Kate Moss - Moss Faces Teepee Investigation

British supermodel KATE MOSS has become embroiled in a row with neighbours over 2 Native American-style teepees which have been erected in her garden.

The catwalk star has been inundated with complaints from other residents after the two tents appeared in the grounds of her Oxfordshire, England home.

And her neighbours have taken the dispute to the local council, with officials vowing to launch an investigation into the matter.

Planning officer Kim Smith, from West Oxfordshire District Council, says, "We get had an e-mail complaining about the teepees and asking if they require permission.

"Our investigating officer will visit as soon as possible to establish precisely what the situation is.

"I really don't know the answer at this stage, because it is perfectly legal, for example, to put up a marquise in your back garden for a wedding."

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BJOG Release: Stop Smoking If You Are Pregnant

�New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology examines the results of maternal smoking on nativity outcomes.


Previous studies have focused on the consequences of smoking during each pregnancy, in isolation. This new study analysed outcomes according to whether women continued to smoke in successive pregnancies, or managed to give up smoking after their first maternity. Previous pregnancy outcomes were compared to subsequent maternity outcomes in the same sample population.


244, 840 mothers from New South Wales, Australia who had two consecutive singleton deliveries over the period 1994 - 2004 were studied by Dr Mohammed Mohsin and Professor Bin Jalaludin at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney. The majority of women were between 25 to 34 years old and 87% had antepartum care by the 20th week of pregnancy. The interval betwixt first and second nestling was between 12 - 24 months in a third of mothers studied.


The proportions of mothers who smoked were 18.7% during the first pregnancy and 17.5% in the second gestation. Researchers plant that 72.7% of smokers in their kickoff pregnancy continued to mary Jane in their second maternity.


Preterm births were the result in 5.9% of all first and 4.9% of all second deliveries. The findings indicate that mothers wHO had a previous preterm birth were at an increased risk of a repeat preterm birth in the next pregnancy. Researchers found the risk of having a preterm birth in a subsequent gestation was increased for those who carried on smoking and was greatest for heavy smokers.


Low parentage weight (LBW) was seen in 5.2% of all outset and 3.8% of all second gear births. Continued smoking in the subsequent pregnancy was associated with the highest rate of LBW infants. Researchers ground that if a mother continued to smoke heavily during her second maternity, the betting odds ratio of a low birthweight baby (compared with babies of women wHO never smoked) was 4, compared with 2.1 if she gave up completely.


Others findings from the written report point to the increased risk of poor perinatal outcomes associated with smoke, namely; stillbirths and neonatal deaths. Researchers believe that smoking

Wellington big hit on the world stage

Wellington is now a music powerhouse, with its diverse bands and musicians not only when topping the Kiwi charts, but progressively scoring big overseas.

The Flight of the Conchords' debut album - which went as high as No3 in the American charts in its first week in May - has sold more than than 170,000 copies in the United States. The gross revenue figures are more than three times the gross sales for the top-selling album in New Zealand last year, Led Zeppelin's Mothership.

Flight of the Conchords continues to be a big seller in New Zealand, having kaput platinum with sales of more than 15,000. It is No6 in the charts, and the No1-selling comedy album in the US.

Wellington singer-songwriter Pip Brown, below the list Ladyhawke, has had extended media insurance coverage in Britain this twelvemonth - even though her debut album is non released till next calendar month. The Observer newspaper last month named her one of the 50 coolest people of the year.

There are too high expectations for new albums by The Black Seeds and Fat Freddys Drop this year, as both continue to soar upwards in Europe.

Before securing their Emmy-nominated television system series, Flight of the Conchords' Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie signed with Seattle-based independent record label Sub Pop, best known for Nirvana.

Sub Pop spokesman Gabe Carter told The Dominion Post the show's popularity had been a big hike to sales.

"As an indie rock mark, we don't sign things thinking that they're going to blow up. The label itself has a history of admiring New Zealand bands."

Brown, 28, grew up in Masterton and formed Wellington rock band Two Lane Blacktop. For the past tense four years she has been based in Australia and Britain.

Speaking from London, Brown aforementioned she had been taken aback by recent coverage in the British media.

"Things are scarce getting more than and more than hilarious. It has been a slight bit strong for me to endure everything. It's kind of mounting up."

Brown recently performed at the Melt festival in Berlin which featured Bjork, Kate Nash and Franz Ferdinand.

The top-selling Fat Freddys Drop are likely to release their next album in November when they tour of duty Europe, including, for the first time, French cities outside Paris.

Spokeswoman Sarah Hunter said the band, which tours Europe annually, had become big in France.

"It had got Beatle-esque in Paris. They have never experienced anything like it. People were falling over themselves."

Hunter said the ring had postponed a short European