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It posted the news on the Marvel website, just hours after Diesel himself appeared to confirm the rumours by posting a photo on Facebook. The picture showed him hugging a model of the giant tree character, Groot. The live-action adventure is due in August 2014, directed by James Gunn and starring Chris Pratt as Star Lord. The Parks and Recreation star is joined by Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon and Zoe Saldana as Gamora, along with Benicio del Toro, John C Reilly and Glenn Close. Diesel, who has starred in four of the six Fast & Furious films, will reprise his role in forthcoming movie Fast & Furious 7. He topped the US box office in September this year as the star of Riddick, his third outing as the convict turned anti-hero of the same name. Marvel's official announcement about his role in Guardians of the Galaxy was subtitled: "The action star will lend his booming voice to Marvel's epic Guardians of the Galaxy film!" 'Completely official' Director Gunn also took to Facebook to comment on the news. "Yep it is completely official. AND he's amazing," he wrote on his page. "I never knew someone could say I AM GROOT so many different ways and with such feeling (and that sounds like I'm kidding but I'm not!)." In October, Diesel posted a video of himself testing out stilts for a motion-capture role in Guardians of the Galaxy, "continuing his apparently fearless disregard for Marvel Studios' famed secrecy", according to Hollywood Reporter. In the video, he teased the role by saying he played "a seven-and-a-half-foot tree" with "one line in the movie." In response to a fan asking why Marvel had only just confirmed the news, Gunn said Diesel was not "officially attached until very recently". "He wanted to do it and we wanted him to do it but some kinks needed to be worked out," explained Gunn. Marvel said the film followed the adventures of an "unlikely cast of characters" who must "join forces to defeat a cosmic force of epic proportions".
Marvel Studios has confirmed action star Vin Diesel will voice the character of Groot in its space adventure, Guardians of the Galaxy.

The prime minister has also restated his commitment to end rough sleeping by 2024 and an extra £3m to aid rough sleepers during the cold winter months. But Labour's John Healey said it was "too little, too late for the thousands of people sleeping on our streets this Christmas". He said rough sleeping had doubled since the Tories have been in power. The £3m - which will be immediately available for this winter - is in addition to a £10m Cold Winter Fund announced by the government in September, to help local councils provide accommodation for rough sleepers. 'Work tirelessly' Downing Street said £63m of new money has been made available under a grant scheme which seeks to help homeless households into accommodation. It added a further £200m already committed to councils in England has been reallocated as part of efforts to help people who are either homeless or at risk of losing their properties. Visiting The Marylebone Project, a hostel for homeless women in west London, Mr Johnson said: "It cannot be right in the 21st century that people are homeless or having to sleep on our streets, and this government will work tirelessly to bring this to an end." But Labour's shadow housing secretary John Healey said: "Rough sleeping has more than doubled since 2010 as a direct result of decisions made by Conservative ministers, including cuts of £1bn a year from vital homelessness services. "Homelessness always rises under the Tories. It will take a Labour government to end rough sleeping for good." Temporary accommodation At the last count there were 4,677 people identified as sleeping rough in England - more than double the number in 2010 - although this is thought to be an underestimate. When the latest government homelessness figures were published last week, for April to June 2019, 68,170 households were recorded as having been assessed by their councils as either homeless or threatened with homelessness. This was an increase of more than 11% compared with the same period last year. People estimated or counted on the streets on a single night 4,677rough sleepers in autumn 2018 165%up on 2010, but 2% down on 2017 296were aged under 25 642were female The data also showed that the number of households in temporary accommodation was 86,130 on June 30, up by 4.5% from 82,390 on the same date last year. But in figures also published last week, homeless Shelter put the total number of homeless people far higher, at 280,000, by looking at a range of official council figures combined with social services records. The London borough of Newham had the most homeless people, a total of 14,435, according to the Shelter estimates. 'Grim truth' The highest number of rough sleepers was in Westminster, with 306 estimated to have no roof over their heads on any given night. Shelter chief executive Polly Neate said: "Homelessness blights lives and leaves a lasting imprint of trauma, and yet 280,000 people in England are without a home this Christmas. And many are only days away from joining them. "As well as those facing serious ill-health or even death sleeping rough on our streets this winter, there are thousands of families trapped in grotty emergency B&Bs, with no space for children to sit and eat, let alone play. "This is the grim truth our new government must confront and do something radical to change."
The government has set up a £63m grant scheme to help homeless households in England into accommodation.

By Simon AtkinsonIndia Business Editor Nathan Blecharczyk told the BBC the willingness of people to stay in the home of a stranger showed the demand for personal connections while travelling. He said the company was now looking at pairing hosts and guests for tours, playing sport, and other activities. Airbnb operates in 34,000 cities in 191 countries and is valued at about $25bn. The company, which allows anyone to rent out spare space in their home to tourists, advertises its service as "experience a place like you live there". "What we've demonstrated is there's an immense appetite to travel more authentically and immerse yourself in culture... as opposed to having a commoditised experience," said Mr Blecharczyk, the company's chief technology officer. He said the company's hosts, of which there are more than a million, wanted to participate more in guests' experiences. "Maybe that's someone going for a bike ride on their favourite bike route or doing a game of Frisbee, something as simple as that," he said. "But connecting with real people having a good time, that's something not currently available in the professionalised world of hospitality. "We're thinking beyond accommodation. "What are the sort of things people are doing outside their home? "How can we help them to better connect with the local spots, the local people?" Mr Blecharczyk was speaking in Delhi, where the company is pushing to attract new business after seeing growth of 115% in the past year. It now lists 18,000 properties across India. Any expansion by the company into new territory is likely to be closely observed by opponents. The city of Berlin began implementing restrictions on private rentals through the service at the start of May, which it called "a necessary and sensible instrument against the housing shortage". It follows a similar move in the company's home city of San Francisco late last year to limit short-term rentals. That proposition was defeated at the polls, with 55% of voters rejecting the idea.

Accommodation-listing service Airbnb is looking at moving into other businesses, its co-founder has said.

