UK couple have dead dog cloned in South Korea

Laura Jacques and Richard Remde are first British customers of Sooam Biotech Research Foundation

A British couple has flown to South Korea to await the arrival of two puppies due to be born over Christmas after having their dead pet cloned.

Laura Jacques and her partner, Richard Remde, from Yorkshire, are the first UK customers to employ the services of the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation, which offers a dog cloning service for $100,000 (67,000) per canine.