Telegraph ExpatNews, information and advice for British expats from the Weekly TelegraphAlzheimer's gene provides drug hope- June 26, 2008 A gene that almost doubles the risk of developing the most common form of dementia, Alzheimers, has been found by scientists.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/nhealth.xml Zimbabwe's last white farmer forced to quit- June 26, 2008 Zimbabwe's once proud white farming community is facing extinction, as President Robert Mugabe steps up his campaign of violence and intimidation on all fronts.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/nzimb.xml Commuters get less space than farm animals- June 26, 2008 Britain's commuters have been allocated less space than the legal minimum for transporting farm animals, official figures show.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/26/noindex/ncattle.xml EU rules ban sale of 'too small' kiwis- June 26, 2008 A wholesaler has been banned from selling a consignment of kiwi fruits because EU laws deemed them too small.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/nkwis.xml A quarter of adults to face 'anti-paedophile' tests- June 26, 2008 A quarter of the adult population faces an "anti-paedophile" test in an escalation of child protection policies, according to a report.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/nchild.xml Peacocks launch attack on village cars- June 26, 2008 A group of peacocks which began attacking scores of cars after years of peaceful coexistence are to be rounded up to stop them damaging the vehicles any further.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/npeacok.xml Notes from a Norfolk Broad- June 26, 2008 The latest instalment from Eroica Mildmay on the fictional town of Shallington-on-Sea. Eroica says that wellies should be a sober colour, navy perhaps, preferably green.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/26/eroica34.xml Expat in France: C'est la folie- June 25, 2008 Make do and mend: it's the sauce of resource for a hoarder. Michael Wright reports from rural France.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/expat-in-france.xml British man dies as poisoning hits Italian hotel- June 25, 2008 A British tourist has died and at least 30 others have fallen ill while staying at a hotel in Lake Garda in northern Italy.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/nbriton.xml Website offers cosmetic surgery without a knife- June 25, 2008 A website is allowing anyone curious about cosmetic surgery, but too frightened to go under the knife, to see an improved version of themselves at the click of a mouse.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2008/06/25/noindex/nknife.xml |