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Meet Daisy, 3, who cannot swallow food
Three-year-old Daisy Uranjek-Hollick has been diagnosed with a rare medical condition, which does not allow her to swallow...


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Scientists sequence Hydra genome
Biologists from the University of Columbia, Irvine have played a major role in sequencing Hydra genome - a research that found the freshwater polyp shares many genes with humans.he study has appeared in the March 14 online version of...
Carlos Tevez's lover blasts his wife
Argentine footballer Carlos Tevez's lover has blasted his wife Vanesa and also accused her of trying to derail her fling with the Manchester City...
Brit couple banned from having sex between 10pm and 7am
A British couple who was banned from romping by council chiefs says that watching TV and having sex were their only...
Cheryl Cole considering permanent move to LA?
Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole is said to have spent Mother's Day planning her future with her...
Story of couple who celebrated Xmas late due to snow to be turned into film
The story about a Scottish couple who celebrated Christmas a month later after they were separated by snow could now end up being turned into a Hollywood...
Londoners are rudest people in Britain: Poll
Londoners have emerged as Britain's most unwelcoming people in a new poll conducted...
Emily Mortimer says she's 'a total charlatan' when it comes to acting
English actress Emily Mortimer has claimed that she is 'a total charlatan' when it comes to acting, and that she is not qualified for...
Rihanna to record single with JLS
'Umbrella' singer Rihanna has confirmed that she will be recording a single with British boyband JLS (Jack the Lad Swing) before the end of the...
'Money really can't buy happiness'
People of a wealthy nation may be addressing more miseries amid fattening economy, say...
How Johnny Depp prepared for Mad Hatter role in 'Alice in Wonderland'
Johnny Depp says Scottish TV character Rab C Nesbitt helped him play Mad Hatter in Alice in...
Madonna's toyboy lover says he feels like a 'married man'
Madonna's lover Jesus Luz has revealed he apparently feels 'married' to the Queen of...
'Da Vinci foresaw end of the world in 4006'
Leonardo da Vinci predicted that the world would meet its end in a "universal flood", beginning on March 21, 4006 and concluding on November 1 the same year, claims a Vatican...
English words 'ruining' Chinese
London15 (ANI): A senior Chinese translator has warned that common use of English words in everyday Chinese is ruining the...
Gold coin 'worn by Caesar's assassin' to go on display at British Museum
London15 (ANI): A gold coin emblematic of Julius Caesar's assassination is to be showcased at the British Museum to mark the 2054th anniversary of the Roman emperor's...
New cancer drug screening technique simulates reality
Taking a step ahead of traditional screening tests for potential anti-cancer drugs, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a laboratory echnique that more closely mirrors the real-world conditions in which tumour cells mingle with the body's normal...
When Lindsay Lohan was snubbed by Madge's toyboy
Madonna's toyboy Jesus Luz gave a cold shoulder to Lindsay Lohan's flirtatious ways on a night out in Paris, it has...
'Innocent' Princess Di's driver 'set up' by French authorities, claims book
The death of Princess Diana has drawn renewed significance with claims that her driver at the time of the car crash was not drunk as made to...
Writing 'Dear Sir/Madam' shows 'sexist thinking'
A new study by Surrey University researchers has found that the centuries old tradition of putting male names before female names in writing is a remnant of sexist...
Madrid govt urged to add siesta to list of protected Spanish cultural icons
A lawyer is calling upon Madrid's conservative government to add the siesta to list of protected Spanish cultural...
Mark Owen's wife 'ready to forgive him for kids' sake'
Mark Owen's estranged wife Emma is ready to reunite with the singer for the sake of their two kids, it has...
Lady Gaga comes under fire from Alphabeat over Monster Ball tour
Pop group Alphabeat have accused Lady Gaga of snubbing them during her Monster Ball...
Katherine Jenkins charges £25K for public appearances
Singer Katherine Jenkins is demanding a whopping 25,000 pounds for personal...
Muslim gangs imposing sharia law in British prisons
Radical Muslim gangs are imposing a form of sharia law inside some of Britain's prisons, a BBC investigation has...
£23m bid to create world's first 'safe' cigarette
The idea of creating the world's first "safe" cigarette has pulled a 23-million-pound bid made by a leading tobacco...
Wanted: Professional couch potato who'll get paid to eat more!
A company is looking to hire a "professional couch potato" who will be required to do nothing extra but eat more junk food - and get paid for...
