July 2010 Archives
New research which shows Scots drink 100 pints of beer a year more than the inhabitants of other UK nations has prompted a renewed call for alcohol prices to rise.
Scottish adults buy, on average, 24% more alcohol than the rest of Britain.
Barmy councillors have banned residents from cutting the grass banks outside their homes - because it's too dangerous.
Penny-pinching town hall bosses decided in March to stop mowing the verges in an effort to save ã30,000.
This is good news for TV presenter Christine Bleakley - women are at their most beautiful at 31.
Those in their early "flirty thirties" are considered much more attractive than fresh-faced teens, a survey has found.
Two police offcers in Gillingham, Kent, attempted to rescue a security guard who had got locked inside his own van - and somehow contrived to get themselves stuck too.
Scientists yesterday claimed to have cracked the age-old riddle of the chicken and the egg.
Egg shell formation relies on protein only found in the bird's ovaries - so must come second.
Sheffield University's Dr Colin Freeman said: "Now we have proof it was the chicken that came first."
Paul the 'psychic' octopus, who rose to worldwide fame after correctly predicting the results of World Cup matches, is to retire from the forecasting business, his owners say.
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