SAS angle crops up in Diana death theory
New revelations have emerged about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, according to reports. Scotland Yard is assessing allegations claiming that Diana and Dodi Al Fayed were murdered by a member of the British military.
Diana, along with her companion Dodi, 42, and the chauffeur of their Mercedes car, Henri Paul, was killed in Paris when the car crashed in a tunnel on August 31, 1997.
D Company’s Iqbal Mirchi dies in UK of heart attack
Mohammed Iqbal Memon, better known as Iqbal Mirchi, died of a heart attack Wednesday night. No funeral details were disclosed by his lawyers or aides.
Mirchi vehemently denied having D-links
Iqbal Mirchi, who vehemently denied any link with Bombay underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, had moved to the UK in 1995 as a dependant of his wife Hina Iqbal Memon, who had moved to the country in 1994 and owned businesses in Britain at the time. Twice-married Mirchi’s one wife and children live in Dubai.
160 unseen Cartland novels to be released
Flamboyant historical romance novelist Barbara Cartland left 160 unpublished manuscripts on her death and her estate is publishing these books.
‘Indian’ units of UK parties invite Modi
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has been invited by the Indian units of Britain’s two largest political parties – the ruling Conservatives and the Opposition Labour – to visit the UK. Mr Modi, who effectively was a persona non grata in the UK till October last year, has been separately invited by the Labour Friends of India, headed by London MP Barry Gardiner, and Conservative Friends of India headed by MP Sailesh Vara and Ranjit Baxi.
New ‘death test’ developed, can tell how long you’ll live
British scientists have developed a “death test” which can predict the lifespan of an individual. It analyses endothelial cells measuring how the body will decline with age, giving a measure of the lifespan. The non-invasive procedure involves applying a painless laser pulse to the skin’s surface through a wristwatch-style device.
Saatchi ‘threatens’ suicide after split
The divorce saga of British celebrity television chef Nigella Lawson and contemporary art collector and ad guru Charles Saatchi seems to be dragging after the couple was granted a decree nisi almost a fortnight ago.
Funny one-liners? A comp can do that
British scientists have created a program to generate one-liners, but the gags are not as funny as human humour.
For £250,000, world gets first-ever test-tube burger
The world’s first test-tube burger was unveiled at a tasting session in London on Monday afternoon. Prof. Mark Post of Maastricht University in the Netherlands, who has been working on the hamburger project since 2008, revealed that Google co-founder Sergey Brin was the mystery backer of the costly experiment.
J.K. pseudonym brings windfall for UK charity
British author J.K.