London, October 20: A U. K. Government proposal to allow the use of human tissues taken from the mentally infirm without their consent, to create embryos for experimentation, has given rise to a fresh controversy.

The proposal is part of the controversial Parliament of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

On Wednesday MPs will vote on the bill that proposes to allow the creation of human/animal hybrid embryos to be used for stem cell research, to change the conditions for granting IVF, and to liberalise the abortion laws.

London, Oct 20 : A new survey has found that nearly 60 pct of the Brit kids have seen Internet images that disturb them – a finding that further fuels concerns over increasing exposure to unsuitable web material.

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) urges that new computers should carry high-security “blocking” software that stop them from viewing violent or sexually explicit pictures.

London, Oct 20: Republican vice-presidential nominee has made a brave appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) alongside her mimic Tina Fey.

Fey has relentlessly mocked the moose-hunting, ice-hockey loving Alaska governor, her politics and her home state in a series of impressions in which she sported a Palin-style big hair-do, little red jacket and rimmed glasses, and has perfectly imitated Palin-style winks, smiles, twangy accent and salt-of-the-earth language.

London, Oct 20 : A ‘flying saucer’ photographed in daylight above Dudley in the West Midlands has been hailed as ‘one of the most convincing pieces of evidence about aliens ever’.

The photo was taken by a 57-year-old nanny on a day out last April.

The startled visitor to Dudley Castle then sent it to a police detective who collects UFO sightings.

“It’s a very intriguing photograph that was taken purely by chance,” the Sun quoted DC Gary Heseltine, as saying.

“If it’s genuine then it could be one of the most convincing pieces of evidence about aliens from the UK ever,” he added.

London, October 20 : Jamaican police’s probe into a suspected ''theft'' of hundreds of tons of sand from Coral Spring beach in July appears nowhere nearer to solving the case.

More than three months have passed since the investigation started, but the police still seem to be baffled by the removal of 500 lorry-loads of sand from the beach.

No arrests have been made as yet.

London, October 20 : A new WWF report warns that climate change is occurring much faster than predicted by the scientific fraternity, and will wreak havoc unless action is taken on a global scale.

The report suggests that ‘extreme weather events'' like the hot summer of 2003, when heart stress and poor air quality claimed about 35,000 extra lives across southern Europe, will happen more frequently.