London, Oct 28 : John Lennon’s school pal Stan Williams has revealed the identity of the ‘Pretty Nurse’ featured in The Beatle’s hit Penny Lane as Beth Davidson.

Beth Davidson, who till date was identified as a woman wearing cadet nurse’s uniform and selling poppies, was actually Lennon’s chum when he was just 14.

Williams revealed Lennon chatted to Beth with him on the Liverpool Street in October 1954, reports British tabloid The Sun.

Later, he paid tribute to her in his 1967 hit, with the lyrics: “Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout, the pretty nurse is selling poppies from the tray.”

Washington, Oct 28 : As Election Day quickly approaches; recent polls find that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is maintaining his lead over his Republican rival John McCain in several key swing states.

FOX News/Rasmussen Reports polling in several key battleground states -- Colorado, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia -- shows modest movement in a few states, but the overall dynamic of the race still favours Barack Obama.

Sydney, Oct 28 : The cricketing law making body - the MCC has reportedly endorsed Aussie umpire Darrell Hair’s fateful decision to award the 2006 Oval cricket Test between England and Pakistan to the home side.

At its meeting that concluded in Delhi this week, the MCC said that the original result - a forfeit after Pakistan''s players refused to return to the field after being accused of ball tampering by Hair – “should stand”.

Washington, October 28 : A University College London research team has reported the first known case of someone born without the ability to recognise voices, a rare condition which is scientifically known as phonagnosia.

The researchers are urging other people to come forward if they think they have also grown up with the condition.

Reporting the case in the online edition of the journal Neuropsychologia, the researchers revealed that a woman could not recognise people by their voice, including her own daughter whom she has great difficulty identifying over the phone.

Lahore, Oct 28 : Sacked Pakistani cricket coach Geoff Lawson has said that if (Pakistan) captain Shoaib Malik gets some experience, he could turn out to be a good captain for his national team.

“If Malik gets some experience, he could prove to be a good captain,” the Daily Times quoted Lawson as telling reporters at the Gaddafi Stadium last evening.

Malik was appointed captain after Pakistan made a first round exit from the World Cup in the West Indies last year.

London, Oct 28 : Here’s some good news for couples with a rocky bedroom life, scientists have created a new sex drug that works even faster than the commonly used Viagra.

Avanafil, dubbed as the “son of Viagra”, starts working within 15 minutes instead of 30.

Unlike Viagra that takes minimum eight hours to wear off, the new drug takes just an hour and a half.

“It’s less likely to cause classic Viagra headaches and similar disturbances,” The Sun quoted Prof Francesco Sasso as saying.

Sasso said that Avanafil could be used by even by men on drugs for heart problems.