The woman claimed she and the ape used to laugh together, but to Bokito there was nothing funny about her behaviour ...

Parents who thought their son had been 'dead for six months' were understandably surprised after he called them up.

Bits of viral genes incorporated into human DNA have been linked to cancer, ALS and schizophrenia. But many of these genes may not be harmful, and could even protect against infectious disease.

Most of them - predictably - are in the USA, which has a habit of pinching our English town names. America - which famously ...