D Monday, October 5, 2009 METRO www.lottery.ie Monday blues will be a thing of the past thanks to Monday Million - the televised draw from National Lottery. You could win a guaranteed 1 million euro jackpot if you match all six numbers. Other cash prizes are up for grabs too. Whats more, tickets cost just 1! Tune into TV3 every Monday at 8:28 pm to find out if your Mondays are looking brighter. Available from all National Lottery Lotto agents. Check out www.lottery.ie for details. itll change the way you feel about Mondays Cockpit fury on Air India flight TURBULENCE of a different kind rocked a flight between the United Arab Emirates and Delhi at the weekend as a row broke out between pilots and cabin crew. The scuffle, in which a pilot and an air hostess suffered bruising from being punched, is said to have begun as an argument in the cockpit over claims of sexual harassment. It then spilled into the galley, startling passengers. The incident took place over Pakistan on an Air India flight carrying 106 passengers and seven crew. Air India has ordered an inquiry and grounded all staff involved. Dohnuts disappear in Simpsons obesity ads LONG-running US cartoon series The Simpsons has been recruited to a campaign to tackle obesity. Fans of the show will see clips of specially-designed characters tucking into fast food and unhealthy snacks before the junk food disappears and is replaced with more nutritious fare such as fruit and vegetables. Designed by Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations, the characters will recreate the familiar images of Homer, Bart, Marge and the rest of the Simpson family sitting on the sofa at the beginning of each episode. The adverts for the UK governments Change4Life health campaign will start today on Channel 4 and run until Christmas Day. Homer: Health guru? No knead to bin longer lasting loaf IT COULD be the best thing since, well, sliced bread. Bread that stays fresh for up to two weeks and it could be on Irish shelves by the end of the year. A German scientist at University Col- lege Cork (UCC) believes she has dis- covered a way of extending the shelf-life of the household staple. After ten years of research, Professor Elke Arendt and a team of food scientists have identified a strain of lactic acid bac- teria that can make bread last for up to 14 days. The bacteria, they claim, improve fla- vour and nutritional value and create a finer crumb texture. We tested thousands of strains of bac- teria and we got lucky, Prof Arendt said. We found one in a gluten-free cereal. If you add the strain to bread as an ingre- dient, instead of a live culture, people cant even taste it. For years, bakers and scientists have been trying to find a way to stop mould appearing on bread after a few days without using preservatives. Some 20 per cent of the Wests bread is thrown out because it goes stale or mouldy, even though its cost has risen as a result of declining wheat production, higher grain prices and greater demand. UCC has licensed its patented inven- tion to Puratos, a Belgian food-ingredi- ents maker with annual sales of about 1billion and 50 factories worldwide, in- cluding Ireland. Lactic acid bacteria are best known for their role in yoghurt and cheese produc- tion. The research was funded by the De- partment of Agriculture and Food and Enterprise Ireland. Bread containing the lactic acid has passed taste tests, and Puratos is ex- pected to bring the product to market later this year. This is not only an extraordinary sci- entific achievement and example of uni- versity and industry co-operation, but also an innovative product breakthrough in line with consumer demand, said Filip Arnaut, director of research at Pu- ratos. By ellen oreilly Fresher: Todays bread next week TODAYS TOP SHOT: The Ferry Man by Aishling Muller Metro readers from around the globe are invited to take part in one of the worlds largest photo competitions. This year the themes are: People, Places and Climate Change. For your chance to see your work in print around the world and win one of three trips for two to a Metro city of your choice, simply submit your photographs by Sunday october 18. Upload your photos now at www.metrophotochallenge.com/ie METRO PhOtO ChAllenge index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html