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The time-consuming and mundane chore of laundry could soon be banished to history, with an invention that harnesses the power of our own competitiveness.

Lee Wei Chen, a 27-year-old student at Kingston University, London, has invented a fiendishly clever combination of a video game and a washing machine.

Housed in the classic arcade-game cabinet, the top half is a challenging coin-operated driving game, while the bottom half is a front-loading washer. Even if it was just a novel way to pass the time as the washing machine ran through it’s yle, Mr Chen’s idea would be a worthy one.

But wait, as advertisers say, there’s more.

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But ‘inspirational’ Gemma doesn’t let it get her down
She hopes to become a DJ and dreams of meeting Radio 1′s Edith Bowman

A girl has a one in 70 million genetic condition, which means doctors expect her to get ovarian cancer within the next few years.

Gemma Whitby, 14, suffers from WAGR Syndrome – a disorder affecting fewer than 100 people worldwide. She was diagnosed shortly after birth, developing cataracts just after she was born and kidney cancer at the age of two. However Gemma refuses to let her condition get her down.

Her mother Fiona, 40, said: ‘You just wouldn’t believe the obstacles she has overcome.

‘You read all the time about inspirational children, but she really is one.’

The teenager from Bury, Greater Manchester, beat kidney cancer but her condition – which also made her blind – means she is much more likely to also develop ovarian cancer.

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A-Level student ‘could no open eyes’ after using dye
Second teenager in a week to suffer severe adverse effects from colouring

A teenager was left temporarily blinded after suffering a severe allergic reaction to hair dye.

Bethany Rodd, 16, suffered severe facial swelling a week after using the black dye.

She is the second youngster in just a few days to have a strong reaction to the semi-permanent colouring.

The A-level student, from Brighton, East Sussex, came out in a horrible rash despite making sure the product contained no PPD, a widely-used dye chemical thought to trigger allergic reactions.

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A former youth Olympic ambassador has been detained for two years for her part in the London riots.

Chelsea Ives, 18, admitted violent disorder, burglary and criminal damage on August 7 and 8.

She was sentenced to two years in a young offenders’ institution, an official at Wood Green Crown Court in north London said.

The teenager, from Leytonstone, east London, is a former Waltham Forest Council youth Olympic ambassador.

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A British teenager accused of smuggling cocaine into America has been told she will go on trial in the New Year.

Ayesha Niles, 18, was told she faces spending the rest of her life in jail if convicted as she will be tried as an adult.
She faces a minimum of 15 years in jail and a maximum of 65 years after being arrested at Miami Airport in Florida on October 27th.
The teen was found to be carrying 30lbs of cocaine hidden in cake mix boxes after landing in Florida from a flight from Jamaica.
Niles, from Hither Green, south London, wore an orange jump suit and was chained to another prisoner as she entered a not guilty plea.
The teen spoke briefly to tell the judge she does not have any money or means to hire a lawyer.

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Cameron Thompson is a 14-year-old maths prodigy from north Wales. He passed with high grades at maths GCSE and A-level and is now taking an Open University degree in pure maths. So what does it feel like to be a teenager growing up with raging hormones and a towering intellect?

At the age of 11, Cameron sat a school entrance maths test.

“One hundred and forty one out of 140, I broke the system, I think I did well,” he says.

At the same age, he sailed through two GCSEs in maths and additional maths, and in the same year passed his maths A-level with flying colours. But being brilliant at maths has become Cameron’s entire identity, and trying to fit in at school and develop his social skills has somehow become left behind in a desire to escape mediocrity.

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