KING RICHARD III TO BE REBURIED 530 YEARS AFTER DEATH
LONDON: King Richard III, the medieval English monarch whose remains were found under a car park three years ago, will be reburied next week nearly 530 years after he was slain in battle and dumped in an humble grave. The remains of Richard — the last English king to die in battle when he was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in central England in 1485 — were found in 2012. His body will be re-interred at Leicester Cathedral next week in an oak coffin designed by a descendant whose DNA helped identify the remains. He will also win the regal recognition supporters say his conqueror Henry Tudor, later Henry VII, denied him. On Sunday, a cortege with his coffin will tour villages in Leicestershire and the battlefield site at Bosworth then placed on public display at Leicester Cathedral before re-burial next Thursday. REUTERS Lincoln Park Zoo prefer grapes over carrots. Previous research at the zoo provided that insight into food preferences. Now, a 15-monthlong study led by Lydia Hopper of the Lester Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes at Lincoln Park Zoo, suggests that the apes are willing to travel farther to get the goodies they prefer. IANS risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases, researchers said. Metabolic syndrome — a combination of risk factors that may lead to high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease — is one of the results of the obesity epidemic. PTI