As one-tenth of the Ten Tenors, Steven Sowden is still getting used to all the frenzy associated with the Australian supergroup.The 25-year-old singer joined the vocal group in 2006 and has been enjoying the busy touring schedule that keeps the tenors on the road practically year-round.

Tesco storm — ‘Let’s stick together!’

Paul Smith, chief executive of Spicerhaart, with more than 200 offices across the country, said in his regular EAN column: "We estate agents need to stick together and prove that we are worth every penny that people pay.

"Tesco might think that ‘‘Every little helps’ — but it won’t be at my expense."

Tesco, by far the biggest retailer in the UK, have long offered advice on mortgages, savings and loans as well as credit cards, and have been linked with a move into estate agency previously.

Asda, one of their major supermarket rivals, already display homes for sale from a number of their branches.

But the Tesco Property Market site caused a storm within the estate agency industry from day one, as leading portals Rightmove, Primelocation and Propertyfinder were among those quick to disassociate themselves from the venture and deny Tesco access to any of their members’ properties.

TV's Workout Queen takes Aim at Your Diet

I do know that instead of crunches you do bicycles. start with knees up so lower leg is parallel to floor with the upper leg at a 90-degree angle, hands behind head. bring elbow up and opposite knee down to meet while extending the other leg and without lowering your upper body back to floor, you do the same thing with the other elbow

The modified mule kick was like a mule kick hands and knees at floor, back flat. lift one knee off the floor, straighten leg behind you adn lift (while tightening ab muscles) and then instead of going back to the floor, you take your knee back down and then out to the side…you really feel this in your rear! then lower it and repeat.

Look out for skid marks

In December, as his Harvey Norman electrical and furniture empire was riding the pre-Christmas rush, his 30 per cent stake in the company was worth somewhere north of $2 billion. Since then it has been a slalom run for the shares amid the general stock market carnage and concern that Reserve Bank boss Glenn Stevens's repeated interest rate rises will crimp consumer spending. Yesterday, Harvey was worth $1.5 billion and falling. But don't weep for him. He still has outside interests in horseflesh and property. He cannily offloaded two million shares for $11.8 million in cash near the top of the market just before Christmas, and his wife, Katie Page, has about $80 million worth of shares.

VICTORIAN Supreme Court judge Betty King may know a lot about the law but she clearly isn't too computer savvy.

Strength training of neck muscles relieves chronic pain

Neck pain has been steadily increasing over the past two decades and is now second to back pain, the most common musculoskeletal disorder. Women are more likely than men to suffer from persistent neck pain, in particular those who engage in repetitive tasks such as working at a computer keyboard. Previous studies have shown conflicting results as to whether or not exercise can effectively treat neck pain, but there has not been enough high-quality research in this area to draw firm conclusions. A new study on women with neck pain published in the January issue of Arthritis Care & Research (http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/arthritiscare) found that specific strength training exercises led to significant prolonged relief of neck muscle pain, while general fitness training resulted in only a small amount of pain reduction.

Peter has sights set on tribute to mum

Hundreds of people offered to be donors but sadly tests proved that none of the volunteers was a suitable match.Mrs Byrne, a mum of three and a grandmother of the same number, went to her doctor in 2004 because she felt tired all the time. But it wasn't until a year later that she was diagnosed with myeldysplastic syndrome, which developed into acute leukaemia.In September last year, after two years of chemotherapy tablets and blood transfusions, the former care assistant was given the devastating news that nothing more could be done. Her only hope was a bone marrow transplant. Sharon was determined to fight to the end and her husband Patrick, 43, said the phone never stopped ringing with people offering to be donors. Peter even persuaded soldiers at Dreghorn Barracks to see if they were compatible.