D Wednesday, October 21, 2009 METRO 11 Ballymount Retail Centre, Ballymount Road Upper, Dublin 24. (Exit 10 from M50) Ph: 01 855 5200. Fax: 01 855 7471. Email: info@tilestyle.ie www.tilestyle.ie AT LEAST 50% OFF ALL NATURAL STONE MATERIAL IN STOCK THIS WEEKEND ONLY MASSIVE JOB LOT CLEARANCE IN STORE ALSO TERMS & CONDITIONS APPLY Motor insurance to rise up to 10% Motorists in ireland can expect a rise in their insurance premiums next year, according to a survey by the consultancy firm Deloitte. the company says 85 per cent of insurance companies involved in the survey planned to increase their motor premiums in 2010. A rise of between five per cent and ten per cent is considered the most likely scenario. Deloitte says motor insurance premiums have fallen by around 40 per cent since 2002. Young birds apparently learn to sing by listening carefully to the chit-chat of grown ups. Birdsong and the human language are picked up in surprisingly similar ways, according to researchers from Washington university. Baby birds were found to eavesdrop on adult singing in much the same way that social interaction helps young humans develop speech. Many species of birds were also found to use elaborate acoustic signals, or songs, to communicate with rivals and potential mates. Birds learn song from eggs factor Storm watchers run as a wave over-runs their porch at a hotel on Medano Beach as Hurricane Rick approaches Baja California, Mexico. The hurricane claimed its first victim when a giant wave swept away a Mexican at a Pacific coast resort Picture: AFP/Getty Mexican wave Stephen healed rift with mother before he died BoYZonE star stephen gately patched up a decade-long rift with his mother in one of his final acts before his death. the pair had quarrelled since 1999 when his mother gave an interview to a tabloid newspaper on the day he came out as gay, with their relation- ship particularly strained over the last five years. But in an interview with a maga- zine, given two weeks before he died, the former Boyzone singer said he flew to Dublin to make peace with his mother. gately told the magazine: there were tears and i told her i loved her very much and id always be there for her. i told her i was wrong and i should never have let it get that far. gately said he was ashamed that he wasnt getting on with his mother By Con doHeRTy At peace: Stephen Gately cussed starting a family together. He told reveal magazine: id love to be a dad, Andrew and i are al- ways talking about how lovely it would be. i dont think id ever feel truly fulfilled in my life if i didnt experi- ence the job of being a father. gately died of a cardiogenic pul- monary oedema two weeks ago in the home he shared with Cowles on the spanish island of Mallorca. stephen gately was cremated at glasnevin at the weekend following a funeral service at st Laurence otoole Church in Dublin. ronan Keating, Mikey graham, shane Lynch and Keith Duffy spent the night at the church with the West End star the night before the funeral. the Boyzone members sang dur- ing the funeral Mass. During his eulogy, ronan Keating said stephen gately was now at peace. and the arguments had started over the silliest thing. in the end it was his brother who encouraged him to mend the rift and make it up. the irish singer spoke candidly about coming to terms with depres- sion after Boyzone split and how he rejected anti-depressants because they made him feel like a zombie. But it was finding husband Andrew Cowles that eventually helped gately get his life back on track and the pair had even dis- Leech clue foils thief 8 years onIT was a case that would have tested even the CSI team. When a 71-year-old woman was found tied up at the scene of a robbery, the only clue left behind was a leech. Investigators extracted blood samples from the creature believing it may have fallen from one of the two suspects. The blood was run through a DNA database without success until, eight years on, Peter Cannon was arrested on a drugs bust and his DNA taken and a match made. Cannon, 54, has pleaded guilty to armed robbery and now faces up to 21 years in jail. Forensic science researcher Sally Kelty said the case was the first in Australia and possibly the first ever in which investigators have used DNA extracted from a bloodsucker like a leech or a mosquito to solve a crime. The leech dropped off Peter Cannon as he and an accomplice tied Fay Olson to a chair in her remote home in the Tasmanian woods in September 2001, before escaping with cash. index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html