London, August 18 : A new analysis has suggested that the Milky Way would be able to hold on to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), in spite of it speeding through space at lightening fast speed.

Last year, astronomers got a shock when it emerged that our galaxy’s brightest companion, the Large Magellanic Cloud, appeared to be speeding through space so fast that we wouldn’t be able to hold onto it.

But now, according to a report in New Scientist, two new measurements suggest the Milky Way will manage to keep its companion after all.

London, Aug 18 : The Queen’s bodyguards at Balmoral, her Scottish estate, have been urged to swap Range Rovers for bicycles, in a bid to make the surroundings more eco-friendly.

Cops, who are protecting Her Majesty at the estate, are being encouraged to patrol it on mountain bikes rather than gas-guzzling 4x4s, a move designed to save fuel and also the environment.

It is being touted as a good way of getting rid of the engine noise at Balmoral’s gardens, tracks and 50,000 acres of Aberdeenshire countryside, as uniformed officers are always patrolling the area for intruders.

“Wherever possible the grounds are being patrolled by officers on black mountain bikes,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

London, Aug 18 : British citizen Vince Acors charged with having sex on a Dubai beach was spotted partying and having the time of his life, a few days after his first court appearance.

Acors, 34, was seen flirting and drinking with a lady at the party, and he looked like he couldn’t care less about the charges, which have been brought before him.

Even the fact that he may be given a sentence of up to six years in jail for his alleged drunken romp with fellow Brit Michelle Palmer, 36, did not seem to stop him from his merriment.

Acors is said to have spent the whole night chatting up women and drinking, as revealed by partygoers at the Chi on the Lodge nightclub in the Gulf emirate.

London, Aug. 17 : Britain has rejected suggestions that it is playing a key role in the impeachment process of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.

According to Sir Mark Lyall Grant, a senior British diplomat and former High Commissioner to Pakistan,

London is not playing any role in the impeachment moves. An official of the high commission also ruled out trying to save Musharraf from impeachment.

London, August 17 : Male zebra finches with the sweetest song are more likely to win females because singing ability advertises intellectual prowess, say researchers.

Neeltje Boogert, a researcher at McGill University in Montreal, says that the males who sang the most complex melodies during a study were found to be quicker at solving a problem to find food.

“Females might use song complexity as an indicator of how smart the male is,” Nature magazine quoted her as saying.

London, Aug 17 : An orange that can be peeled in 35 seconds is to go on sale for the first time in the UK in a bid to win back consumers who have lost the patience to eat them.

According to figures from research firm TNS, consumption of oranges fell 2percent last year as busy consumers switched to smaller varieties, which are easier to peel.

Brit supermarket, Sainsbury''s said that the new Australian orange could be peeled "in an average of 35 seconds" and was 50percent sweeter than other varieties

Sainsbury’s added that the variety is of the same size and shape as a normal orange – has a softer skin, making it as simple to peel as a satsuma.