Eco-tent available this summer

If you are going to any of the festivals this summer, keep an eye out for a new eco-friendly tent.

It's a waterproof shelter made from recycled plastic and cardboard.

They're going to available to rent, and to encourage people to use them, you get exclusive access to showers and toilets too.

Mariah's man wears the trousers

Mariah Carey's new fella doesn't seem intimidated by her diva ways!

She apparently wanted to spend £2 million on their wedding this week, but he put his foot down and made the day more modest.

Yesterday, she finally confirmed that she tied the knot with actor Nick Cannon.

They got married in a low-key affair at Mariah's home in the Bahamas

She wanted to splash the cash and half a million pounds worth of flowers but he insisted that they had a simpler wedding day.

16 year old quizzed by police

A teenage boy from Hertfordshire has been arrested on the suspicion of murdering a woman from Norfolk.

Elaine Walpole was found dead at her home in Dereham 9 days ago.

The teenager is 16 years old.

Britney v Whitney

It's only May, but there could be a battle of the divas this Christmas...you heard it here first!

It looks like Britney and Whitney are going head to head for the festive number one.

Britney's record label are really chuffed with her latest work and are bringing in Will I Am and John Legend to help her produce her next album.

Scary stats on drunk sex

New research shows teenagers across Europe are using drink and drugs to increase their chances of having sex.

A third of men aged between 16 and 35 and a quarter of women admit they use alcohol to boost their prospects of getting into the sack with someone.

Some are also taking things like cocaine, ecstacy and cannabis.

Busta Rhymes - Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em)

Busta is most definitely back, and this time...he's got bongos!

Ramsay Jr just like his dad

It looks like Gordon Ramsey's son's picking up a few of his dad's bad habits.

Eight year old Jack reportedly came home from school the other day and asked the meaning of a rude word.

Gordon told him not to use it in front of his sisters or mum.

You're (both) fired!

The two Jennifers have been fired by Sir Alan Sugar on the Apprentice.

He wasn't messing around last night, he got rid of both Jenifer Celerier and Jennifer McGuire.

The candidates had to buy ten items in the markets of Marrakech to take back for Sir Alan.

Jennifer C's team made two big blunders though - including buying a halal chicken instead of a Kosher one from a Jewish butcher.

Cops quiz Amy over drug allegations

Amy Winehouse has been back inside a police station!

She was questioned by the police for several hours last night about alleged drug offences.

She was grilled about video footage which the Sun newspaper have - they say it shows Amy smoking a crack pipe.

She's been given bail.

Party tickets appear on website

Lots of you say you're angry after tickets for the Nelson Mandela birthday gig appeared on eBay.

Touts are offering them for more than £200 - that's more than three times the actual cost.

They don't actually go on sale to the public until tomorrow.

Leona Lewis, Jamelia and the Sugababes will play at the birthday concert in Londons Hyde Park this summer.

Madge tour kicks off in UK - sweet!

Madonna's announced she'll kick off her Sticky and Sweet world tour right here in the UK.

The Queen of Pop will play Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on August the 23rd.

She'll arrive at Wembley Stadium on September 11th after playing gigs all over Europe.

Tickets go on sale on May the s16th and will start at £55 for Cardiff and £:65 for Wembley.

Emergency aid finally arrives

Up to 100,000 people might have died in the Burmese cyclone.

Authorities say among them there may be around 17 Brits

They haven't been heard from since the storm struck at the weekend.

The storm's thought to have left up to a million people homeless.

The military government's been cautious about letting foreign aid in - but planes have now arrived.

Charities are asking people to be genorous and donate money to help them.

Cruise in comeback?

Tom Cruise could be back to make another Mission Impossible film.

Cruise had a 14 year relationship with the bosses of Paramount Pictures but that all ended in 2006, when they fell out.

They had several disagreements, and it was reported that they didn't like some of his different outlooks on life.

The final decision on a comeback's going to be made by the head of Paramount Pictures.

Watch this space!

Skipping school

Do you ever bunk off from school?

Well according to new figures more than 40,000 students are skipping school at least two days a week.

That's enough to fill half of Wembley stadium!

The stats show that 300,000 more children are at risk of doing the same...they are already bunking off on the odd day here and there.

Teachers reckon it's because of deep-rooted social problems.

Mums and dads get fined now if kids are caught out of the classroom.

Britain bathed in sunshine

Get the ice-creams in...

Britain's basking in temperatures hotter than Cyprus at the moment

The UK saw its hottest day of the year yesterday, at 25c.

And the good news it's set to continue into the weekend.

After last year's washout summer, some people have started betting on a heatwave.

William Hill - the bookies - are offering odds of 12/1 that 2008 will be the hottest year ever!

Judge rewards well-behaved Britney

Good news for Britney today...

A judge over in LA is so pleased with her recovery that he's granted her more access to her children.

Her ex-husband Kevin Federline's had full custody since her psychiatric problems earlier this year - remember the head shaving incident, and walking out with no underwear?!

Well that's all behind her now, and it's been three months since Britney was taken into a psychiatric ward.

Since then she's had an acting job on a US sitcom, and she seems to have cleaned up her act.

Her reward is extra time with her two boys - Jayden and Sean.

Nice one Brit!

Sozzled staff

Ooooh pass the paracetemol...

Have you got a fuzzy head today?

Did you go out for a 'few' drinks after work last night?

