London, November 6 : A team of researchers says that the reason why the STEP trial of an experimental vaccine against AIDS failed could be partially because it made some people’s immune cells more vulnerable to HIV infection.

Lead researcher Eric Kremer, of the University of Montpellier in France, said that the research group examined why people participating in the STEP vaccine trial who had previously been exposed to a cold virus, adenovirus 5, seemed more likely to become infected with HIV-1 than those who hadn''''t been exposed to the virus.

London, Nov 6: Muslim gangs inside Whitemoor Jail have created no-go areas for British jail officers and are policing the areas themselves.

The Daily Star quoted guards as claiming that the Islamic mobs are “a law unto themselves,” adding that the prison staff have passed a vote of no confidence in their governor.

MP Malcolm Moss, 65, said Whitemoor Prison, Cambridgeshire, was descending into turmoil. He added that staff blamed Governor Steve Rodford for pandering to political correctness and making the Muslims untouchable.

The Conservative MP warned that the unrest had created a “tense” atmosphere not seen since the 1990s when the IRA maintained an inner sanctum inside the maximum-security prison.

London, Nov 6: Teenage boys think it is perfectly all right to get a girl drunk to get them into bed, a new UK research has found.

For the study, the researchers analysed the attitudes of 35 boys and girls between 14-16 years of age, who had gone to clinics for contraception in areas with high teenage pregnancy rates.

In fact, a large number of boys use aggressive language when talking about relationships, the study found.

And if a girlfriend is being too promiscuous, many boys have admitted that they would not mind harming her, the shocking study has found.

However, when it came to girls, they were found to have an upper hand in the awareness of the complex nature of relationships.

According to a survey, schools would soon have to upgrade their furniture as the children have outgrown the furniture designed in 1960’s due to increase in height and weight. 

A research conducted by the Furniture Industry Research Association, compared the measurements of 1,500 children in 2001 with data from 1971. It was found that average height increase in children is at a rate of 1cm a decade, with most of the growth in the lower leg. 

London - Rare footage of an "unscheduled" Beatles gig during the band's first US tour in 1964 has been sold for 4,100 pounds (6,500 dollars) at auction in Britain, it was reported Wednesday.

The two-minute silent footage, captured on 8-millimetre film, shows John, Paul, George and Ringo during a performance at the Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

It was re-discovered in the bottom of a drawer by fan Drew Dimmel who, as a 15-year-old boy, smuggled the movie camera into the concert hall.