The cost of filling up a car is a very sensitive and import issue to most people across the world. People need to fill up their car with petrol so that they can do their daily routine, but if the cost of this increases it has a large knock on effect on the rest of their life. That is why you will never find the cost of petrol out of the news. Considering that London is on of the most expensive cities in the world and with the tax on petrol being very high, you would think it had the priciest petrol. However that is not the case, London only just makes the top ten. Here is the list:

10. London – £1.35 a litre with 58p of that being tax

9. Amsterdam – £1.36. 44% is government duties plus 16% VAT.

8. Brussels – £1.39 with a 58p tax

7. Stockholm – £1.39 with a 48p tax

6. Copenhagen – £1.43 with a 51p tax

5. Monaco – £1.44

4. Athens – £1.44 57p tax and some of the heaviest traffic congestion in Europe.

3. Oslo – £1.58 with a 48 p fuel tax and a 9p carbon tax

2. Asmara – £1.64. It’s the Eritrean governments main source of income.

1. Istanbul £1.65 – 85p fuel tax.

Some of the countries on the list are a bit surprising and I think most of the residence of these cities will be very jealous of the citizens where you an fine the cheapest petrol in the world. Here is the list.

10. Algiers, Algeria – 20p a litre. 95% of Algeria’s export income is from oil so it has to keep its oil fields truly open.

9. Muscat, Oman – 20p. The country exports 600,000 barrels of oil a day.

8. Cairo, Egypt – 19p. Egypt has no oil itself so providing petrol at this price costs the country 13 billion dollars a year.

7. Doha, Qatar. 15p. Exports $27 billion of petrol and year which accounts for 60 % of its GDP and 70% of government revenues.

6. Kuwait City, Kuwait – 14p. 95% of government revenues come from oil sales.

5. Manama, Bahrain – 13p. Petrol sales account for 70% of government revenue.

4. Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – 12p. This former soviet country also has a large gas reserve.

3. Tripoli, Libya. 9p, Political has not stopped the petrol prices remaining low.

2. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, – 8p. The country has 20% of the world’s oil reserves.

1. Caracas, Venezuela. –  3p. Another country where petrol accounts for 95% of exports.

If you’re a celebrity and you’re about to have a baby there is only one thing left for you to do. Go to the book shop and find that ‘crazy baby names’ book because you don’t want to give your baby a regular name like Sarah, John or Peter.

 Over the past couple of years celebrities from all over the world have been “battling” each other about who can give their child the most ridiculous names. So far it has been a close contest. Here are some of the names been given so far:

 Bear Blu  – Clueless actress, Alicia Silverstone has given then name to her new son.

 Moroccan Scott and Monroe – Singer Mariah named her daughter Monroe after her idol Marilyn Monroe and her son Moroccan as this was the room in which Husband Nick Cannon proposed to her. Scott is also Nick’s middle name.

 Hero – TV personality has given this name to her new daughter as she like the character Hero from Shakespeare’s Play ‘ Much Ado About Nothing’.

 Buddy Bear, Daisy Boo, Poppy Honey and Petal Blossom – Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver and his wife are clearly fans of crazy names having given these names to their 4 children.

 Cosima Violet – Claudia Schiffer gave this name to her daughter in 2010.

 Egypt Daoud – Alicia Keys choose this exotic name to give to her first son.

 Shiloh Nouvel – Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie went all out with their first child. Shiloh means peaceful one in Hebrew, where are Nouvel is new in French.

 Jermajesty – The name given to Jermain Jackson’s son in 2000.

 Peaches Honeyblossom, Fif Trxibelle and Pixie – Bob Geldof and his wife Paula Yates were obviously fans of spring names for their daughters.

 So out of these names which do you think is the craziest?

 Having just had a wedding watched by 2 billion people across the world, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge now has a new claim to fame. Catherine has joined the likes of Nicole Scherzinger, Halle Berry and Penelope Cruz in the Wizard Jeans top Ten beauty list. Ever since her wedding, Catherine has been hot property and this poll will sure give her a boost as she gets used to life in the Welsh countryside. Here is the full top ten:

1. Nicole Scherzinger

 2. Freida Pinto

3. Penelope Cruz

 4. Keira Knightley

 5. Michelle Pfeiffer

6. Angelina Jolie

 7. Halle Berry

8. Bar Refaeli

 9. Catherine Duchess of Cambridge

 10. Sophia Loren

Superhero’s are back and they are British!! This week it was announced who would take on the legendary of America’s greatest superhero. However neither of them are actually American. Andrew Garfield who was recently in the hit film, the social Network grew up in Surrey and is to be the new Spider Man. The new Superman is also a British Actor who goes by the name of Henry Cavill. He has started in a number of films and is most famous for his role in the British TV show The Tudors.

 For both actors this is a huge step up in their careers and show the amount of confidence Hollywood has in British actors. There is now a continuing trend to pick British actors for key roles. Christian Bale is about to return in the role of Batman in which he as been a huge success. And it is not just in super hero films that Britain is having success. One of the most popular films of the year so far has been the King’s Speech and the main actor, Colin Firth is set to pick up an Oscar for his role as King. It would seem that the Brits have landed and they are there to stay!

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