A druid leader is calling for fake human remains to be put on display at Stonehenge instead of real ones.

King Arthur Pendragon criticised a “macabre” plan by English Heritage to display “ancestral remains”.

In 2011, King Arthur lost a High Court legal battle to have bones, which were discovered in 2008, returned to their original resting place at the popular Wiltshire attraction. (AP)

S. Korean girl gets lab-grown windpipe

A two-year-old South Korean girl became the world’s youngest patient to receive a windpipe made in a lab.

Hannah Warren, who was born without a windpipe, had spent her entire life in a Seoul hospital, where doctors told her parents there was no hope and they expected her to die.

But Hannah was taken to the Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria, where she was fitted with a windpipe made from stem cells taken from her bone marrow.

Her father Darryl said: “We feel like she’s reborn. They hope that she can do everything that a normal child can do but it’s going to take time.” (PA)

Garden fitted for Twitter activity

Twitter users will be able to control the appearance of a garden that is set to go on show at the Chelsea Flower Show this year. The garden, named Digital Capabilities, has been designed to respond to Twitter activity.

The six metre by three metre plot will be divided into two separate planting zones by a Perspex panelled wall, which connects to a computer. (PA)

Banking on more clear handwriting

US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has promised to work on his famously illegible handwriting before submit-ting his signature to the nation’s currency.

President Barack Obama joked when he nominated Mr Lew for the post that he had never noticed before how bad the signature was.

It consisted of a series of loops that bore no resemblance to his name. (PA)

Brain predicts fast-moving objects

Returning one of British tennis ace Andy Murray’s 140mph serves requires clairvoyance as well as skill, research has shown.

A study has found that only by predicting the future can people stand any chance of hitting the ball back.

Yet this is a feat routinely accomplished by the brain when faced with fast-moving objects.

Whether it is an oncoming tennis or cricket ball, a striking fist, or a car, the brain looks ahead of time.

To compensate for delays in neural processing, it “sees” the object not where it is, but where it will be a fraction of a second later, the researchers from the University of California at Berkeley said. (PA)

Lennon, Harrison guitar for sale

A rare guitar played by Beatles pair John Lennon and George Harrison worth about £150,000 (€177,000) is on display in London.

The Beatles VOX guitar, a prototype made in 1966 and later given to “Magic Alex” Mardas, a friend of the band, is being unveiled at The Stafford London hotel in St James’s Palace.

After going on display from today to Saturday it will be taken to New York for auction.

The guitar, one of a few known to exist that was played by both Lennon and Harrison, will be auctioned on May 18. Lennon gave the guitar to Alex Mardas with a plaque on the back reading: “To Magic Alex/ Alexi thank you/ for been [sic] a friend/ 2-5-1967 John.” (AP)

New Jersey Governor had slim hopes

New Jersey governor Chris Christie, who once called himself “the healthiest fat guy you’ve ever seen,” has secretly undergone a gastric band operation.

Medical professionals and campaign strategists alike suggested there is no more serious barrier to his personal well-being and national political ambitions than his weight.

But he insisted it was not about politics, but about turning 50 and wanting to be around as his children grow up. (PA)

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