Scientists in Geneva are attempting an underground experiment to re-enact the original Big Bang thought to have occurred at the dawn of creation. Many fear that the experiment will create a black hole which will suck up our entire planet.

Christian, Islamic and Jewish leaders have all pleaded with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) not to go through with the experiment after revealing that ancient scrolls have predicted the end of the world on the same day as the experiment is planned.

The scrolls claim that on Wednesday September 10th 2008 - 'The Oceans will boil and the sky will turn black - from within the bowels of the earth will come a terrible fury - Armageddon comes and the doomsday arrives for all.'

The bookies, meanwhile, are not letting a fear of the end of days interfere with business.

Bookmakers Ladbrokes are offering odds on whether the world will end or not - for odds of 2-1 you can bet the world will end - one punter from Portsmouth is said to have placed a bet worth thousands.

Bookies William Hill are offering punters a once in a lifetime opportunity to set their own odds for what many believe will be Doomsday Wednesday. They have already given one punter odds of 666,666,666/1 that there will be no Thursday.