Ethical storm over baby Peter 12.1.07 A STORM has erupted after Valerie Jones gave birth to grandson Peter, although her daughter was never born   Blair bids good-Byers 10.3.07 THE FIRST THING PM, Stephen Byers, did was invite union leaders to No 10 for a 'beer and sandwiches' meeting Here come the hybrids 06.10.07 CAMBRIDGE City council, tired of traffic pollution and congestion, has introduced a unilateral vehicle ban To suit a modern man 25.09.07 SIR PAUL SMITH'S latest menswear collection promises a return to the giddy late 1990s, but with a technological twist   The herb instinct 19.12.07 CANNABIS has become Britain's drug of choice, according to a new report Hong Kong crackdown 07.07.07 THERE WAS fresh bloodshed on the streets of Hong Kong today as students renewed pro-democracy protests

The Mars 2007 lander is to bring back rocks from the planet ­ which should finally provide irrefutable evidence of whether or not life once flourished there. The rocks will first be scanned for viruses or diseases that could prove harmful to humans. They are currently being kept in an isolation module at the International Space Station. Debate still lingers over the 1996 claims by Nasa that a meteorite from Mars carried with it signs of microbial life. Many scientists considered the research to be suspect, as the material had spent many years in ice and endured a high-temperature ride back to Earth. SH More than 10 years after it was first promised, the Labour government introduced its 10p starting rate of income tax. 'Unlike the Tories, who talk about low taxation, we deliver,' said Stephen Byers, the prime minister. Britain now has the lowest rate of income tax in the world. But the Tories warned that taxes would double if Labour succeeded in its second attempt to take Britain into the single currency. PF Aware of increasing opposition to its sport, the British Horseracing Board has agreed to the use of equine heart monitors in all races it oversees. When a horse is racing beyond its anaerobic threshold, an alarm goes off and the jockey must slow down. DW