New home owners forced to 'pay for previous occupant's green loan' - Telegraph

Home owners would be forced to pay for solar panels fitted by previous occupants, under new government green plans to be unveiled this week.

Lottery couple buy £4 million eco-home - Telegraph

The mansion, just outside the village of Barnsley, Gloucestershire, also features a soundproof 25-seat cinema and indoor pool with a “counter-current” machine to provide an extra workout to swimmers.

Doctors tell Barack Obama to quit smoking | World news | guardian.co.uk

Barack Obama is still struggling to kick smoking, according to his first medical examination since becoming president.

Obama is sensitive about his cigarette habit and tetchy with reporters who raise it. But after his 90-minute medical at the Navy hospital outside Washington yesterday morning, his doctors confirmed he had not yet managed to conquer the habit and suggested he "continue smoking cessation efforts".

The doctors said the president used medication to try to ease the pangs, they described it as "nicotine replacement therapy, self-use".
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The doctors also recommended "moderation of alcohol intake".

Flashback: Obama's quit smoking promise secured Michelle's backing to run for presidency

London, Jan 11 : US President Barack Obama might have never run for the presidency if he had not secured wife Michelle's backing by agreeing to leave smoking.

Feb '08 | Obama Says He's Quit Smoking | Seattle Times Newspaper

Barack Obama said he has successfully quit smoking cigarettes despite the pressures of a closely contested and lengthy presidential campaign.