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Your speedy update on all the day’s big stories: Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Real-life Barbie reveals she lives on fresh air

Valeria Lukyanova, the woman who used cosmetic surgery to turn herself into a real-life human barbie, has made headlines again because of her incredibly dangerous new diet. Lukyanova claims to be a breatharian: someone who advocates living without any food or water. The Ukranian model plans to simply live on air and light and says that over the past few weeks she ‘hasn’t been hungry at all’ and hopes that ‘it’s the final stage before [she] can subsist on air and light alone.’

Pete Evans leaves the MKR drama behind

Pete Evans, the popular My Kitchen Rules TV host is reportedly quitting the show after five seasons on Channel Seven. The chef says he's leaving to pursue international opportunities. Woman's Day have said that Evans  'lost his passion for it a long time ago' and has not renewed his contract with Seven. It's rumoured that guest judge on the show, Colin Fassnidge, will be replacing Evans.

Plane passenger blasts female pilot: 'No place for a woman!'

American pilot, Carey Smith Steacy couldn't believe what she was reading when she was handed a message on a serviette from a passenger at the end of her flight. Passenger 'David' from seat 12E wrote to Steacy

Twitter rant costs high school boy $105,000

Australia's first Twitter case has gone to trial, with 20-year-old Andrew Farley being ordered to pay a teacher $105,000 for posting defamatory remarks on the social media site about her. The former Orange High School student made 'false allegations' on social media in 2012 about Christine Mickle, a 58-year-old music teacher. Though Mr

Teacher 'tapes mouths of students shut'

A primary-school teacher has allegedly been suspended in the UK for taping the mouths of her students shut to stop them from giggling and talking. Priscila Davo, 27, reportedly lined up the 20 kids in her class during an art lesson and put layers of sticky tape across their mouths, replacing it if the children ripped it off. Parents have said that their kids lips were bleeding and many struggled to breathe.

Katy Perry's wobbly Sydney weather gig

Katy Perry, 29, arrived in Sydney yesterday and got straight to work, reading the weather on Channel Seven's Sunrise this morning. Katy took the surprise task in her stride alongside the show's presenters, Sam Armytage and David Koch, presenting the weather for 'Coonaberra'(Canberra) and 'Hogwarts' (Hobart). The singer appears in this footage forecasting plenty of Hot n Cold temperatures across Australia, on her second day in the country promoting her Prismatic world tour…take a look.

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