Jade's legacy: Tragic reality star leaves £3m to beloved sons but widower Jack Tweed gets only her old car

 

Jade Goody left an astonishing £3million to her two young sons, while snubbing her playboy husband.

Details of the late reality television star's will reveal that her 51-year-old mother Jackiey Budden has been given £10,000.

But 22-year-old widower Jack Tweed, currently remanded on bail and awaiting trial in April over the alleged rape of a 19-year-old, is only in line to receive her six-year-old Volkswagen, worth £14,000.

Legacy: Jade Goody made sure the main priority in her will was her two sons, six-year-old Freddie and five-year-old Bobby

Before her death from cervical cancer last year, 27-year-old Miss Goody was determined the bulk of her money should go to the boys.

She set up a string of lucrative media deals in the days before her death and insisted that the money earned should be used to pay for her children to attend a private school.

Her will states: 'The wishes of my children should be regarded as paramount.'

Bobby, now six, and Freddie, five, live with their father, television presenter Jeff Brazier.

The will also outlines that, should Mr Brazier pass away before the boys grow up, guardianship passes to three of her closest friends  -  not her mother, or Tweed, the boys' stepfather.

News of her will ends almost a year of speculation following her untimely death at 27 from cervical cancer on Mother's Day last year.

Crucially, Jade's deathbed wedding to Jack - though undoubtedly an act of love - has almost certainly helped to save her sons paying the taxman a hefty 40 per cent of their birthright, although the trust will still pay yearly tax at a lower rate.

Tragic: The late Big Brother star is said to have earned £5million since she found fame on the Channel 4 reality show

As well as the boys, Jack Tweed is also named as a beneficiary of this fund and assets passed on through a surviving spouse are not liable for inheritance tax.

However, that does not mean Tweed has any rights to the cash - it remains tightly controlled by three executors - Kate Jackson, 31, Jade's best friend and chief bridesmaid, plus picture agency bosses Danny Hayward and Simon Bridger, both 31.

They were best men at Jade's wedding, Godfathers at her Christening and pallbearers at her funeral.

Left out: Jade's mother Jackiey Budden was given £10,000 and her widower Jack Tweed received her last car, worth around £14,000

Marriage: Jack Tweed married Jade Goody in February 2009 just weeks before her death

The late reality star's children are now living with their father, TV presenter Jeff Brazier, who will be their guardian until his death.

Jade's will outlines that, should Brazier pass away before the boys grow up then guardianship passes to three of her closest friends - not her mother Jackiey or the boys' stepdad Tweed, who is currently remanded on bail awaiting trial in April for the alleged rape of a 19-year-old girl.

The fund she initiated for Freddie and Bobby is still growing from her screen and publishing income.

Miss Goody made a string of lucrative media deals in the weeks before her death which are already paying £21,000 a year for her sons' private education.

Guardian: TV presenter Jeff Brazier will look after sons Freddie and Bobby until his death

With the help of some key figures the News of the World has pieced together a detailed picture of Jade's finances.

Since finding fame on BB3 in 2002 the late reality star earned an estimated total of £5million.

Her huge wealth includes around £500,000 for her best-selling celebrity perfume Shh, £1million from her two autobiographies, £150,000 from personal appearances and £50,000 for doing pantomime.

Land registry checks appear to show there are no outstanding mortgages on the three Essex properties owned by Miss Goody.

She paid £250,000 for a terraced house at The Chase, in Harlow, in May 2005, now estimated to be worth £320,000.

Lucrative: Jade Goody made her fortune through various TV and magazine deals following her Big Brother appearance - and her top-selling perfume Shh

Three months later she paid £415,000 for a similar home at The Gables in Ongar, now estimated at £450,000.

A year on she bought a detached villa in Waltham Abbey for £460,000, currently expected to sell for over £500,000.

A friend said: 'Whenever Jade moved on she kept the houses to rent out. I think she thought of these as nest eggs for her boys.'

They will almost certainly be sold off by the trustees to boost the trust funds.

Jade also had gems valued at approximately £300,000.

