An Indian naval vessel has sunk a Somali pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden, it has been reported. Yesterday we reported how the oil tanker Sirius Star had been captured by Somali pirates whilst carrying a cargo of 2 million barrels of oil. 2 Britons are aboard.

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2 Britons are among the hostages taken on board the Sirius Star. the largest vessel ever hijacked by pirates. The Saudi oil tanker laden with its cargo was captured by Somali pirates. Meanwhile, American military vessels are patrolling the same waters without intervening. See more here:

The UK population’s addiction to tanning at every opportunity has led to an outbreak of more UK skin cancer cancer cases than Australia, it has been reported. The sun bed industry is being held largely to blame.

Chief Executive of the Skin Cancer Campaign Andrew Langford said: “We were called by witnesses who Read more

In an interview with Barbara Walters on ABC News the so-called “pregnant man” Thomas Beattie has revealed that he is expecting a second child with his wife Nancy.

Beattie attained global attention earlier this year when he gave birth to his daughter Lucy. He did not go Read more

Josef Fritzl, the man who fathered seven children with his own daughter whilst keeping her imprisoned in his cellar for 24 years has been charged with the murder of one of the children, a baby who died after birth. 

Prosecutors have also charged the 73-year-old Read more

Taiwan’s president of 8 years, Chen Shui-bia, who was defeated in elections in March by the pro-China Kuomintang Party, has begin a hunger strike to protest his innocence of corruption allegations and to highlight his claims of persecution by his successors in government. 

Chen opposes the new Read more

The British Fertility Society has warned that sperm donation services in the UK must be revolutionised to stop shortages.

The removal of donor anonymity in 2005 appears to have led to a dwindling in numbers of volunteers, leaving fertility services looking overseas for possible donors.

Around 4,000 Read more

The QE2 ran aground this morning on a sandbank in Southampton Water with 2,700 passengers and crew on board as the liner arrived for her final voyage to Dubai. No injuries have been reported and five tugs were sent out to rescue the vessel.

The spokesman said: “She has been Read more

90 years after the end of World War One, three of the four British veterans who still survive are to attend a ceremony today at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. The RAF’s Henry Allingham, 112 (pictured), the Army’s Harry Patch, 110, and the Royal Navy’s Bill Stone, 108, will Read more