D Thursday, November 26, 2009 METRO 13 DIT Open Day A Date for your Diary Saturday 5th December from 9.30am to 2.30pm DIT, Aungier Street, Dublin 2. Advice and information on all of our programmes will be available. You can meet our teaching staff and talk to current students about their experiences of campus life at Dublin Institute of Technology. Come early and enjoy the fun, including student performances, live radio broadcasts and competitions. T: 01 402 3445 E: admissions@dit.ie DIT - Its a step closer to the real world. www.dit.ie DECEMBER best likeness Calum Best with a waxwork of his father George Best, at Dublins National Wax Museum Plus. The statue was unveiled to marked the fourth anniversary of the football legends death Picture: PA VISITORS to one of South Africas premier destinations are rapidly becoming victims... of baboons. The primates jump through open car windows and have learned how to open car doors in pursuit of food. Officials in Simons Town, near Cape Town, are battling to control the increasingly aggressive troupes amid fears the problem will worsen with the influx of visitors during next years World Cup. Tourists robbed by baboons By ED CARTy terror as roof is ripped off flats Blown off: The roof Picture: PA A BEAUTY salon worker last night described a Wizard of Oz moment when storm-force winds ripped the roof off an apartment block and blew it past her window. Resident Hazel Melbourne said she felt like she was in a scene from the Hollywood classic when the roof flew past her second floor apartment at 8.30am. I was sitting on my couch putting on my make-up and getting ready for work when the roof literally flew by me, said Ms Melbourne. There was a massive bang and it crashed on a portable building out the back. We were very lucky it went in that direction, otherwise it would have come through the glass. The 32-year-old, a manager in Wow beauty salon in Shankill, said she called garda and within 20 minutes firefighters had evacuated the complex. Nobody was injured and residents were rehoused. It is understood the affected block was not full and had only been com- pleted in the last 12 months. Construction worker Mark War- ren, who lives in the area, said it ap- peared the roof, said to have ripped off the building like the lid of a can, was made from plywood and MDF. The roofer, whose job in Bray, Co Wicklow, was cancelled because of high winds, said the materials are cheaper and are also meant to be longer lasting and durable. They are all the rage at the mo- ment, but this seems to be a bit of a regular occurrence now, said Mr Warren. It was a nightmare work- ing today, thats why we got sent home. We couldnt get on the roof, its too windy. Local Fine Gael TD Olivia Mitch- ell claimed: This is the second such occurrence in Dublin South where- by roofing has been blown off a high rise apartment block. It raises real concerns over the safety of apartment blocks in elevated areas. Dublin Airport was also affected by the gales. Ten planes were di- verted, with air traffic controllers sending flights on to Shannon and Manchester. Polanski: Under house arrest DIRECTOR Roman Polanski was granted $4.5million (3million) bail yesterday, clearing the way for him to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest at his Alpine chalet. Polanski will have to remain in Switzerland as authorities assess whether to extradite him to the US for having sex in Los Angeles in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. The 76-year-old, who was arrested in September in Zurich as he arrived to receive an award at a film festival, fled the US to France after his 1978 trial and has lived there ever since. Polanski granted bail tescos blunder over 1m bikes TESCO is taking legal action after mistakenly paying more than 1million for six bicycles. The supermarket giant is seeking repayment of the overpaid monies following the error by its finance team, which paid 1.1million to Universal Cycles, for six Muddy Fox bikes, normally 1,100. Universal has paid back 956,000 but Tesco claims it is holding on to more than 134,000. A GAS used in flat-screen TVs could be used to fight hospital superbugs MRSA and C.Difficile. Scientists created two devices that destroy the bacteria with plasma rays emitted as light energy, with no need for fluids or containers. Medical staff can disinfect their hands with a plasma dispenser, while an argon plasma torch shoots bug-killing chemicals into wounds. Superbugs wiped out by screen gas index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html24.html25.html26.html27.html