Team in China say their slightly unsavoury work could realise the 'final dream' of regenerating adult teeth to replace those lost through aging or decay

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Smart-tooth sensor could tell you when you're eating too much

The technology is currently only in the prototype stage but future developments would fit inside a cavity

Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to seven years in prison

Trio found guilty of pimping prostitutes for Silvio Berlusconi's 'bunga bunga' parties

Bankrupt impresario and former newsreader given seven-year jail term, with five years for dental hygienist-turned-councillor

Damn this hot weather to hell!

It’d just be nice if there was some acknowledgement that not everyone thinks these high temperatures are paradise

The News Matrix: Wednesday 10 July 2013

Queen’s groundsman badly injured

'Paris-Frame' frame pouch

iStyle: It’s in the bag

There’s a world more to Roland Mouret than just  ‘that dress’, says Rebecca Gonsalves

Good news for patients who dread the dentist's needle

Not to be sniffed at! Nasal spray could end painful dentist injections

Kovacaine Mist was as effective as standard anaesthetics in four out of five patients

Maybe our ancestors will have beaks, like this swan

Scientist claims humans could evolve beaks instead of teeth

.... but not for millions of years

The Man with the 10 Stone Testicles

Grace Dent on TV: Bodyshock: The Man with the 10-Stone Testicles, Channel 4

It's rude to gawk, but there's something worthwhile in these stop-and-stare documentaries

Male graduates more likely to be unemployed six months after leaving university than women

Male graduates are more likely to be unemployed six months after leaving university than women, according to official statistics.

Flat-pack fix for refugees

Ikea contributes to World Refugee Day with flat-pack fix for refugees... if they can build it

It’s been a rocky month for Ikea. The flat-packer’s flat-packer-in-chief – founder Ingvar Kamprad – left the company at the beginning of the month, a few days after British customers had been complaining in their droves (well, 50) about the firm’s spooky gnome advert.

Elsener with the hugely popular knife: he served the family firm for 70 years before handing over to his son, Carl IV

Carl Elsener: Businessman who transformed the Swiss Army Knife into a global product

Starting as a teenage apprentice cutler, Carl Elsener went on to turn a relatively simple penknife into the global phenomenon that is the multi-functional Swiss Army Knife. He worked for the Swiss family firm Victorinox for 70 years, 57 of them as CEO, and retained the honorary, almost spiritual title "Senior Leader" until his death at the age of 90.

The Grumbleweeds, with Walker second from right

Graham Walker: Co-founder of the musical comedy group The Grumbleweeds

Graham Walker might have reflected that his music-playing comedy group, The Grumbleweeds, were unfortunate enough to reach their zenith in the dying days of variety. But they still enjoyed a long run on radio and television – the mediums they plundered – largely thanks to their talent for impressions and parody.

Matt Henry on The Voice

The Voice hopeful Matt Henry lands second chance

Singing hopeful Matt Henry landed a place in the live quarter-finals of The Voice, just days after viewers saw him a whisker away from crashing out. 

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