James Meikle

19 held for theft from museum in UK

LONDO, Sept 11: Nineteen people have been arrested around the UK in connection with thefts of artefacts worth... Published 12 Sep, 2013 06:59am

Humans have stopped evolving, says Attenborough

SIR David Attenborough has said that he is not optimistic about the future and that people should be persuaded... Published 11 Sep, 2013 07:01am

Suspicious fire at UK Islamic community centre

LONDON: Police are treating a fire that badly damaged an Islamic community centre as suspicious amid continuing ... Published 06 Jun, 2013 02:55am

War memorials vandalised in London

LONDON: Organisations looking after two privately funded war memorials in central London that were attacked by... Published 30 May, 2013 08:06am

Briton jailed for plot to eat child

LONDON: A British man who plotted to kidnap, rape, murder and eat a child — and had prepared a dungeon apparently... Published 08 May, 2013 09:51am

Italian woman attacked with samurai sword

LONDON: An unarmed police officer confronted a man wielding a samurai sword who launched an unprovoked attack on a young Italian woman on a north London street, Scotland Yard said on Monday Published 25 Dec, 2012 08:03pm

Holocaust denial

A BRITISH Roman Catholic bishop, who had been excommunicated and rehabilitated, was fined 10,000 euros by a German... Published 18 Apr, 2010 12:00am

Loneliness can bring heartache: study

BEING a loner could be bad for your heart — if you are a man, at least. Men with few social connections have the... Published 03 May, 2005 12:00am

US lethal injection ‘is not humane’

LONDON: Murderers executed by lethal injection in the United States may have suffered excruciating pain because they... Published 16 Apr, 2005 12:00am

Flesh-eating infection on the rise

LONDON: Doctors have reported an alarming number of MRSA patients being attacked by a life threatening flesh-eating... Published 09 Apr, 2005 12:00am

UK bans aspirin for under-16s

LONDON: The UK is to ban aspirin for children under 16 to minimize the risk of young people contracting a rare... Published 24 Oct, 2002 12:00am

UK to import blood plasma

LONDON: Babies and children undergoing serious operations will be given blood plasma imported from the United States... Published 17 Aug, 2002 12:00am

Herbal remedy faces ban

LONDON: UK health watchdogs are preparing to ban kava-kava, the popular herbal remedy for anxiety that has been... Published 21 Jul, 2002 12:00am

Sleep with light on to stave off blindness

LONDON: Sleeping with the light on might help stave off eye problems and the risk of blindness for hundreds of... Published 29 Jun, 2002 12:00am

Anti-social behaviour linked to diet: study

LONDON: Improving the vitamins, minerals and fatty acids in the diets of young offenders appeared to reduce their... Published 27 Jun, 2002 12:00am

Prostate to become UK’s prime cancer

LONDON: Prostate cancer might overtake lung cancer as the most common form of the disease among British men within... Published 29 May, 2002 12:00am

Prostate to become UK’s prime cancer

LONDON: Prostate cancer might overtake lung cancer as the most common form of the disease among British men within... Published 29 May, 2002 12:00am