remove the sticker, but later agreed to have the word removed, she said: “I couldn’t believe it when they told me,” adding that, “I see sexist stickers and slogans which offend me and which are much worse than swearing but no way would I phone the police”.

Her husband Graham, who is a Manchester City fan said: “It’s just a bit of banter between fans,” adding, “I’m a City fan and you hear much worse at the match.”

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A Mexican businessman has shattered the world record for fastest barefoot water skiing. The record stood at 135mph before Fernando Reina Iglesias broke it by 18mph, posting a new world record of 153mph on his second attempt.

The first attempt had to be cut short after the helicopter that was towing him was a fraction too high, meaning that Mr Reina feet came out of the water, but his second attempt was good and collaborated by public notary Manlio Favio Pano; it has also been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Mr Reina dedicated his record to his home town of Acapulco.

A woman caused more than £400 worth of damage to a cake shop after she found out that they didn’t have her favourite flavour cupcake. Police are appealing for witnesses to help find the customer, who broke several glass display cases and threw cakes at members of staff and other customers at the Sugarwirlz cake shop in Cardiff.

Police have confirmed that the woman had strawberry-blonde hair, is aged between 35 and 45 and is about 5ft 3in tall; it is thought that she was accompanied by two young children. The cake shop owner Sally Dodd talked about the attack saying, “The woman went absolutely ballistic when she was told we didn’t have the cupcake flavour she wanted – it is called the “sweet tooth” fairy cake and is very popular”.

She went on to say, “She didn’t even wait for us to tell her that if she waited we could bake some fresh cupcakes for her… You expect a certain amount of risk running a bar or pub, but not in a cupcake shop”.

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