Thanks everyone, i plan to get a job in photography, hopefully sports and events (SPL, EPL football matches maybe?)
A decent camera for cheap is the SAMSUNG 7 megapixel, its £79 or £99 at argos now.
I've got the next step up of the exact same camera, samsung L85 and its 8 megapixel, that cost £250 (well at the time last year) but still, 1 megapixel lower..and it really doesn't matter unless your blowing images up to massive poster sizes!
A decent buy is the Nikon D50 its a manual SLR camera, (not a point and shoot) its digital, but its semi-pro so its £300-400.
I've got a Nikon D200, £850, pro, pretty sweet, get some great quality images, but i got a pricey one as im doing it at university and hopefully a job.