Superbugs found in British chickens Significant numbers of chickens sold in British shops are infected with antibiotic-resistant “superbugs”. In a survey commissioned by the BBC, more than half of the chickens examined were infected with a form of E. coli that was resistant to at least one antibiotic. The Health Protection Agency scientits also found

The weatherproof Vidstone is available with a 7-, 15- or 22 inch screen and fits into a pre-cut slot on a tombstone or mausoleum. It’s solar-powered “serenity panel” features a slideshow of the deceased accompanied by music.

The BBC’s TV channels could be made available on the internet according to a story on its website. The proposed plan would include a simulcast of BBC One or BBC Two, letting UK viewers see programmes on the web at the same time as they go out on TV. Proposals to make clips available on

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Russia and China have staged joint war games for the first time in their history. The eight-day excercise, which involved around 10,000 military personnel and large numbers of ships, submarines and aircraft, began in Vladivostok and ended in the Shandong Peninsula. According to Chinese Maj-Gen Peng Guanglian, its purpose was to “frighten the three evil

The Cumbrian town of Alston is facing a population crisis as men outnumber women by 10:1. Bachelors have launched an internet campaign at www.villagesincrisis.tk, urging ladies to the “Ibiza of the North” for romance and excitement. Almost 100 posters advertsing the attractive aspects of their men were posted targetting the major cultural areas in the

Wired News: A splinter faction of Flickr photo-sharing community members is threatening a symbolic “mass suicide” to protest closer integration with the website’s new owner, Yahoo. The portal giant bought Flickr’s developer, Ludicorp, for an undisclosed sum in March and took ownership of the site when it moved from Vancouver, Canada, to Yahoo’s Sunnyvale, California,

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