Millions of people who have diseases which are currently incurable were given hope today when British scientists were granted permission to clone human embryos for medical research.

Australia's first cloned sheep has died unexpectedly of unknown causes.

A religious sect associated with the company claiming to have produced the first human clone says the next clone will be Japanese, and is due to be born soon.

There are claims the second cloned baby is due tomorrow.

Independent DNA tests are to be conducted on the alleged first cloned human to determine if she is a genuine genetic duplicate.

Labour this afternoon are leading calls for the introduction of legislation which would lead to the banning of cloning in Ireland.

A leading Irish expert in medical law has said that the Minister for Health will have to look at enacting legislation to deal with the issue of human cloning in Ireland.

The Raelian religion is a little known movement which owes its existence to a French motor racing journalist.

A chemist connected to a group that believes life on Earth was created by extraterrestrials claimed today to have produced the world’s first human clone, a baby girl named Eve.

A sect claims the world’s first cloned human – a girl – has been born. The child was born yesterday by caesarean section and the birth “went very well”, said Brigitte Boisselier, a French chemist and member of the Raelian sect.

A chemist who said her company would soon produce the world’s first human clone – a baby girl genetically identical to her 30-year-old mother – was due to make an announcement today.