Researchers at the Universities of Bath and Warwick are developing a new antibiotic that can kill bacteria in two minutes. ...
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Vegetarians are 12 per cent less likely to develop cancer than meat eaters, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer today. ...
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Having sex every day improves the quality of men's sperm and is recommended for couples trying to conceive, according to new research. ...
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Elton John famously sang that Saturday's Night's Alright For Fighting, but not if those behind a new government drive have their way. ...
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Optimist World prides itself on being the definitive source for good news and today launches its Charity Awards to honour the amazing work undertaken by UK fundraisers and small to medium sized UK-registered charities. ...
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Promoters for Michael Jackson's London concerts have released final pictures of the superstar smiling and apparently back on top formas he prepared for his comeback gigs. ...
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A team of students from the University of Bath is using socialnetworking technologies to bring the foreign penpal experience into the 21st century - and raise funds for charity. ...
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She is a huge Hollywood name and Oscar winner too, but actress Kate Winslet showed she's still down to earth when she delighted pupils with a surprise return visit to her former stage school. ...
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It just goes to prove how far the will to survive will sustain you. A pensioner is recovering after four days trapped in a well shaft on Canada's Pacific Coast. ...
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Its demise was seen, perhaps, as the biggest sign of the times- a towering High Street icon felled by an extraordinary economic downturn. Now Woolworths is back - not on the high street, but online. ...
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Student Adib Farid's life was saved after he was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was just 11 years old. He was one of the lucky ones – a bone marrow donor was found. ...
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Scientists from the University of Reading have developed technology that will be key to ensuring safe moon landings in future space missions. ...
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How refreshing to hear of the retired EuroMillions lottery winner who says he will spend part of his 25 million pound winnings hiring an expert to learn how to grow better carrots. ...
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Canadian scientists are breeding a special type of cow designed to burp less, a breakthrough that could reduce a big source of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. ...
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Police could now identify criminals carrying guns and knives without putting themselves in the line of attack - thanks to a prototype scanner. ...
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Revellers at this year's Glastonbury festival are to be offered free chlamydia kits, aimed at reducing the spread of the sexual infection. ...
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Over 3.6 million vocational qualifications were awarded last year according to figures released to celebrate Vocational Qualifications Day. ...
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Optimist World isn't alone in making a positive difference online.The Google photo map service has been praised after helping catch Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teenager. ...
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It's the highlight of the summer calendar for thousands of people - welcoming the dawn of the Summer Solstice at Stonehenge. And this year's event has been hailed by police as a successful and positive weekend, with few arrests. ...
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Vaccine maker Sanofi Aventis says it will donate 100 million doses of vaccine against the new H1N1 swine flu to the World Health Organisation once it gets them made. ...
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The charity CORD is leading the first global toilet twinning - an innovative campaign linking toilets around the world with those being built in Burundi by families returning from exile in Tanzania. ...
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A state of the art cancer centre at Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies Edinburgh is to provide the latest therapies to animals and give insight into cancers in humans. ...
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Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. ...
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Aboriginal children are benefiting from the One Laptop Per Child Scheme which distributes laptops free in the hope of combating illiteracy and truancy. ...
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Chopping up your carrot after it has been cooked boosts its anti-cancer properties by 25 per cent, scientists have found. ...
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An animal welfare charity has come to the rescue of a box full of baby pigeons found on a doorstep in Scotland. ...
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Researchers have discovered a key reason why airways in the lungs of people with asthma change over time - a discovery which could leadto new treatments for millions of sufferers. ...
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Five governments and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have pledged $1.5 billion to help give poor countries better access to vaccines against pneumococcal disease such as pneumonia and meningitis. ...
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U.S. President Barack Obama has beaten all the usual male style icons including Brad Pitt and David Beckham to be named the world's most stylish man in a poll. ...
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Meat Free Monday - a roll-call from Paul McCartney - some of the biggest names in show business are joining a mass movement today to limit meat eating and combat climate change. ...
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It's the size of 39 football pitches and has taken less than four years to build. But Britain's biggest children's hospital, The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, has opened its doors. ...
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Berlin's leather fashion designer to the stars, Daniel Rodan, has unveiled a new collection of Berlin Wall art-themed clothing as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Cold War barrier. ...
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HIV epidemic has levelled off in South Africa at a prevalence of 10.9% for people aged two years and older and has also declined among children aged 2-14, from 5.6% in 2002 to 2.5% in 2008. ...
