AT CINEMAS NOW HUGELY ENJOYABLE Jonathan Ross - Film 2009 YOULL DIE LAUGHING David Edwards - Daily Mirror 16 D Wednesday, October 7, 2009 METRO 13 Car sites headlamps advert was a big boobBy con doherty Rocket to blast off on a chewy sweet ROCKETS can run on toffee, a scientist has proved. Jem Stansfield demonstrated a hybrid rocket powered by the sweet on BBC1s Bang Goes The Theory. The rocket was made by filling a tube with toffee and firing nitrous oxide down a hole in the middle of the tube. It was capable of powering a bicycle ridden by Mr Stansfield at a test base. Hybrid rockets require nothing more than a cheap solid that burns and a gas to provide oxygen, Mr Stansfield said. The power of a rocket is dependent on the calorific value of the fuel and toffee was chosen because of its high calorific content, he added. A CAR advert with a picture of a womans cleavage and the slogan nice headlamps was branded degrading and has been banned by an advertising watchdog. The poster for UlsterTrader.com, a used- car website operating in Northern Ireland, sparked 44 complaints from people who said it objectified women and implied fe- males were commodities to be bought and sold. The poster showed the cleavage of a wom- an wearing a white bra with the slogan: Nice headlamps. What do you look for in a car? The company said the advert, which ap- peared in 20 locations in Northern Ireland, was tongue-in-cheek and did not use of- fensive language. But the advertising watchdog said: We considered that the image of the womans cleavage coupled with the strap line Nice headlamps. What do you look for in a car? was likely to be seen to objectify and de- grade women by linking attributes of a woman, her cleavage, to attributes of a car, the headlamps, in a way that would be seen to imply a woman, like a car, was to be se- lected for those attributes. We concluded that the poster had caused serious offence to some readers and was likely to cause widespread offence. The poster breached guidelines on taste and decency and must not appear again, the British ASA said. MOTHERS who stuff themselves with liquorice when pregnant can impair their childrens IQ, according to new research. Eight-year-olds whose mothers ate large amounts of the confectionery while waiting to give birth did less well in intelligence tests than other children, a study found. They were also more likely to have poor concentration spans and suffer from behavioural problems such as ADHD. A component in liquorice called glycyrrhiza is believed to damage the placenta, allowing stress hormones to cross from mother to baby. The study took place in Finland, where liquorice is hugely popular. Liquorice hurts childrens IQ no so sweet Fuel: toffees TODAYS TOP SHOT: With My Red Scarf by MrsRedhead 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