FLOODS which followed torrential rain of "biblical proportions" in north-west England have claimed the life of a police officer.

KNOWN for her blog and love of forks, South Korean supermodel Daul Kim has been found dead.

MORE than one in 10 British people don't realise that a woman can still get pregnant if she has sex standing up, according to a poll.

A MAN who strangled his wife during a nightmare in which he dreamed he was attacking an intruder has been freed after prosecutors withdrew the case against him in a Welsh court.

SUSPECT your significant other might be cheating on you? In Mexico, numerous laboratories are now offering a way to find out for sure - DNA tests.

AN art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th Century.

GRUESOME details have emerged about how killers hung human bodies up in hot rooms to drain their fat.

ONLINE auctioneers eBay have pulled the plug on a sale of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's blood and parts of his brain.

THE world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, has restarted.

AMERICAN student Amanda Knox "coveted hatred" for the British roommate she is accused of murdering and "killed her to take revenge", a prosecutor has told an Italian court.