3points to ponder

WACKY chef Heston Blumenthal says he seasons and thickens his soups by chucking in a handful of gravel, pebbles and rock. Or is he leading us up the garden path? SCIENTISTS at the University of Edinburgh are developing a stem cell technique which will allow human joints to regenerate themselves. Hip, hip hooray! UK folk spend 31 hours a year queuing – and nine out of ten say forming an orderly line makes them feel happy. Tell that to the 47 people behind you in Tesco next week.