Sugar-free sweeteners could increase glucose intolerance and diabetes risk by affecting bacteria in the gut, a study has suggested.

For years scientists thought they knew what caused the hole in the ozone layer, but now it appears they could have been wrong — it may have been "arseholes" that were responsible for the problem.

BEFORE he “resigned” last August, Fawzi Abd al-Aali, the former Libyan interior minister, said: “They are armed, I am not going to fight a losing battle and kill my men over a demolished shrine.”

AN Irish girl who scored top marks in her A level exams last week has won a prestigious international science award.