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More than two thousand students painted themselves blue and slipped into white costumes to top the world record for the largest number of people dressed up as smurfs, a Guinness World Records adjudicator has confirmed. ...
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Scottish pupils have shown a head for business after coming up with a salad, which is to be sold by Marks and Spencer - and raise money for their school. ...
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Japan has come up with a novel way of improving its bureaucrats' communications skills - by training them as stand-up comics. ...
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Scotch Whisky companies have pledged to cut their use of fossil fuels by 80 per cent by 2050. The fossil fuel reduction amounts to the equivalent of taking 235,000 cars off Scotland's roads. ...
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They may not be the most likely of couples - but two 'gay' penguins have scored a triumph for equality by hatching a chick and rearing it as its adoptive parents at a German zoo. ...
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A clinical trial of a new drug designed to treat hereditary breast cancer has achieved promising results, UK scientists have said. ...
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Close to 200 prisoners will cycle around France next month, watched by scores of guards on bicycles, in the first penal version of the Tour de France - to foster values like teamwork and effort. ...
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It isn't exactly the most exciting of vegetables, but the humble cabbage has inspired a budding Japanese lingerie designer Sachino Kurozu and won her the chance to showcase her creations on the world stage. ...
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They're part of what makes the British capital world famous - and now London's taxis have been declared the best in the world. ...
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After more than eighty years of marriage they've shown that true love can last. Britain's longest living married couple have celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary. ...
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She's shown she isn't a fluke. She's shown she's no 'one hit wonder'. Indeed, when she performed live on TV for the first time in the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent, Susan Boyle proved she had all the ingredients required of true staying powe...
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Conservationists have some very encouraging good news as they celebrate twenty one years of their work to protect the threatened hazel dormouse. They say the species is beginning to show early signs of recovery. ...
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A pea-sized seahorse, a ghost slug and the world's smallest snake were among the top 10 new species discovered in 2008, according to a committee of international scientists. ...
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Organisers of the London 2012 games say the construction of the Olympic Stadium is on track, a year on from the start of building work. ...
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Little could she have realised the impact her arrival has made.But the birth of a baby elephant at a Belgium zoo has captivated and delighted animal lovers, who watched it unfold online ...
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An American office worker has become a hero in his workplace and made headlines in the United States after an extraordinary rescue, saving ten ducklings which were stranded on a window ledge. ...
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It's an inspiring achievement and makes him the oldest Briton to conquer Mount Everest. Sir Ranulph Fiennes can be justly proud of himself today after reaching the summit in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care. ...
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Researchers may have discovered a technique that will eventually lead to a way to vaccinate against the AIDS virus, by creating an artificial antibody carried into the body by a virus, Reuters reports. ...
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The University of Liverpool says its research is helping to make childbirth safer for mothers and babies around the world. ...
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As lucky escapes go - it takes some beating. A British skydiver has told how survived despite plunging 6,000 ft without a parachute in Russia. Imagine the relief for James Boole and his family in Tamworth, Staffordshire. His extraordinary survival...
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You have to hand it to him for quick-thinking - an American teenager who was allegedly thwarted in an attempt to rob an internet cafe armed with a hidden banana, apparently ate the so-called 'weapon'- before police could arrest him. ...
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Some will say he's crazy, but you have to admire the generosity and inspiring spirit of a Northumberland millionaire, who's pledged to sell his £16m country estate and give every penny - yes every penny - of the proceeds to charity. ...
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A student has designed a way of using bananas to produce cooking fuel, which he hopes could be a boost to the Third World. ...
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It's not the usual audience for an opera performance, but the milk production of a herd of Lancashire dairy cows may be boosted by being serenaded by an Italian opera singer. ...
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It was the tragic loss of her husband John from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which inspired Angela Baker and her friends from the Rylstone WI to make the first ‘naked' calendar. To date, the Calendar Girls have raised nearly £2million for Leukaemia Rese...
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It's not often that a real-life prince turns up on your doorstep, but that's exactly what happened after a 109-year-old woman wrote to the Queen to complain about the birthday cards she received. ...
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A serviceman who became a paraplegic after being injured in a rocket attack in Basra, has shown extraordinary courage and inspiring optimism by completing the 2009 Flora London Marathon. ...
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Here's a good news story that will warm the hearts of animal lovers, expecially vegetarians. A cow has escaped death after fleeing a New York City slaughterhouse. ...
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It's always affirming to be able to report on an act of public spirited honesty - and here is a tale that does just that, but shows true generosity too. ...
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