A 14-year-old Nepali boy who is only 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall has been put forward for a Guinness world record as the world’s smallest person, his family and supporters said.

Andre Ferrella is at once a painter, photographer, and multi-media artist. These various mediums are all used as expressive tools for Ferrella’s search for his connection to the universe and to articulate his sense of our universal connection to each other. (w/pics)

Internet sperm providers are to be contacted by Britain’s Department of Health this week to inform them of new regulations covering the sale of fresh sperm.