New bandage of silk and gold is laser-bonded to skin 'fixes wounds better than needles'.

For most patients, getting stitches to close a wound is like adding insult to injury. But scientists have revealed a new bandage made of tiny pieces of gold intertwined in silk that could one day replace them.

'Island of Mirrors' where 100 pairs of twins live in tropical enclave in Philippines.

This is the tiny tropical Filipino island which has become famous for the 100 pairs of twins dominating the sparse population.Schools, homes and families on the island of Alabat are overrun with identical and non-identical siblings.The latest miracle babies are Gian and John, who are pictured happily sharing their hammock-cot.

Punching Above Your Weight' champion wins £1MILLION Lottery AGAIN.

'Punching Above Your Weight' competition champion has won AGAIN after he and his wife scooped a £1million Lottery scratchcard jackpot. Darren Donaghey, 33, hit the headlines four years ago after winning an award for being in a relationship with his stunning 28-year-old partner, Kate.

Miraculous recovery for 10-year-old US boy after meat skewer pierces skull.

A 10-YEAR-OLD Missouri boy is recovering after he was attacked by insects and tumbled from a tree, landing on a meat skewer that penetrated his skull from his face to the back of his head.

David Hockney painting is expected to fetch $80m and set the record for a living artist.

ONE OF DAVID Hockney’s famous “pool paintings” is coming to auction and is expected to sell in the million range, easily breaking the record for a work by a living artist sold at auction. The British artist’s Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), to be auctioned at Christie’s in November, is considered one of his premier works.