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Doctor wants statins served with fast food
Customers of fast food restaurants could be offered a free statin to mitigate the meal's damaging effects on the heart, a doctor suggests.
London tower named Britain's ugliest new building
A 1960s-designed confluence of Tarmac, roundabouts and Brutalist architecture has won the Carbuncle Cup for Britain's ugliest new building.
UK: Speeding drivers revel in Oxford's great switch-off
Secret filming shows drivers taking advantage of speed cameras being turned off.
Stress reduces likelihood of getting pregnant, study finds
Living life to a tight deadline, juggling appointments and rushing from place to place may harm a woman's chances of becoming pregnant.
Russians fear worst as fires reach Chernobyl fallout zone
Experts have been warning for more than a week that the fires that have blanketed much of western Russia in thick smoke could stir nuclear debris.
'Poms' not a Kiwi insult, Brits told
Brits shouldn't be offended if visiting Aussies or Kiwis make jokes about "Poms", according to new UK tourism cultural tips.
Silk Road: Tracing the path of ancient footsteps
Jim Eagles travels a well worn path through a historic landscape and finds plenty of remnants from its fascinating past still in place.
Efficiency at the flick of a switch
Many countries are moving ahead with smart-grid technology, but New Zealand is lagging a little way behind.
The stolen brides turned into Stepford wives
According to some estimates, one in five Chechen marriages begins when a girl is snatched off the street and forced into a car by her future groom.
Let them eat tapas? Michelle Obama faces holiday fury
A holiday with her daughter Sasha in Spain has landed the US' first lady in the middle of a political tempest.
Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Hartlepool, on England's northeast coast, has a magnificent marine heritage.
Naomi Campbell's diamonds seized in war crimes case
The supermodel's legal team accept she may have broken the law when she received three unfinished diamonds as a gift.
NZ teacher in UK guilty of inciting children sexually
Kiwi's teaching career in ruins after he was found guilty of inciting two former pupils to behave in a sexual way on a webcam.
US unemployed losing hope
World shares have fallen on unexpectedly bad US jobs data.