London, December 8: Researchers at the University of Potsdam in Germany

London, Dec 7: The British Government has scrapped a 540-million-pound Stonehenge tunnel project, which was seen as a threat to the future of rare wildlife, including the red-listed shorebird stone

London, Dec 7: A man has had to change his mobile phone ring tone five times, because his parrot keeps mimicking them.

Whenever Stuart McNae goes out of his room his cheeky pet ‘Billy’ starts aping the sound of a call and when his owner dashes back to answer the call, the birdie bursts out in fits of giggles.

Every time the poor 54-year-old man changes his ringtone, the playful blue-fronted Amazon learns it.

The bus firm worker has gone through the Nokia theme, Lou Bega’s Mambo Number 5, the BBC Match of the Day tune, Soul Limbo by Booker T and the MGs and Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry.

“I now have the theme from A Fistful of Dollars. Won’t be long before he’s got that, too, ” The Sun quoted McNae, as saying.

London, December 7: Archaeologists have unearthed more than 1,100 objects in London, which they say date from the first to third centuries AD.

London, Dec 7: Children surfing their favourite websites are being exposed to a stream of adverts, some of which are inappropriate, a new report says.

London, Dec 7: A massive release of fresh water from a huge glacial lake in Canada triggered the most dramatic spell of chill in Europe and North America some 8200 years ago, according to a new stu