A new computer programme can rejuvenate old peoples’ memories by up to ten years, research has shown.

In the study, more than 500 men and women over 65 were asked to get to grips either with the brain-sharpening software or a more conventional educational programme.

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A soldier serving with the British Army in Basra has ‘married’ his girlfriend – despite the pair being thousands of miles apart.

And next week Lance Bombadier Joseph Lomotey will see his wife for the first time.

The bizarre wedding ceremony took place in a tent in the Iraqi desert, where LBdr Lomotey, from Ghana, is serving with the Wiltshire-based 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.

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One of the biggest thresher sharks caught off the coast of Cornwall has been sold at market.

The 16ft (5m) shark, caught off Lands End on Wednesday, weighed in at 510kg (1,125lb).

The “monster of the deep” sold at Newlyn Fish market for 50p per kilo – fetching a total of £255.

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The home of haute cuisine just got taken down a peg with an authoritative judgement that Paris is not the world’s top city for good eating.

That distinction now goes to Tokyo, according to the bible for foodies everywhere, the Michelin guide.

In its first ever edition devoted to an Asian city, it awarded restaurants in Tokyo a total of 191 stars.

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Six abandoned kittens have found an unexpected new mother figure – a pet rabbit.

Veterinary nurse Melanie Humble took the three-week-old kittens to her Aberdeen home.

The kittens seemed to think Summer the rabbit was their mother and began to climb all over her and try to feed from her.

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The Duke of Edinburgh had two stag parties before his wedding to the Queen and the couple were showered with rose petals as they headed off on honeymoon.

The information is among 60 facts released by Buckingham Palace to celebrate their diamond anniversary.

Another fact reveals how their wedding cake on 20 November 1947 was 9ft (2.74m) high.

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An Andy Warhol painting of actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor has been sold for $23.7m (£11.4m) at a New York auction.

An anonymous bidder bought the 1963 portrait, called Liz, which had been expected to fetch more than $25m (£11.9m) at Christie’s.

The auction house refused to confirm reports that it was British actor Hugh Grant who sold the portrait after he bought it in 2001 for $15m (£7.2m).

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A couple are preparing to become one of the UK’s oldest newly-weds after a whirlwind romance.

James Mason, who is 93, is marrying the girl of his dreams, Peggy Clark, who is 84, at a mansion in Devon.

James, a former Torbay Mayor, said he was hit by “a bolt from the blue” when he met Mrs Clark and popped the question three days later.

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Quintuplets born to a Russian woman in a British hospital are doing well, according to doctors.

The 29-year-old music teacher gave birth to the five girls in the early hours of Saturday at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital, 14 weeks early.

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About 6,000 middle-aged or older women in the UK develop cancer each year because they are obese or overweight, a Cancer Research UK-funded study says.

The study, which looked at 45,000 cases of cancer in 1m women over seven years, says this is about 5% of such cases.

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