Prime Minister Tony Blair surprised the House of Commons today by saying that both Manchester and Blackpool should get super-casinos if there was sufficient investment.

Liverpool may be the European City of Culture in 2008 but it’s near neighbour Manchester that is turning heads by introducing some Parisian flair to one of the city’s biggest casinos.

There was widespread pandemonium at a Las Vegas Casino on Monday after a bomb exploded killing one man.

UK poker club Dusk till Dawn (DTD) was blocked from obtaining a license for the club during a hearing at Nottingham Magistrates Court , when three casinos objected saying there is not enough demand for a card room in the area.

The £12,500 paid for William Shatner’s kidney stone in January is now being put to good use by the Habitat for Humanity Charity.