A Chinese woman astonished tourists when she scrambled up a 70ft castle wall to avoid paying the 2.50-pound entry fee.

Nimble Ma Jei told other visitors that she grew up in Nanjing, Jiangsu province,

Scientists have successfully taught monkeys to move the arms of a computer game character using power of thought alone, a breakthrough they say could benefit severely paralysed patients.

Moody's on Friday downgraded its ratings for a dozen British banks, including state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB, due to the removal of government financial support.

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Salma Hayek says she doesn’t depend on her billionaire husband for money and loves having her own financial independence. The 45-year-old, who is married to French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault and has a four-year-old daughter Valentina, said she is happy to have Pinault's support when she is experiencing troubles but makes her own living, reported InStyle magazine.

A Briton, who had just got married, spent her wedding night in a police cell as she was arrested for attacking her neighbour.

The row broke out after Imogen Hope, who was still wearing her wedding go

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said on Thursday it is to cut around 2,000 jobs as the publicly-funded broadcaster makes savings as part of government efforts to reduce a record deficit.

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Meet a British professor, who has won a gong for training a tortoise how to yawn.

Dr Anna Wilkinson, 30, at the University of Lincoln spent six months train a red-footed tortoise called Alexandra to

A former journalist of the tabloid, The People, which is owned by Mirror Group, has revealed that his colleagues regularly hacked phones, but their acts were covered up by senior executives.

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Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt agreed to score no runs in an over during a Test match against England last year as part of a 'spot-fixing' scam, a court in London heard on Thursday.

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A US TV channel is making a new movie based on the life of pop star Lady Gaga.

The channel Lifetime is working on 'Fame Monster: The Lady Gaga Story' written by Norman Snider and based on Maureen Cal