Well it seems one-in-ten of us have turned up to work still drunk.

While a-third of us admit to going in with a hangover.

Bosses aren't happy - a new report show's it's having a big impact on how much work we get done.

Murder charge

A 25 year old man's been charged with the murder of another man in South Wales...

45 year old Alan Brown was assaulted outside the Tredegar Arms Pub, in Tredegar, on the weekend. He died on Monday.

The man accused of killing him is up in Caerphilly Magistrates today.

Impressive music college in Bristol

Anyone who's interested in getting into the music industry might be interested in this...

A music college is opening in Bristol in September and it's linked to BIMM in Brighton, where bands like the Kooks got together.

One of the teachers is Keiron Pepper, who used to play drums for the Prodigy.

You can find out more about applying to study there by clicking here.

Kisstory Day - Weds 7th May

This Wednesday 7th May from 8am through to 9pm Kiss will play nothing but Old School Anthems, Classics and those tunes that Kiss made famous over the years.

All day we'll be taking your shouts , texts and requests at Totalkiss.com plus we'll be in the mix throughout the day .

Its all about the old school this Wednesday , Kisstory... all day ...starting from 8am through to 9pm only on Kiss.

Requests

• By text: send your Kisstory favs and requests to 64100 (25p/text)
• Online: leave your requests in the comments boxes. (Before 6pm)
• Email: jez.welham@totalkiss.com (After 6pm)

Please note: commentrs submitted after 6pm on Weds 7th May will not be published until the following day.

Santogold May / June Tour

You're bound to have heard of this lady by now, Santogold...or Santi White as she is sometimes known is about to blow up in 2008!

Having spent time doing guest vocals for the likes of Mark Ronson she's about to release her self-titled debut album on Atlantic/Lizard Records.

Tour Dates

• 10 May The Plug @ Sheffield, UK
• 12 May Old Blue Last London UK SOLD OUT
• 16 May Roadhouse Manchester UK
• 17 May Great Escape @ Digital Brighton (Drowned in Sound) UK
• 17 May Great Escape @ Concorde 2 (MTV 2) Brighton UK
• 24 May Dot to Dot Festival @ Thekla Bristol UK
• 25 May Dot to Dot Festival @ Rescue Rooms Nottingham UK
• 26 May Bar Academy Birmingham UK
• 30 May Sub Club Glasgow UK
• 01 Jun Crawdaddy Dublin IR
• 03 Jun Scala London UK

Santogold Meets Mark Ronson...again

Watch what happened when Mark Ronson tried to gatecrash Santogold's video shoot for Les Artistes....

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Chromeo 'Fancy Footwork' Video

Laying the 80's bare once again Chromeo are back with 'Fancy Footwork', a headstrong synth led boogie down R&B track. Catch them live at the following:

Upcoming UK Festvial Dates
25th May – Gatecrasher Festival, Buckimghamshire
22nd Aug – Leeds Festival, Leeds
24th Aug - Reading Festival, Reading
5th Sept – Bestival Festival, Isle Wight

Hilary heading for the Hills?

We know that Beverly Hills 90210 is definitely making a comeback to our screens...

Now the rumours have started about who's going to be starring in it...

Well there's a lot of hype around Hilary Duff at the moment, and apparently producers have approached Hilary to take on a big role in the remake.

Watch this space!

Actress to tie knot

Another Hollywood hottie is off limits boys!

Scarlett Johansson's getting married.

Shes getting hitched to her boyfriend Ryan Reynolds, they've been dating for about a year now.

He used to be engaged to Alanis Morissette.

'Lift me up' - you said it Ginger!

Geri Halliwell got trapped in a lift in Essex at the weekend.

She was at the Lakeside shopping centre for a book signing when she got stuck for 40 minutes.

The county's fire brigade turned up to free her.

Mandela's musical birthday

He might not be playing musical chairs but he is having a party...

The official line-up for Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations are out!

Leona Lewis, The Sugababes and Jamelia are all confirmed.

No sign of Amy Winehouse, although organisers say they are keeping some performers a secret till the day itself.

There were rumours that nelson actually rang Amy up personally to see whether she would perform.

Nelson's birthday bash is in June.

Police stop coke haul

Cocaine worth a street value of £15 million has been stopped from entering the East of England after being seized at the port of Harwich.

The drugs were found in two lorries over the weekend, two men from Lancashire and Carlisle are being questioned by the police about it.

Burma battered

The cyclone which hit Burma on Saturday looks like being the worst to hit Asia in 25 years.

At least 15,000 people have died since the storm, another 30,000 are still missing, and hundreds of thousands have been left homeless.

Authorities in Burma have agreed to accept aid from around the world...charity workers are strugggling to reach the worst affected areas though because they can only be reached by boat.

'Killer' comes back for good

Janine - the killer of Albert Square - is apparently making a return to EastEnders.

Actress Charlie Brooks hasn't been in the soap since 2004.

It seems we're going to see a softer side to her this time though, she's all loved up this time

The gold-digger married Barry Evans - then killed him for his money.

Party time (depending on where you're from!)

Binge-drinking may be a blight on British life.

But when it comes to the first drink of the day, we're much more restrained than our neighbours in Europe.

Here, the average time is 6:15pm

In Denmark, though, it's 4:40pm

The Spanish, French, Hungarians, Poles and Czechs all start boozing sooner in the day than us.