Lab monkeys ‘scream with fear’ in tests
Documents describing how monkeys can scream in misery, fear and anger during experiments produced in high court as evidence laws intended to protect laboratory animals are being flouted.
Healing hopes
Toby Murcott examines complementary medicine in The Whole Story. Phil Whitaker has no need of a second opinion.
The mysterious bacillus
Tony Gould anatomises a misunderstood disease in his study of leprosy, Don't Fence Me In.
Kelly under pressure to make sex education compulsory
The education secretary, Ruth Kelly, is facing pressure today to make sex education compulsory after an Ofsted report condemned current provision as 'poor'.
New law against animal activists
The government is to rush through a measure to protect British companies from vociferous animal rights extremists, a new criminal offence relating to 'economic sabotage'.
Work to resume on animal lab
Scientists at Oxford University have been given assurances that work on a controversial animal research laboratory will resume within weeks and be completed this year.