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The M1 motorway has been closed between junctions 32 and 33 this morning after a tanker spiller more than 20 tonnes of Marmite on the road after hitting a motorhome. The crash happened around 10:15pm last night and the clean-up operation was still going ahead this morning causing rush hour delays.

A police spokeswoman said that the tanker driver was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure. She said, “‘we were called at 10.15pm yesterday to reports of a tanker, which was carrying 23.5 tonnes of yeast extract, overturning.”

Adding that, “Some of the contents were spilled on the northbound carriageway and we are in the process of emptying the remaining contents of the tanker and clearing up the spillage before it can be moved and the road reopened.”

Marmite has been a British favourite for over a hundred years and was even included in soldiers ration packs during World War I.

In the latest mobile phone news to come from Apple, it has been reported that Sharp is to supply the touchscreen LCD’s for the next generation of iPads and iPhones. Sharp already supplies Apple with screens for the iPhone 4S and the new deal means that Sharp’s LCD’s will feature in the company’s future releases.

Sharp’s displays are already used in other tablets, phones and televisions including its own Aquos range of TV’s and smartphones. Sharp plans to increase its production of smaller LCD’s because of the huge demand for tablets and smartphones worldwide.

Apple’s next generation of iPad is expected to launch in the first half of next year.

A Chautauqua Airlines pilot sparked a hijacking scare when he got stuck in a toilet during a flight from North Carolina to New York. The pilot inadvertently locked himself in the toilet around 30 minutes before the plane was due to land.

The co-pilot became worried that something was going on when a passenger with a ‘thick foreign accent’ tried to enter the cockpit to tell them the problem. The co-pilot notified air-traffic control about the situation saying, “He [the pilot] is stuck in the lav and someone with a thick foreign accent is giving me a password to access the cockpit – and I’m not about to let him in.”

The plane landed without incident, with the red faced pilot saying that he had to answer the call of nature around half an hour before the plane was due to land, but had become trapped.

Over 300,000 people took part is various record breaking attempts across the world on Guinness World Records Day 2011. Amongst the record breaking feats were artists Joe & Max who created the biggest ever 3D painting on a street near Canary Wharf, 57 people squeezed themselves into a giant pair of y-fronts and the English Cream Tea Company set the record for the largest ever tea party.

Craig Glenday from the Guinness World Records told the press, “Guinness World Records Day is a chance to celebrate not just incredible individual achievements but also civic and national pride – whether it’s the Irish bringing together leprechauns, the Brits serving up cream teas or the Americans performing a mass soul train dance”.

All of the records set on the Guinness World Records Day 2011 will be examined carefully for inclusion into next year’s edition of the book.

18-year-old Josh Butler from Essex became so desperate for a job that he decided to auction himself off on the popular website eBay. The teenager, who opted out of going to university because of high tuition fees had applied for nearly 600 jobs and didn’t even get an interview, so came up with the cunning play to auction himself off on eBay for a Buy It Now price of £16,000.

Josh, who hails from Woodford Green in Essex, told the press; “It’s got so desperate that young people like me have to go to these lengths to find work. I’ve worked hard to get good qualifications and work ­experience and applied for every kind of job, but employers keep telling me I need a degree before they’ll consider me”.

He added, “But it’s so expensive to go to university, I just feel I’ll end up worse off.”

Josh’s listing has now landed him an interview with John Lewis and with two call centres. Josh said, “I’m glad I’m finally getting some interest.”

Undercover officers from the Derbyshire police have use a cunning plan to arrest 19 wanted criminals by offering them free crates of beer. The police sent special hoax letters to wanted criminals telling them that they could claim a free crate of beer by ringing a marketing company.

19 criminals fell for the hoax and phoned the number, which put them through to the undercover police officer who then arranged for a time and date to deliver the free gift. Unsuspecting criminals who were expecting a crate of beer were surprised to find themselves confronted by police and were placed under arrest.

Chief Inspector Graham McLaughlin, who was leading the operation said, “These suspects are people who have managed to evade arrest for some time so we have used different tactics to find them.”

Adding that, “We use a variety of methods to arrest those suspected of committing criminal offences and we will continue to use new tactics when necessary.”

Rail comuters in the UK are used to excuses on why trains are delayed such as theres leaves on the trak or snow on the line, but computers got a wierd excuse in West Yorkshire when reports of a lion on the tracks caused hold ups.

Comuters using the social media website Twitter were stunned after National Rail tweeted “Passengers are currently unable to alight from trains at Shepley due to reports by police of a lion in the area.”

West Yorkshire Police were called to the scene near the Shepley train station, but found no sign of a lion even after a police helicopter was scrambled.The train services were resumed as normal at around 17:00 hours.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman stated, “We carried out a thorough search and there is no sign of an animal. It seems the caller heard a rumour”.

A Spanish man got more than he bargained for when visiting a cash machine as a snake came out with his money. The man had stopped at the cash machine in the small town Llodio on his way to work and was shocked to discover the hissing snake which came out of the machine with his money.

The man managed to grab his money from the irritated snake and called the police. Police tried to release the snake with the help of the banks manager, but soon found out that it was caught on the machines mechanics. The bank manager turned off the machine and lifted the mechanism to release the snake, which was then taken to a local animal shelter.

A police spokesman said that they have not ruled out the possibility that the snake was placed in the machine as a prank, but also concluded that the snake could have climbed in there on its own.