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It may be the start of August, but the The Daily Telegraph is warning parents to start saving for Christmas. This year's battle for top toy will be between a V2 Robosapiens robot (price 200) and Amazing Amanda, an 18-inch talking doll (70). The tornado that tore through Birmingham last Thursday hit the Jon Carrie Nursery in Moseley. Nursery worker Caroline Ward told BBCNews that the children were 'very frightened' as the tornado whipped toys into the air.

The tornado that tore through Birmingham last Thursday hit the Jon Carrie Nursery in Moseley. Nursery worker Caroline Ward told BBCNews that the children were 'very frightened' as the tornado whipped toys into the air.

A complaint from the British Dental Health Foundation has forced the BBC to censor a song by The Tweenies with the lyrics, 'Sweets for my breakfast, sweets for my lunch, sweets for my supper too,' said The Guardian.

Jamie Oliver has attacked the Government for 'all talk and no action' over school food and said that meals in the poorest South African townships are 'more nutritionally balanced' than in Britain, The Times reported.

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