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Why did the Chicken hop across the road?

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Crocodile Dundee - not.

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I wonder if this should be in the economy section:

 

UK's biggest fish dies.

 

regards,

Hein

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Two Tone tugs on the line, are a thing of the past.

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Tamworth Butch

 

Bacon butty, anyone?

I went to the Rare Breeds Centre back in June and saw the Tamworth Two and managed to stroke them both - this was shortly before I was nibbled at by a pygmy goat - so it's rather sad news that one of them has now gone. RIP sweet porker.

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Jilloch, one of the PG Tips chimps, has died at Twycross zoo, aged 34.

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It is with deep regret that the Royal Navy announces the death of Bostie the Budgie who died on Monday due to a suspected heart attack. He was buried at sea.

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It is with deep regret that the Royal Navy announces the death of Bostie the Budgie who died on Monday due to a suspected heart attack. He was buried at sea.

... Pining for the Fjords, he was...

 

 

(and by "buried at sea," does that mean he was flushed down the toilet? Poor 'lil fella.)

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Britain's largest wild animal shot dead by licensed deer hunter.

 

Still weighed much less than Paul Mason in his prime, mind.

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England has been robbed of its most intelligent and credible 2018 World Cup bid ambassador. But we still have Beckham and Graham Taylor.

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Long live Paul the Calimari rings!

 

Died - apparently - because he tapped a box marked 'Liverpool.'

 

I'm on a roll today........just like Paul the Octopus.

 

Etc etc................aye, the black one, that's my coat.

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Cut & Paste

 

Luminous cells from jellyfish can be used to diagnose cancers deep inside the body, scientists have said.

The process uses the green fluorescent protein (GFP) which enables jellyfish to glow in the dark. Researchers have found it can be targeted at cancer cells, allowing them to be spotted using a special camera. A team from the Yorkshire Cancer Research Laboratory at York University has developed the procedure and its leader, Professor Norman Maitland, believes it will revolutionise the way some cancers are diagnosed.

 

Prof Maitland said: "Cancers deep within the body are difficult to spot at an early stage, and early diagnosis is critical for the successful treatment of any form of cancer. "What we have developed is a process which involves inserting proteins derived from luminous jellyfish cells into human cancer cells. "Then, when we illuminate the tissue, a special camera detects these proteins as they light up, indicating where the tumours are."

 

The process is an extension of the work done by American chemist Dr Roger Y Tsien who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for taking luminous cells from the crystal jelly species of jellyfish and isolating the GFP. A United States company is the only one which has so far designed and built a camera system which allows the jellyfish proteins to be seen with the desired resolution so deep in the body. This kit costs around £500,000 and Prof Maitland said he is currently raising the funds to buy one.

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