A friend revealed: 'Jade loved vintage jewellery, especially Dior. She bought some of it in Dubai. The bottom line of all this is that she'll have looked after her two young sons and no one has to worry about their financial security or education.

'They're very well provided for, and Jade will be smiling down from Heaven. It really was all she cared about in her final weeks - that her boys would have a proper schooling and not have to face the struggles she did growing up in a poor family in Bermondsey.'

Miss Goody, who rose to fame after her appearance on Big Brother in 2002, grew up on a council estate in Bermondsey, South-East London. Her father was a drug addict who walked out on the family when she was just two.

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Apple's 'iKey' to replace the humble door key

London, Mar 7 (ANI): Computer giant Apple is set to revolutionize the traditional door key with introduction of a hi-tech alternative nicknamed the 'iKey'.

It means people can stop carrying around a bunch of keys, and instead use a single electronic device to unlock their car, front door and gain access to their office.

The technology simply requires the users to enter a pin code and wave the device over an electronic pad fitted beside a door to open it.

Apparently, a newly published patent application, filed with the US Patent Office, contains the details of the new technology.

It is speculated that the next model of the iPhone will contain this feature.

The application states: "The device can communicate with an external device to open a lock. By way of example, the electronic device may be a model of an iPhone.

"The external device may be any suitable electronic device such as a portable media player, personal data assistant or electronic lock that may be used to access a door, car, house or other physical area."

For safety purpose, the device may be attributed with a feature to encrypt any information that passes between the iPhone and the computer-controlled lock, preventing hackers from "listening in".

Leander Kahney, a consumer technology expert and author of a book and blog called the Cult of Mac, said there were rumours that Apple has been testing the technology.

"If true, it's a very big deal. As well as opening doors and unlocking your car, it could also turn your iPhone into an electronic wallet and ID card," the Telegraph quoted him as saying.

He added: "You'd be able to pay for buses and trains, as well as your morning coffee and groceries in a jiffy, just by laying your iPhone on a special pad, and the price is electronically deducted from your account.

"The trouble is that the technology hasn't gone completely mainstream. If Apple were to adopt the technology, they would likely set the standard, and that would drive widespread adoption as everyone scrambles to make their systems iPhone-friendly."

If granted, the application filed at US Patent house will offer Apple legal protection from other companies copying its ideas and technology.

Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive, said: "We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it.

"We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."

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That's a hella number: Scientists call for new word to describe 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000

 

A campaign to name the number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 'hella' is attracting strong support from scientists.

An online petition started in California - where the word 'hella' is slang for 'many' - is calling for the word to become an internationally recognised prefix, joining the likes of mega, kilo and giga.

The word would apply to figures with 27 zeros after the first digit.

Count on us: A group of maths fanatics have started a petition to prefix a digit with 27 zeroes with the word 'hella'

Supporters of the campaign believe recent breakthroughs in science mean the International System of Units (SI) needs to go further with its classification of long numbers.

More than 20,000 people - including scientists and students - have signed up to a petition on Facebook.

The largest number with a recognised designated prefix is a 'yotta' - a digit with 24 zeroes. It was recognised by the International Committee for Weights and Measures in 1991 along with zetta, for 21 zeroes.

Campaign organiser Austin Sendek, from the University of California, said the name hella would be an appropriate choice.

'Since the SI system has traditionally adopted the last names of accomplished scientists for unit nomenclature, it follows that prefix designation should do the same,' he said.

'From this tradition comes the chance for the SI system to use nomenclature to honor a constantly overlooked scientific contributor: Northern California.'

'The area is also notorious for the creation and widespread usage of the English slang 'hella,' which typically means 'very,' or can refer to a large quantity (e.g. 'there are hella stars out tonight').

The campaign has attracted the interest of a British chemist who helps advise the International Committee for Weights and Measures.

Professor Ian Mills of the University of Reading has promised to raise the petition at the September meeting of the Consultative Committee for Units, which advises the international committee.

He said he expected the campaign to be received with smiles, but 'doubted it would go further.'

He told the Daily Telegraph: 'The prefixes we introduced 20 years ago are still not widely used. There is no point making changes that nobody pays any attention to which would only make things more complicated.

