Britian today.

Bible truth: The Biblical story of God creating Adam out of clay may be closer to the truth than most people think, it was disclosed yesterday. Scientists believe clay minerals might have provided the original framework for life.

Fathers win access: A pressure group campaigning to change the way fathers are treated by family courts have won a meeting with a Government minister after staging a rooftop protest at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Drug resistant HIV: Resistance to drug treatments which help people infected with HIV stay in good health is steadily increasing. The first report from the Health Protection Agency's national HIV resistance database found the number of people infected with a strain of HIV that was already resistant to drug therapy has increased from 10pc in 1996 to 14pc in 2001.

Drug mistake: An Israeli man accused of putting Ecstasy into a business woman's drink on a flight from Tel Aviv to London may have given her his glass by mistake, a court heard yesterday. Ramon Gantz, 31, told the jury at Lewes Crown Court that he had not intended to spike the 24-year-old woman's drink. The trial continues today.

Father found guilty: A father who squeezed and suffocated to death his six-week-old baby on New Year's Day when the child woke wanting to be fed was convicted of his manslaughter at the Old Bailey yesterday. Vincent Jacob, 33, an unemployed furniture polisher from Manor Park, east London, was remanded in custody for sentencing on November 21.

Acne cure: Acne can be kept at bay for up to three months with just one dose of a new laser treatment, researchers said yesterday. The finding emerged from a study of 41 acne patients reported in the Lancet medical journal.

Concern for missing girls: Two young girls who disappeared after they set off to watch a football match were still missing last night. Laura Shaw, 15, and 12-year-old Diane Brown, both from Nottingham, were seen in the Clifton area of the city on Saturday.

Sex case success: A former RAF police officer won her sexual discrimination case against the Ministry of Defence yesterday after complaining about foul language and lewd comments made at a training session.

First Lady of Law: The Government has appointed the first ever female Law Lord, it emerged today. Senior appeal judge Lady Justice Hale has been made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Downing Street said.

University post: Anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu is to become a professor at King's College London.

Babysitting animals: Harsh conditions force some animals to babysit. When animals must cooperate to survive, individual animals are more inclined to babysit a study at Edinburgh University found.