While governments around the world are working on supplying effective vaccines, there are sadly no magical potions or fictional Latin incantations capable of quashing the advance of swine flu.
Just ask Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint, who has conventional Muggle medicine to thank as he progresses along the road to recovery after being struck down by the potentially deadly H1N1 virus.
According to Grint’s female publicist, the actor succumbed to the virus while shooting the seventh and final movie in the hugely popular Harry Potter series – in which he plays bumbling, …

Ufologists are predicting a record number of UFO sightings in Britain this year after an explosion of alleged UFOs reported to the Ministry of Defence in the first six months of the year.
The Sun reports a total of 231 sightings passed on to the MoD so far this year; compared to to 285 in 2008, 135 in 2007 and 97 in 2006.
The newspaper quoted leading UFO expert Nick Pope as saying: “We are now on track for a record year.”
“I thought the number of UFOs reported last year was high, …