United Kingdom

Students born at end of school year more likely to struggle

London, October 25 : A leading think tank in the UK has suggested that exam results be adjusted in accordance with pupils’ ages because children born at the end of the school year perform less well

Accountants live eight-years longer than builders

London, October 25 : Middle-class professionals like doctors and accountants in the UK are living about eight years longer than builders and cleaners, according to official figures from the Office

UK men think girls named Kelly are ready for sex on first date!

London, Oct 25 : Most men in the UK believe that the girls most likely to have sex with them on the first date are the ones named Kelly.

UK scientists announce first birth of twins from lab-grown egg

London, Oct 25 : Scientists in the UK have announced the success of a revolutionary new fertility treatment, in vitro maturation (IVM), that enabled a Brit mother to give birth to twins– a boy and

Two UK prisons for foreigners only cost exchequer 15 million pounds

London, Oct.24 : The Bullwood Hall Jail in Essex, which has 184 inmates, and the Canterbury Jail in Kent, which has 284 inmates,have been opened exclusively for foreign criminals at a cost of over 15 million pounds.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, the Gordon Brown Government plans to open more foreigner only prisons if these two experiments succeed.

The move has been partly initiated due to foreign inmates having different language and other requirements. It also makes it easier for immigration staff struggling to deport foreign criminals.

The cost of running each of these jails is around 7.5million pounds a year to run.

British feeding their pets to death

London, Oct 24 : Almost nine out of ten dog owners in the UK love their pets to an early grave by feeding them cakes, biscuits and yoghurts, a new study has found.

The findings, from a poll of more than 1,000 owners by confectioner Mars, also revealed that 60 per cent of cat lovers are do the same to their felines.

The poll found that almost half of all dogs and cats in Britain are now officially overweight.

For example Beau, the Rottweiler of Farnworth, Lancs weighs 14 stone, while Fidget the cat of North Shields weighs 18lbs.

But the researchers also said that most owners are not aware of the health hazards it poses for animals.

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