London - The families of the two Britons among the 25-member crew of the Sirius Star tanker said Wednesday they hoped the two men would be "home safely very soon."

The two men were named as chief engineer Peter French and James Grady, Second Officer on the vessel captured by pirates off the East African coast.

Earlier Wednesday, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called for the immediate release of the crew.

London - The extent of support in Britain for the far-right British National Party (BNP) was revealed Wednesday with the publication of the personal details of more than 12,000 members and supporters on an internet site.

The list, published on the website Wikileak, gave the names, addresses, and in some cases the professions, of members who include serving and former soldiers, police officers, teachers and doctors, reports said Wednesday.

London - The British government announced plans Wednesday to clamp down on prostitution involving women who are controlled by pimps or have become victims of so-called sex-slave trafficking.

Paying for sex with prostitutes "controlled for another person's gain" is set to become a criminal offence in England and Wales, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said.

Anyone who knowingly paid "illegally trafficked women for sex" could face rape charges, while kerb crawlers could face prosecution for a first offence.

London, Nov 19 : British iPhone users are facing a tough time using the new voice recognition software, because it does not understand British accents.

The new Google iPhone gives its users an opportunity to search for information using voice-recognition.

The high-tech programme was launched this week and allows users to search Google for cinema times, bring up pictures and information and convert

currency and measurements with one tap of the screen.

London, Nov 19 : Oasis star Noel Gallagher recently became a Bond himself—he saved a pooch belonging to a former Bond Girl from thieves.

The rocker fisted away wannabe dognappers after he saw a few hooded lads trying to steal a black labrador belonging to Caroline Munro, 58, who starred in the 007 flick ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’.

The 41-year-old musician saw the youths trying to nab a dog tied up outside a supermarket when he was near his 2.5million pounds mansion in central London.

London - Doctors in Spain have carried out a pioneering tissue-engineered whole organ transplant by using a windpipe created with the patient's own stem cells, it was reported Wednesday.

Claudia Castillo, a 30-year-old Colombian woman, underwent the ground-breaking operation at a hospital in Barcelona in June and is now in perfect health, Britain's medical journal The Lancet reported.

British newspapers Wednesday hailed the achievement as a "miracle" and a "revolution."