◼ A: Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then — just as your calendar begins again on January 1 — another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar.
◼ 11 dead-wrong prophecies of doom - Peter Mucha/Philadelphia Inquirer
◼ Phew, we survived! Deadline passes for Mayan apocalypse without raining fire or killer earthquakes (but it's tough luck for the chap who would have won £50,000 if we HAD all been wiped out) - Jill Reilly/Daily Mail
◼ Ancient Mayan calendar known as the Long Count ends today
◼ Across the globe believers were locking themselves in bomb shelters and preparing for the end
◼ Doomsday prophets descended on Bugarach in France - said to be the best place to dodge extinction
◼ In Britain believers thought the world will end - or change - at 11:11 GMT
