David Bennett: Last News

A 'devoted' dad-of-two died after his childhood pal collided with him in a horror bike crash, an inquest has heard.

An urgent police search has been launched to find a man reported missing after his car was discovered parked unattended at a loch in the Highlands.

A Prestwick chef’s cookbook has raised over £13,000 for local charities in memory of his late wife.

world to be given a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig has died.David Bennett, 57, had a terminal heart disease and survived for two months following the surgery, which took place in the US.However, his condition began to deteriorate several days ago, according to his doctors in Baltimore.Mr Bennett, who had been deemed ineligible for a human transplant, sadly passed away on March 8.He originally thought medics were joking when he was first told of the potential procedure. Dr Bartley P Griffith, a Professor of Transplant Surgery at the University of Maryland (UMSOM), performed the surgery on January 7 and said back then said that it could start “hearts on demand” for patients in the future."We are devastated by the loss of Mr Bennett.

Center for Innovative Medicine Models, part of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), so scientists can look into ‘the generation, characterisation and implementation of large animal models in biological and biomedical research’.The lab’s 40-odd staff use animals to look into everything from genetic diseases to reproduction, but a chief concern is xenotransplantation: moving living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another – usually humans. In this developing scientific field, leading the pack is the prospect of genetically modified (GM) pigs looking like 12428 being cut open, their hearts (or possibly kidneys, lungs and livers) removed and carefully but hastily given to a desperately ill human.It is difficult to fathom, watching the piglets play in their pen, but the science is more than encouraging.

Dermot O'Leary was photographed on a night out with his wife Dee Koppang as they attended a private viewing of a new exhibition. The stylish couple joined many famous faces at a special showing of Dave Bennett's Great Shot, Kid at the JD Malat Gallery in West London on Wednesday night. This Morning presenter Dermot, 48, looked dapper in a long tan overcoat, with a navy turtle neck top accompanying smart black trousers and brown suede shoes.

A devoted dad who covered his back with a giant tattoo in memory of five tragic babies he lost now plans to honour his son who had Down's syndrome - and lived for just 27 days - with a special tribute on his grandmother's headstone.

Warrington has been jailed for more than four years, after causing over £10,000 worth of damage.