'At the moment we are focusing on more pressing issues, such as redefining the weight of the kilogram. But he is correct to say that we will need prefixes to express a greater range of magnitudes as science advances. The very fact that a student is asking a question like this is very encouraging.'

Prof Mills suggested that a simpler option would be for the committee to relax rules banning compound prefixes, so that, for instance, a hella could be expressed as a kiloyotta.

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Delhi girls not safe in offices

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SEXUAL harassment of women in the Capital's workplaces has tripled though crimes against the fairer sex witnessed a decline.

A report released on Wednesday by the Delhi Commission for Women ( DCW) revealed that 32 cases of sexual harassment at workplace were reported between April 2009 and February 2010.

The number was only 12 between April 2008 and March 2009.

"We are concerned over the rising figures of sexual harassment at workplace. We continually remain in touch with the police and other monitoring agencies to curb this menace," said Barkha Singh, the DCW chairperson.

Out of the 1975 cases registered with the DCW during April 2009 to February 2010, 936 pertain to harassment by husband and in- laws.

But the number has come down from 1324 registered between April 2008 and March 2009. The number of murders, suicides and dowry deaths has also dropped to 27 compared to 37 in 2008- 09.

Cases of rape and molestation have declined to 37 from the 65 that was reported between April 2008 and March 2009.

The DCW said 'Gender Help Desk' would be set up to provide safety to women during the Commonwealth Games

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The real-life flexible friend: India's very own 'Rubber Man' makes the Guinness Book of World Records

 

Vijay Sharma can wrap his legs over his head, wriggle through a tennis racket and wind his arms around his back.

His flexibility has earned him the title of 'Rubber Man' in the Limca book of Records, India's version of the Guinness book of World Records, and he hopes to one-day achieve global fame.

'It was when I was training for martial arts I realised my body was so bendable I might be capable of setting a world record in flexibility,' the 27-year-old said.

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'Rubber Man' Vijay Sharma demonstrates his flexibility by winding his arms around his back and wrapping then around his waist in Delhi

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Write caption hereThe village boy from Rajashtan's Jhunjhunu district started taking martial arts lessons in 1999 in a bid to learn Chan's acrobatic fighting style

ts became a source of motivation for me.' Shop assistant Vijay claims his bendy obsession stems from watching Jackie Chan movies when he was a youngster.

The village boy from Rajashtan's Jhunjhunu district started taking martial arts lessons in 1999 in a bid to learn Chan's acrobatic fighting style.

It was during these lessons he discovered the extent of his flexibility and started experimenting.

He squeezed into tiny spaces, curled his body into boxes and attempted to drink from bottles held between his toes.

After seeing the tennis racket stunt in Guinness book of world records, he became curious and bought a tennis racket the next day.  He quickly removed the strings and tried to pass through the nine-and-a-half-inch surface.

'I tried to get through it, but got stuck for the entire night,' he said.  'I had to shut myself in my room and sleep with it. I got up at 3 o clock and tried to get out of it.

'I began to bleed but that didn't stop me.' Vijay, who practices up to four hours a day to improve his elasticity, has performed on TV Shows and various tournaments at national level. But he believes, he has performed the toughest stunt on a Zee TV show.

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Least interested in his father's clothes shop business, Vijay wants to achieve fame by working on martial arts and body flexibility

'I added a kick to my stunt, that is I pulled my leg up all the way so it was perpendicular to the floor and pushed my torso along with my leg out of the racket,' he explained.

'It was such a stunt that I couldn't breathe for a moment while doing it.' He has won a silver medal in body flexibility at a country level tournament, held at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh in 2001. He also claims to have broken the world record for wrist-egg-crushing - which involves pushing your hand backwards to lie flat against the arm - set by a Lissa Patterson (CORR) in 2005.

'I made the claim and even got some documents from Guinness Book of World Records to complete, but I couldn't get back because of constraints of time and money,' he said.

Least interested in his father's clothes shop business, Vijay wants to achieve fame by working on martial arts and body flexibility.

'Anything for fame,' he said.

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