PREMIUM -- A procession of Mini's and Mini Cooper's, that numbered almost 100, set off for Bologna in Italy from Lydden racing circuit in Kent. Their aim to raise cash for children's charities. In the ten years since the annual event started they have raised over 1 million pounds. * Masterminded by "Italian Job" film fan and committed Mini nut Freddy St George, the event which has grown enormously since it was started with a handful of Minis, now contains teams from New Zealand, Canada, The USA, Japan as well as all corners of the UK and most of Europe. 5/1/04: Britain leads the world in design, according to the young innovators of the future. Design students from across the country were asked to nominate the best and worst of world design, and more than three in four (76%) believed Britain has the best product design skills, ahead of Scandinavia (64%) and the Far East (43%). Individual products also came in for praise, as they voted Dyson's dual cyclone vacuum cleaner the best design ever, and the 1960's classic Mini Cooper car as an icon of the twentieth century.