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Iain May

From the 21st to the 30Th of June 2008, the Round Britain Boat Race will begin. A selection of 49 RIBs and power boats are taking part this year and some are driven by some odd drivers, Top Gear cameraman Iain May, presenter James May and DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles are part of the crew of the Garmin Racing, designed and built by Geoff Hunton at Hunton Powerboats.

James May

Although this boat has a great advantage with its 900 horsepower, the crew has almost no experience on the water so the boat doesn’t have great odds of winning, especially with the famous Captain Slow as part of the crew.

Nick Knowles

New guidelines have been brought in to prosecute drivers that use hand-held phones while they are driving, if drivers are caught doing so they can face a prison sentence for up to 2 years, after some road accidents police now check phone records to see if the driver was using a hand-held phone.

But it is not just hand-held phones that can get you sent to jail, if you are caught using a adjusting sat-navs, MP3 players or sending a text message you could also face a prison sentence.

Is this really the way to solve the problem?

Driving while on the phone

Naomi Campbell was recently charged with assault for allegedly throwing a mobile phone at her housekeepers head because she accused her housekeeper of taking a pair of jeans, the blow to the head allegedly needed 4 stitches, what i want to know is what make of mobile was it to cause that blow?

Naomi Campbell