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Larry King’s wife attempted suicide by overdosing on prescription drugs
London, June 11 (ANI): Talk show host Larry King’s wife has been revealed to have attempted suicide late last month by overdosing on prescription drugs as she battled depression. According to TMZ.com, an officer with the Provo, Utah police reported entering Shawn King’s residence on May 2, going to a bedroom where paramedics were treating [...]
Repeated exposure to dental X-rays ups thyroid cancer risk
London, June 4 (ANI): Repeated exposure to dental X-rays increases thyroid cancer risk, a new study has revealed. Analysing 313 cancer patients, scientists from Brighton, Cambridge and Kuwait found the chances of developing cancer rose with increasing numbers of dental X-rays. “The public health and clinical implications of these findings are particularly relevant in the [...]
Now, ”printer” that creates made-to-measure human organs
London, June 4 (ANI): Patients needing transplants would soon ask doctors to ”print” new organs for them, it has been claimed. The California-based regenerative medicine company Organovo has already unveiled a prototype machine capable of growing new arteries. Company bosses believe the technology could be used to create new organs. The machine is based on [...]
Drink Earl Grey, employ a cleaner, say ””””supper”””” instead of ””””dinner”””” to be posh!
London, June 04 (ANI): A new poll suggests employing a cleaner, saying ””””supper”””” instead of ””””dinner”””” and sipping on Earl Grey tea can help you be tagged as posh. The survey conducted by Opinium Research also found that one fourth of the Brits think spending more than 10 pounds on a bottle of wine is [...]
Liam Gallagher forms new band ‘Beady Eye’
London, May 26 (ANI): Liam Gallagher has reunited with his former ‘Oasis’ band mates Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock to form new band ‘Beady Eye’. ‘Oasis’ members had parted ways after guitarist Noel Gallagher separated before a concert in Paris over differences with brother Liam. The group has uploaded their new pic on [...]
Wanted: Beer taster for ‘world’s best job’
London, May 20 (ANI): The good-old position of the ale taster is being resurrected by a London market, which calls it the “best job in the world”. The holder of the voluntary post will have to sample beers from London pubs to “test for quality”. The job has been reintroduced by Spitalfields Market, which was [...]
British policeman wins international award for UFO sighting database
London, May 21(ANI): A British policeman, Gary Heseltine, has won the 2010 Disclosures Award in Washington for his database of UFO sightings in the UK. The 49-year-old picked up the award for his website, prufospolicedatabase.co.uk, which he launched in 2002. The database includes 330 cases and the witness statements of more than 750 police officers. [...]
Kate Moss robbed of £80K Banksy portrait
London, May 21 (ANI): Super model Kate Moss has been robbed of a Banksy portrait worth 80,000 pounds along with other valuable artworks. Moss, her partner Jamie Hince and mother Linda, were asleep when the burglars broke into the house. It is believed that the robbery occurred around 4am on Thursday and the robbers may [...]
Onions ruled out for three months with back injury
London, May 21(ANI): England fast bowler Graham Onions has been ruled out for up to three months due to a back injury and will now miss the upcoming series against Bangladesh and Pakistan. Onions has been out of action since he was forced to return home from England’s tour of Bangladesh with the injury in [...]
British family shot dead in Pakistan
London, May 21(ANI): A British family hailing from Lancashire has been shot dead in Pakistan in a suspected honour killing. According to police, Mohammed Yousaf, his wife Parviaz, and their daughter Tania, from Nelson, Lancashire were killed in a village in Pakistan’s Gujrat District on Thursday morning. “We were informed that an incident had taken [...]
Rolling Stones documentary is like a ”family scrapbook”: Sir Mick Jagger
London, May 20 (ANI): Sir Mick Jagger has described Rolling Stones documentary as like opening a ‘family scrapbook’. ””It”s like when you look through your family scrapbook in a way, you get your book out or get your computer out and you look at these old pictures,”” the Telegraph quoted him as saying. The 66-year-old [...]
Sir Mick Jagger calls for marijuana to be legalised on Isle of Man
London, May 20 (ANI): Rolling Stones lead singer Sir Mick Jagger has called for cannabis to be legalised on the Isle of Man to gauge whether it prevents drug-related violence. In an interview on American television, the 66 year-old British rock star suggested a trial scheme should be conducted on the channel island ‘to see [...]