Dropping its case in High Court, Herefordshire Primary Care Trust ended its bid to force a terminally-ill girl to have a heart operation, after a child protection officer revealed that Hannah Jones was insistent that she would not undergo surgery.

Hannah, 13, of Marden, near Hereford, won the right to die after she refused to undergo a heart transplant for a hole in her heart, saying since there were no guarantees it would work, including having to take constant medication following the operation, she wanted to stop treatment and spend the remainder of her life at home, where she could die in dignity.

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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.

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.”

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.

Two hundred and seventy birds were slaughtered in Sukhothai province after the H5N1 strain of avian influenza was found in a dead chicken, though there are not reports of any people sick from it. Investigations are underway to determine whether the outbreak was caused in Thailand or had its origin in a neighbouring country.