Austin Reed closing 120 stores by end of June, 1,000 jobs at cost
Austin Reed will be closing 120 stores by the end of June at the cost of approximately 1,000 jobs.
The 116-year-old retailer, which manufactured Winston...
Average-speed camera coverage in the UK has doubled over past 3 years
The number of road miles in the UK covered by permanent average-speed cameras has more than doubled over the past three years, according to...
Bumblebees know flowers are near because their hairs vibrate
Bumblebees know flowers are near because they have tiny hairs that vibrate, responding to electric signals from the flowers. This biological ability to perceive...
Asus unveils its talking household assistant robot ‘Zenbo’
Asus has just unveiled its new talking household assistant robot called Zenbo.
The family friendly robot, priced at $599 (around £410), can move freely...
EasyJet to reject passengers who arrive at security less than half-an-hour before departure
EasyJet is going to start rejecting passengers who arrive at airport security less than half-an-hour before departure, cracking down on those who make a...
Global air passenger demand rose 4.6% in April, slowest growth since last January
Global air passenger demand rose 4.6 percent in April, the slowest rate of growth since January 2015, according to the International Air Transport Association...
Distant planet that might have life has scientists excited
A distant planet that might have life, or could have the ideal conditions for life to emerge, has scientists in the United States excited....
UK wine industry is booming, 37 new winemakers in England were licensed last year
The British wine industry has experienced a boom over the past year, with a surge in the number of new vineyards opening across the...
Mass bleaching killed a third of corals of Great Barrier Reef section
Mass bleaching has killed over one third – 35% - of the corals on the central and northern Great Barrier Reef, says a team...
90% of economists believe a Brexit would harm UK economic growth
There is remarkable consensus among economists that a Brexit would harm UK economic growth.
An overwhelming 88% of economists who took part in an online...