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Gone are the days when children were content with a bowl of jelly and a game of pass the parcel, reported the Daily Mail - today's birthday parties require bouncy castles and grown-up food like curry and cost on average 200. US scientists have developed a new drug that could limit the damage to foetuses whose mothers binge drink during pregnancy, the Metro reported.

US scientists have developed a new drug that could limit the damage to foetuses whose mothers binge drink during pregnancy, the Metro reported.

A mixed-race couple who had twins beat odds of a million to one to produce one blonde, blue-eyed baby and one with brown skin and black hair, The Sun said.

A mother saved her son's life by throwing herself at a 50-stone polar bear in Quebec, Canada, according to the Daily Mail.

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