Da Vinci Sequel is top of the box office

The movie follow up to The Da Vinci Code titled Angel and Demons, has climbed to the top of the box office taking 6.1 million in its opening weekend.

The film sees Tom Hanks return in the role of academic Robert Langdon in a thrilling adventure to unravel the truth about the secret society the Illuminati.

The film has taken nearly twice the profits of its nearest rival Star Trek, which took a comparitavely modest 3.5 million in it's first two weeks.

Other films in the top five box office include X Men Origins; Wolverine in the number four spot and animated 3D adventure Caroline taking 1.4 million and rated third in the box office.

The Only Way Is Up

Charlton Athletic boss Phil Parkinson has admitted he is unsure about his future at the club. The 41-year-old joined the Addicks late into the 08/09 campaign and failed to keep them out of the drop zone.

Since Alan Curbishleys departure in 2006, four managers have taken the South-east London hot seat. Parkinson blames this alone for Charlton’s demise into League One, after two relegations in three years have ruptured the clubs stability.

Phil said, ''If whoever the manager's going to be, can keep this group of players together we'll have a chance of coming back. The name Charlton Athletic won't get this club promotion next year. It will be the players out on the pitch and over these next six to eight weeks that will make or break next season. Things need to be sorted because the most important time for any manager in any club is the off-season."

Despite a woeful season, Athletic fans did have some cause for celebration after a 4-2 win on the last day of the season condemned Norwich City to relegation. A win for the Canaries could have lifted them out of trouble, but Charlton’s attacking confidence scored three goals in half hour.

Charlton Athletic and Norwich City are joined by another ex-Premier League side in relegation, Southampton. The Saints will also be docked ten points for going into administration, resulting in Athletic not finishing bottom of the league.

Swayze death rumours false

The rumour that Patrick Swayze has died, which was started by the Florida radio station Kiss FM, has been condemned as "reckless" by his publicist Annette Wolf.

The comment, posted by the station onto social networking site Twitter on Tuesday, was later published on Wikipedia before editors became suspicious about the accuracy of the claim. The offending comment was quickly removed from both sites.

Celebrities such as Kirstie Alley who worked with Swayze in the 1980s war drama 'North and South' have responded to the news on their own twitter pages. Alley pleaded "Please, out of respect for Swayze, please do not spread the rumour."

Swayze has been battling an advanced stage of pancreatic cancer since being diagnosed in January last year. His publicist responded to the claims "Patrick Swayze is alive, well and is enjoying his life and he continues to respond to treatment. "

Swayze is currently starring in US TV show The Beast, as well as writing a memoir with his wife, Lisa Niemi, said to be published later this year.

Ice Bowl For Canterbury

At the end of the summer Canterbury may be looking at a nice cool winter. With the annoucement that a new synthetic ice rink will be built, the new "Bugsy's Ice Bowl" will also contain a bowling alley. 

This new development could bring more tourism to the Canterbury area.

A canterbury resident said "It's a great idea, especially when you have kids there is more of a variety, and a wider choice when you want to take them out".

The plans have been put in place and building work looks set to start soon, posters are already advertising an August 2009 opening.

I'm sure the people of Kent will warm to the idea of an ice rink, providing people with more to do in their spare time.

Taking a look at new business' and statistics over the past few months, the ice rink will be taking a risk with the financial crisis, as many local business' have shut down. So except some opening recession beating prices, as the ice rink trys to avoid the boil.

Cannabis factory found in Dover

Police in Dover have found over 100 cannabis plants in a house fitted with lighting and heating equipment used to grow the drug.

Police officers responded to complaints about a 'strange smell' in Russell Street, which turned out to be the site of a local Cannabis factory.

The police have arrested a 43 year old man on suspision of cultivating cannabis and theft of electricity. The man is suspected of stealing electricity from local power sources in order to aid in the production of the class B drug.

This is just another case in a number of similar incidents in the area, with over 1,770 cannabis plants being seized from a house in Folkestone Road, Dover in February this year. The man arrested is currently serving a three year jail sentence.

The Government recently re-classified the drug from class C up to class B, meaning that anyone arrested on suspision of dealing can serve a maximum of 14 years imprisonment.

Although users will still not receive an on the spot fine, surely it will not be long until the punishment for cannabis growers becomes something that will deter them.

Getting dirty at 'SOAP'....Studio 41's newest foam party theme night

Last night the foam was thrust upon Canterbury like you’ve never seen it before. Studio 41 has re-launched its ‘SOAP’ night, and will be re-creating the havoc every Monday evening.

After stopping for a year, Studio 41 has decided to bring back the foam party theme nights every Monday, and last night was no exception. Although the club didn’t open till 10pm there was a heaving queue from 8.30pm onwards, full of half naked teens and the usual crazy fancy dress. Promoting the night to passers-by were models wearing nothing but their underwear, an unusually patterned coat of body paint and stilts. They certainly drew in the crowds.

The club was heaving and the tunes were pumping all night, things got messy when it hit 12 as the foam poured from the ceiling and consumed the whole room and everyone in it. There were other rooms without foam as well for those who couldn’t quite handle the suds.

Other popular Canterbury night clubs are worried as with cheap drinks and half price entry for students, it doesn’t get much better than then getting down and dirty in ‘SOAP’, who also have their own official Facebook fan group

The club also hosts it's weekly girls and boys night on a saturday for the gay community in the area.

Wembley sold out by expectant Gills

Just two days after the tickets went on sale for the League Two play-off final, Gillingham’s allocation has almost sold out.

Wembley granted the Gills with 38,000 tickets and have since warned the club that no more will be on offer. Chief executive Mark Jones accepted the decision saying, ‘’Shrewsbury took an additional 5,000 tickets and because of the section of the stadium they took them in, it means that we cannot have more than 38,000 because of segregation and the agreements with the police.’’

Shrewsbury Town were originally designated 21,000 tickets, a huge 17,000 difference to the Kent club. Despite this, Priestfield has been flocked with football fanatics, eager to support Gillingham in their quest to League One.

With the final looming, the Gills are expecting a massive cash boost from television coverage of the match. Chairman Paul Scally said, ‘’We haven’t achieved our budget so far in terms of cash income but luckily we received a sell-on fee for Darius Henderson, money for Luke Freeman, the Aston Villa game and money from the Matt Jarvis transfer as Wolves got promoted. Those things weren’t budgeted for and neither was Wembley so we’re very pleased. That will make the figures look very good and we’re going to make sure we don’t blow it.’’

The Gills’ battle takes place on Saturday afternoon and win or lose, it is certainly more promising news for our local club.

Seeking Asylum in Canterbury

Applications for Asylum in the UK have risen according to statistics.

The provisional annual figures released by the Home Office, show an increase from 23,430 applications in 2007 to 25,670 in 2008.   With many Asylum Seekers coming to Canterbury, we sent our reporter Luke Kyte into Canterbury's City Centre to ask the public what they thought about the City's newest community. 

Click on the image below to view our report

Watch us at 7K-News

On the programme we visit Canterbury's Fire Station to meet with Station Manager Mark Jones as we find out about their latest road safety campaign, Carmageddon.  

Also on the programme we learn about the Boycott of Nestle, followed by a sports update.  

Click on the image below to watch the team at 7K News.