Worried about attacks from the undead? The answer could be at hand with a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit, "almost complete and in good condition", about to be put up for auction in Britain.

The kit

For the past few months, Gundalapatti, Mottangurichi and other villages in and around Dharmapuri of Tamil Nadu have been wearing a deserted look after 6 pm every day. People confine themselves indoors

A German vampire killer, who drank the blood and ate the flesh of two teenagers before killing them, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Identified only as a petty thief called Jan O, 26, the m