London, Nov 11: A BBC presenter has been fired after asking a taxi firm not to send an Asian cabbie to pick up her teenage daughter.
Sam Mason, 40, who joined BBC Radio Bristol in September, called the taxi firm off-air when she was playing a song on her afternoon show, The Telegraph reported.
The firm, which records messages routinely in case of queries or complaints, recorded her speaking to the operator about her daughter and telling her “A guy with a turban on is going to freak her out. I know this sounds really racist but I’m not being... please don’t send anyone like, you know what I mean, An English person would be great.”
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According to Lori Brotto, a Canadian psychologist who specializes in sexual health, 80% of women and 60% of men diagnosed with cancer, witness sexual difficulties. Dealing with the diagnosis of cancer, working through treatments and embarking on recovery, mans at the end of the day cancer patients often find they have problems with having sex, problems which if left untreated and impact patients and their relationships significantly. 
Six months after Thailand was declared free of the deadly bird flu virus, Thailand's agriculture ministry has confirmed a fresh bird flu outbreak on a backyard farm in the north. 
A new study by Canadian researchers conducted on 31-asthmatic children, half of whom were from poor backgrounds and the other half from wealthy background suggests that living in poverty can alter your genetic makeup. The study findings reveal, genes responsible for controlling inflammatory responses in the body, as a reaction to infection or disease, tend to be severe in asthmatic children from disadvantaged backgrounds, as compared to those from more privileged backgrounds. 
London - A terminally-ill teenager in Britain has won the right to die after she was taken to court by her local hospital in an attempt to force her to have a heart transplant against her wishes, reports said Tuesday.
