Solar eclipse across whole of UK on March 20th, and continental Europe
The UK will see a solar eclipse with obscuration (darkness) ranging from 97% in the north to 85% in the south. The Moon will...
Another Tory defection to UKIP possible, Farage hints
Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP, says there is still a good chance another Conservative MP could defect to his anti-EU and anti-immigration party before...
Global warming’s stationary trend set to end as Pacific warms up again
Global warming’s stationary trend, which was reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) two years ago, is set to end, as the...
East Coast rail is in private hands again
After being in the public sector for five years the East Coast rail route between London and Scotland is being privately run again.
Since November...
First time buyers in England to receive 20% discount off new homes
Young first-time buyers in England can now register with the Government to receive a 20% discount off the normal price of certain homes.
The offer...
Aer Lingus sale by Irish Government looking more likely as resistance softens
The sale of the Irish Government’s 25% stake in Aer Lingus to British Airways and Iberia owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) is looking...
Sunniest winter on record, following last year’s wettest, UK
This winter is set to become the sunniest since records began in 1929, in contrast to last year’s, which was the wettest ever, according...
Eclipse of the Sun has European solar power producers worried
Hundreds of millions of Europeans will experience a solar eclipse ranging from 40% to 97% obscuration on March 20th. Iceland will have a total...
Russia’s not on path to democracy, let’s not kid ourselves, says ex-MI6 chief
Sir John Sawers, who recently retired as head of MI6, Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, said we should not deceive ourselves that Russia is on...
Methane levels spiked in Mars, raising prospect of life on the Red Planet
The Curiosity robot’s tunable laser spectrometer in the SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) has unequivocally detected an episodic spike in methane concentrations in the...