Selective hearing really does exist
People really do have the ability of selective hearing - the power to filter out unwanted noise and conversation, a new study has...
Japanese turn to 'therapeutic mobile ringtones' to cure illnesses!
A host of young Japanese are drawn to the allure of "therapeutic ringtones" - a genre of melodies that promises to ease a range of day-to-day gripes, from chronic insomnia to a rotten...
Jordan, Alex Reid plan pony rides, fluffy cupcakes for second wedding
Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan and her husband Alex Reid are said to be planning a second wedding that will involve pony rides, fluffy cupcakes, a giant marquee and jacket...
Scot makes history after winning right to not specify gender
A Scot is said to have made history after winning the right not to specify gender and to instead have "Sex Not Specified" on his birth...
British authorities concerned about rising number of South Asian 'slave brides'
British police and charities have expressed concerns about the increasing number of South Asian "slave brides" who came to UK to get married, but got treated like "domestic slaves" by their...
George Michael, Boy George patch up after 25 years
A 25-year-long feud between George Michael and Boy George is...
MI5 documents reveal Nazi plan to send spies dressed as monks into Vatican
Britain's MI5 intelligence outfit has revealed that Hitler's Germany had hatched a plan during World War Two to infiltrate the Vatican with spies disguised as...
Man U will be fourth time consecutive winner of Premier League title: Berbatov
Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov expects Manchester United to win the Premier League title for a fourth consecutive time this...
IPCC likely to backtrack on claim that global warming will destroy rainforests
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is the world's leading climate change group, is expected to backtrack over its claims about how rainforests would be devastated by rising temperatures, as one of its own scientists has said that the claim is "totally...
Pak intelligence calls for Afghan border to be closed
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has called for tighter control of the Afghan border by NATO troops to stop Taliban fighters from escaping its operations in the North West Frontier. ajor General Athar Abbas, the director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), claimed that a cross-border flow into Afghanistan was hampering its campaign to crush the...
Geo-neutrino anti-matter found by scientists for first time
Reports indicate that scientists have detected anti-matter particles, known as geo-neutrinos, emitted during nuclear reactions within the Earth's crust for the first...
Nano antennas could pave way for quantum computing networks
A team of scientists has developed a way to control the direction of light on the nanoscale, by developing miniaturized television aerials made from gold nanorods, which can pave the way for quantum computing networks in the...
Sampras, Agassi rivalry comes to fore during charity match
Tennis legends Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi renewed their age old rivalry on the court during a charity match to raise money for the Haiti relief...
Scientists reveal snake infrared detection
In a new research, scientists have discovered the receptors that allow snakes to find prey in the...
Ballack dismisses Mourinho as history ahead of clash with Inter Milan
Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack has dismissed former boss Jose Mourinho as history and called upon his club to look to the...
Arsenal a bigger challenge for Man U than Chelsea
Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson believes Arsenal will be a bigger challenge to their title aspirations than...
Lowering BP to normal levels doesn't help diabetics
Lowering blood pressure to normal levels does not reduce the combined risk of fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular disease events in type 2 diabetes patients prone to such events, according to new results from the landmark Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) clinical trial.imilarly, treating multiple blood lipids with combination drug therapy of a fibrate and a statin did not reduce the combined risk of cardiovascular disease events more than treatment with statin...
Scientists crack opium poppy's genetic code
In a breakthrough discovery, researchers at the University of Calgary have found the unique genes that allow the opium poppy to make codeine and...
Lipstick that shows when women want sex goes on sale
Feeling shy to tell your partner that you are in the mood for sex? Well, your lip colour might just do the trick for...
Real Madrid desperate to sign Rooney, claims Calderon
Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has said the Spanish giants are desperate to have ace striker Wayne Rooney alongside old Manchester United pal Cristiano...
Dustin Hoffman to don director's hat?
Actor Dustin Hoffman is reportedly set to direct his first...
Spider silk could pave way for super-strong materials in future
In a new research, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), found that spider silk employs a unique crystal structure that can convert an otherwise weak material into one with super strength, which could pave the way for stronger synthetic materials in the...
UK's Selfridges offering biggest bra with giant K cup
Britain's high end department store Selfridges has come to the rescue of women with enormous breasts after offering the biggest bra with a massive...
Battling Hamilton tells F-1 rivals he won't be written off
Formula One 2008 champion Lewis Hamilton has warned his rivals not to write off his title...