"No Smoking Day" provides a platform for smoker to get rid of this addiction under the UK's health campaign on 10th March. This voluntary initiative is for smokers who want to quit with the help of friends and family. The campaign is in its 27th year with the theme "break free" this time, and it witnesses almost 1 million people who quit smoking.

Genes responsible for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), a usual hereditary neurological disorder affecting the peripheral nerves of infector's limbs, have been identified jointly by Dr James Lupski of Molecular and Human Genetics at BCM Texas along with Dr Richard Gibbs, Director of the Human Genome Sequencing Center at BCM, where the experimental sequencing took place.

Pierina Kapur, who removed a baby's bladder carelessly, has been permitted to continue her practice, though; she will have to abide by strict rules for the coming 12 months.

The operation was carried out on a six-week-old girl from Manchester at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in October, 2008. The matter was taken to the General Medical Council for investigation.

On Tuesday, Vodafone Group PLC announced that it will cut down 375 jobs in the U. K. starting from March in order to save funds during economic crisis.

Boasting of around 9,000 employees in the U. K., Vodafone said that the target employees would be in a number of areas, across a number of locations, mainly in back office functions.

The first ever audit of the diversity of the animals, plants and fungi found on our shores, funded by the Government has discovered almost 500 species have gone extinct in England, most of them in the last 200 years.

The Department of Health has whole-heartedly welcomed the assistance offered by a British department to purchase additional condoms for South Africa.

Doctors' leaders have written to the Government calling for a halt in the development of a medical records database for patients in England.

The British Medical Association reveals that the computer-based Summary Care Records are being developed at "break-neck speed", sometimes without patients' knowledge as well.

Shares in Centrebet registered a sharp rise today following the online bookmaker announcement about its takeover talks, triggering speculation two UK bookmakers and local outfit Sportingbet were potential bidders.

Centrebet shares rose as much as 16 per cent to $1.89.

Bentley Mulsanne is the hyper-luxury car, the four door flagship which will be offered to the customers in not less than 115 colors -except for if the customer wants some different color to beautify the car.

Under an HIV protection move, the British authorities have planned to donate 42 million condoms to South Africa ahead of the Soccer World Cup.

During his visit to UK, the South African President, Jacob Zuma requested the UK ministry to provide an extra 1 billion condoms to meet the needs of the tourists.