‘Emmerdale’ named ‘Most Sexually Active Soap’

September 30th, 2009 British girl dies after cervical cancer vaccineLONDON — British health officials temporarily suspended a vaccination program in an English city Tuesday after a 14-year-old girl died a few hours after being vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer. The National Health Service in Coventry said it paused the program for two days to give staff administering the vaccine training in how to answer questions from anyone concerned about its safety.

September 6th, 2009 LONDON - Nancy Garrido, the wife of "American Fritzl" Phillip, was also a part of the constant sex attacks on kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard and may have even been the key behind her abduction, according to cops. Interrogation and psychological profiling have brought to light new details about Nancy's role in the abduction of Jaycee, and her 18-year-long captivity.

September 5th, 2009 LONDON - After it was revealed that American Fritzl, Phillip Garrido, had been arrested in 1972 for drugging and raping a 14-year-old girl, details of the incident have emerged. According to Antioch police lieutenant Leonard Orman, the girl and a friend met then 21-year-old Garrido and another man near a public library.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - Two Brit schoolgirls have accused their teacher's husband for sexually assaulting them. When the girls' teacher showed her class a picture of her husband, one of her pupils recognised him as the man who had allegedly sexually assaulted her, Exeter Crown Court heard.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - An awe-inspiring photograph of the exact moment when a bubble is burst has been captured with a slow-motion camera. The picture clicked by Richard Heeks, of Exeter, shows a soap bubble bursting into the distinctive pattern of streaks, while its other half remains perfectly formed.

June 11th, 2009 British nursery worker charged with sexual assaultLONDON — A female nursery worker has appeared in a British court to face charges of sexually assaulting and disseminating indecent images of children. Members of the public spat and jeered at 39-year-old Vanessa George at her first court appearance Thursday in Plymouth, 238 miles (380 kilometers) southwest of London.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Students of history enjoy the most active sex lives at university, says a survey carried out by the Oxford University student newspaper Cherwell. What's more, those who take up politics, philosophy and economics, and English literature are also more sexually active than any other undergraduate, the survey revealed.

May 15th, 2009 LONDON - Jealous female gorillas use sex as a tool to prevent males from having sex with other females, even when they themselves cannot conceive, according to a study. In the study, Tara Stoinski and colleagues at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia analysed how often four captive female gorillas invited sex or copulated over two years.

May 8th, 2009 LONDON - A 'hot' new adrenaline sport called 'volcano boarding' has been developed by a group of thrill-seekers. In the sport, participants race at speeds of up to 50mph down the side of an active volcano.

April 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health has shown that school kids as young as 12 are engaging in risky sexual activity. A team led by Dr.

April 5th, 2009 LONDON - The colourful story lines running on Brazilian airwaves have reduced the birth rate by three million and driven up the rate of divorce, a new report has revealed. These racy telenovelas that are mainstays of the country's powerful TV Globo network depict glamorous love triangles, paternity mysteries and rags-to-riches successes.

March 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Brit comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new film 'Bruno' is said to be facing an adults-only certification in the U.S., after it was judged to be too sexually explicit for young viewers. As per TheWrap.com, when the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) panel reviewed the film, it listed it under the restricted NC-17 cinema rating, which prevents anyone under the age of 17 from viewing it.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is in talks to join the cast of award-winning English TV soap opera 'EastEnders'. The 'Celebrity Big Brother' winner, 33, has been tipped to play a member of a new Indian family later this year on the show, reports the Daily Mail online.

March 29th, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girl Mel B's mother and sister have claimed that the singer has not talked to them since five months, blaming her hubby Stephen Belafonte for the feud. Mel B's mother Andrea and sister Danielle have claimed that the pop star, popular as Scary Spice, has cut all ties with them because she's too involved with her husband and kids.

February 22nd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala's lush green fields, idyllic backwaters and lagoons are being promoted for honeymoon tourism and glimpses of it can be seen in Star Plus' daily soap 'Bidaai'. Kerala Tourism has entered into a marketing arrangement with Star Plus TV and acted as the facilitator for shooting six episodes of the soap in the coastal state, an official said.