MacBook does not go to sleep lid is closed

My new MacBook does not go to sleep when I close the lid. I have to manually tell it to sleep before closing the lid.

I'm having the same problem too. I only noticed it recently!
I have Parallels VM installed, but not BootCamp, but just incase I restarted the Mac then with nothing running tried closing the lid but MacBook stays on. I've checked the Energy Saver settings, usual put computer to sleep after 1.5 hrs and put the display to sleep after 15 mins, but that shouldn't make any difference when I close the lid.
I don't have an external monitor, and i unplugged by USB mouse too.
Another thing I noticed yesterday is that even after leaving the MacBook idle for 1 hour, my screen had not dimmed, and Skype had not gone to 'Away' even though it is set to goto 'Away' after 5 mins. It's as if there was something using the computer? I dunno!
And Ideas?
And if I DO tell it to goto sleep before I close the lid, when open it again, I need to hit 'anykey' wake it!
MacBook 2Ghz 1GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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