Alistair Darling announcement in yesterdays budget that the tax on cider will be increased by 10% plus inflation has sparked the fightback by a newly created facebook group: Leave our cider alone!  The group has already attracted more than 12,000 members who are against this tax rise which will come into effect this Sunday.

One of the most active currently online, another email scam aimed at facebook users hits the social network today.  The email informed the user that their password has been reset and included a link for changing.  Clicking it downloads a program which collect any user names and password on the computer.  Although this is a common ploy by scammers and the email is very badly written this scam has become the 6th most prevalent facebook scam to date.