Is the world coming to an end?

I'm sure by now that you've all seen the articles about the Large Hadron Collider firing up for the first time tomorrow. Will we create a black hole that sucks up the entire planet?

Not if you listen to Professor Brian Cox from the University of Manchester. He dismisses those fears as nonsense. Did I mention that he used to play keyboard with the pop band D:Ream (look in the 3rd paragraph above the picture)? This obviously increases his scientific credentials! Why is this statement in the article?!