News Bites about summer overnight parking in London, British developments in alcohol that are without harmful effects, and a job posting for the junk food lover’s dream job. Please click on “Continue Reading” for details and links.

Free Overnight Parkng Returning For Summer (London Free Press)

After a pilot project earlier this winter, it looks like the City of London is going to offer free overnight parking again in the summer of 2010. This is certainly good news for those who like to go out for dinner downtown but then are faced with the dilemma of either having a few more drinks and taking a cab home (and facing a large ticket), or missing out and going home early. As London’s Downtown Associations try to encourage more traffic to businesses in the core, free parking certainly has to be a positive incentive.
London Free Press

Harm-free alcohol? Compiled by Michael Kesterton (Globe and Mail)
A British scientist is developing a drink that he claims will give a similar kick to spirits but without the harmful effects, Maurice Chittenden writes for The Sunday Times of London. “The small liquid shot would give the same lift as a few drinks after work. But those enjoying its benefits could then take an antidote before driving home. There would be no hangover and no damage to the liver. David Nutt, chairman of the government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs until he was dismissed last year, is developing his synthetic alcohol at Imperial College London. He says the ‘Nutt slammer’ could be on the market by the end of 2012 if money is available for clinical trials.” The drug could pose serious questions for lawmakers over whether it is a safe drug to take before getting behind the wheel.

Wold’s Ultimate Food Job
Proactol Ltd. is looking to hire someone for about $37,000 a year to eat 400 extra calories a day of greasy, high-fat food. As part of a research project project to test a fat-binding diet supplement, the winning applicant will work from home and eat things like take-out Chinese food, pizza, fish and chips and other typical fast foods.
Proactol UK