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Horsemeat scandal: Birds Eye recalls three beef ready meals

By Lauren Grice Birds Eye has announced a recall of three of its beef ready meals after DNA testing revealed the presence of horsemeat in one of its products.

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The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court, Surrey.

War veterans to see £11 million care funding boost

By Gerald Heneghan War veterans are set to benefit from an £11 million boost in funding for the NHS.

The Grey Friars skeleton

Richard III’s skeleton found in Leicester car park

By Laura Moulden A skeleton found underneath a car park in Leicester has been confirmed as belonging to king Richard III.

1st battalion Irish Guard

UK military warned over cyber-attack threat

By Gerald Heneghan The UK's armed forces have been warned over the potential threats presented by cyber-attacks.

UK’s first hand transplant completed at Leeds hospital

By Gerald Heneghan The UK's first hand transplant operation has been successfully accomplished at Leeds General Infirmary.

Microsoft Slams ‘weak’ FTC Google Verdict

By Gerald Heneghan Microsoft has criticised a recent ruling from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Google's business practices as "weak".

'i-bathing'

New wet-tech craze ‘iBathing’

OVER two million Brits are so addicted to Facebook and Twitter they can’t even take a bath without their smartphone or iPad, a new study has revealed. Even when

cocoa may aid weight management

Hershey shows how cocoa may aid weight management

Scientists working with US chocolate giant Hershey claim they have discovered that extracts from Cocoa my block carbohydrate and lipid breakdown in the gut in a way that

Farmers irrigate a field of wheat

April could be the hottest since records began 350 years ago

Many parts of Britain has basked in one of the hottest, and driest, Aprils on record and the weathermen have said there are early indications that the past

Terrapin

Man nearly loses arm after catching flesh eating bug from terrapin

A HAIRDRESSER nearly died after he caught a lethal flesh-eating infection from his pet terrapin. David Lynch was on the verge of losing his arm when the fatal bacteria

Part of the Custard family.