10 THINGS

Snippets from the week's news, harvested, diced and sliced for your convenience.

1. Cloudy apple juice is healthier than clear, containing almost double the antioxidants which protect against heart disease and cancer.More details

2. Eating tomatoes and broccoli in the same meal is more effective at fighting prostate cancer than separately, according to a study at the University of Illinois.

3. The infant in iconic 1980s poster Man and Baby was named Stelios.

4. Gordon Brown prefers the X Factor to Big Brother.

5. Campaigners believe unpaid care of the elderly in the UK saves the British state £57bn a year.More details

6. China opens a new coal-fired power station every five days.More details

7. Just 200 people are responsible for most of the large-scale vandalism on the rail network.

8. School starts at age three in France - and many children start at two.

9. Thursday's storm - the most powerful to hit England since Burns Night 1990 - caused even more damage in northern Europe after developing what's known as a "sting jet", caused by cold air high above the clouds rushing down to Earth like an avalanche of high wind.

10. Citrus fruit growers in California use wind machines to protect their crops from frost damage.More details

(Sources: 2: The Times, 16 January; 3: Independent, 16 Jan; 4: Daily Mirror, 18 Jan; 6: BBC One news, 17 Jan; 7: The Times, 15 Jan; 8 and 9: G2, 18 Jan. 9: The Times, 19 Jan.)

BBC MAGAZINE.