A study done by British researchers shows that bees can get sick and recover after the immune system actively fights off viruses or parasites. Researchers said on Wednesday that bumblebees can get ill and seems to...
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" Young Muslims will be taught citizenship in mosque schools as part of a bid to prevent them being turned into extremists, the Government said. Trials of the new lessons will begin in several cities at the start of the new term in September, said Communities Secretary...
This man really loves his late wife... "A widower has spent more than 10 years piecing together thousands of fragments of love letters torn up by his late wife. Ted Howard, 82, of Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, wrote more...
The British government want to build several new 'eco towns' around the country. The people of Leicestershire can't fathom why one, Pennbury, should be plonked on beautiful countryside just outside Leicester. Here...
Guarding off the mortgage crisis effects around the world, British lender Alliance & Leicester PLC started to talk a possible takeover. In response, shares surged over 45%. " British mortgage lender says it is in advanced talks about a possible takeover ...
A Rolling Stone gathers no moss but a lot of baggae along the way. It seems that the resurgence of public interest in the Stones since the Scorsese film about the band has seen Ronnie Wood return to his wild and...
London stock exchange opened with deep correction after the news of fresh credit crunch. Investors mood are turned sombre with similar news from other European exchanges. "Fears of fresh losses in the financial...
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I'm not a believer in state schools being religious - Christian, Muslim, whatever. I feel that state run schools are best being secular. If a parent wants something different then by all means but not on the state....
British scientists have figured out how to "lift" fingerprints from metal, even after the metal has been cleaned. Or scrubbed. Or painted over.I bet that as you read the article below you will unconsciously rub your...
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A British holidaymaker broke his back plummeting two storeys from a hotel balcony - but sprang to his feet and ran off after hitting the ground.
Stunned doctors later declared he should have died from the fall and even dubbed him Rubber Band Man after his amazing...
Last year a report was issued that showed that the UK was one of the worst places in the developed world to be a child. Now comes a new study showing that the UK's rate of child poverty is also one of the highest - and growing rapidly."The number of old folk and children...
" LONDON, June 2 (Xinhua) -- British forensic scientists have developed a method that could be used to track fingerprints even after the print itself has been removed, the science news website of Alpha Galileo...