London, Aug. 18 : Reacting to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf''s decision to resign from office, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday that a critical period in Pakistan''s history had come to an end.

London, Aug 18 : Cars kicked by camels and damaged by nut-wielding squirrels are among some of Britain''s most bizarre insurance claims.

Other claims revealed by insurance company www. elephant. co. uk, motorists have cited naked pedestrian jumping on top of their car, as well as decomposing carrots smeared across the road.

One female driver managed to fill her tank with the wrong substance after mistaking shampoo for a container of petrol.

A Harrier jet was accused of an incident when a motorist reported his windscreen melted when the aircraft crash landed nearby and burst into flames.

London, Aug 18 : A comic book with top tips on drug smuggling from a criminal has become a huge hit in a UK jail.

Convicted drugs smuggler Anthony Spencer, serving six years, has helped his son Jason Wilson to write ‘Him & Hers Smuggling Vacation’.

The comic revolves around the life of a couple, who try to smuggle drugs from Spain to the UK.

Tips in the book include how to transport cannabis by sea and land. It also details how police undertake surveillance operations.

“I’m appalled. This book should be banned in prisons,” The Sun quoted Birmingham Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, as saying.

London, Aug 18 : Having a memory for numbers works well for Ben Pridmore, especially after he smashed three records to become UK’s memory champ by recalling an 818-digit number.

London, Aug 18 : Hundreds of teddy bears are being recalled by London department store Harrods, for they contain dangerous levels of toxic formaldehyde.

Tests conducted on the 2008 Christmas bears revealed that the foam-filled feet of the toys had too much of the cancer-causing chemical.

The store, which sells thousands of the collectors'' edition bears around the world every year, admitted that the higher than normal level of formaldehyde - used in embalming fluid - could cause skin problems.