A 14-YEAR-OLD boy murdered his ex-girlfriend and her older sister in a house fire out of revenge after they split up, a court has heard.

THE spectre of babies being created for “spare parts” was brought closer yesterday, as the British House of Lords declared “designer babies” can be used to treat siblings with genetic disorders.

The British fertility watchdog may have to relax its rules on “designer babies” because of mounting pressure from doctors and parents, a leading specialist said today.

Al-Qaida-linked terrorist groups such as Jemaah Islamiyah could try to launch biological or chemical attacks against US allies and secular Muslim governments in Asia using widely available materials, security experts warned today.

A further six British couples want permission to create a ‘‘designer baby’’ following a ruling by Britain’s fertility watchdog.