Argentina: A female identification card has been granted to a six-year-old boy who has been dressing like a girl since the age of four.

OSCAR WILDE collected them and Truman Capote adored their jewel-like mystery. Since the 1851 Great Exhibition in London showcased the charm and beauty of the French paperweights, glass weights have inspired generations of makers of these treasured fancies. The three great names in antique weights are Clichy, Baccarat and St. Louis, all of France, and producing in the golden years 1845-1860. These gems of the glass makers’ art are known for their tiny candy canes of millefiori in tightly packed blossoms, ribbons, ‘stardust’ grounds and intricate lampwork inclusions. Even slightly damaged examples of these tiny formal gardens are expensive investments known the world over, with prices starting in the area of €500 for a piece with a few indents or rubs to the base.

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Andrew Black reports the room is far from the opulence you might expect from royal sleeping quarters.

The timescale to finish decommissioning the Dounreay nuclear plant in Scotland has been brought forward by 13 years, its operator announced today.

John Mills has been discharged after a short stay in hospital.

The Scottish firm who built the Big Brother 3 house say it's the most difficult job they've ever done.

Anti-nuclear campaigners have welcomed reports Dounreay is to cease being classed as a nuclear reprocessing plant.