Scientists have discovered the first significant link between autism and DNA, in a study that could revolutionise understanding of this disturbing behavioural disorder which affects more than half-a-million Britons.
The researchers believe the changes they have found to the genetic make-up of autistic children play a significant role in causing the developmental illness. Their findings could [...]
The green bean farming industry provides a stable livelihood for hundreds of farmers and their families in Kenya. Now thanks to a new initiative Kenyan beans will be hitting UK supermarket shelves to further safeguard that livelihood.
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has set up a £1.9 million challenge fund, the Food Retail Industry [...]
I can only conclude that you're having an affair!" my grandmother bellowed across her paella, waving her glass of Rioja perilously close to my new white holiday dress. There were 19 members of our family, spanning four generations, all sitting round the restaurant table on that balmy Spanish evening. But her eyes were firmly locked [...]
You couldn't make it up. Nor, then, should you try.
Just what are the odds against this happening? Over 30,000 thoroughbreds were foaled in 2007. One was christened My Wife Knows Everything. The other, The Wife Doesn't Know. Last Sunday, they both showed up at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. In the same race. And finished [...]
A gunman went on a rampage in Slovakian capital, Bratislava, yesterday, killing seven and wounding 15 others before committing suicide.
Five of the dead were members of one Roma family who lived in a flat where the man began his attack with a machine gun and two pistols. Roma gypsies often face discrimination in eastern Europe [...]
Three stacks of cheeseburgers. Photograph: Garry Gay/PC RM
Cardiologists have suggested fast food restaurants offer statins along with sachets of condiments, to protect against heart disease. Should you be able to pick up pills with your pepper?
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On Sunday at Fac251 in Manchester, promoter Paul Cons is reviving Flesh, his famous gay club of the early 90s for one night. As well as raising money for the Albert Kennedy Trust and the Peter Tatchell Human Rights Fund it's going to be a nostalgic night for older Manchester gays.
"When Flesh started we were [...]
As the writer who brought James Bond to life on the big screen, Wolf Mankowitz was well versed in the skulduggery of the British intelligence services. What he did not know was that MI5 returned the favour by investigating him for more than a decade as a suspected Soviet spy.
The playwright and renowned expert in [...]
When manchester City's owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan came to town for the first time last night to check on his investment it would not be overstating it to say that the club felt obliged to deliver a result for their benefactor. Judging by the strained expressions around him in the directors' box [...]
Thousands of top-performing A-level candidates are today warned by the Universities minister that they should consider lowering their sights and applying for a less prestigious university next year.
More than 3,000 straight "A"-grade students are expected to be turned away by the institutions of their choice when the results of this year's exams are published. Overall, [...]
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