Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 21:07
Stiff sea breeze blows away school's electricity bill
One of Britain’s most windswept schools has taken advantage of its position on an exposed Cornish headland to reduce its electricity bills by up to 90 per cent.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 15:08
Bishops do the Lambeth walk to end poverty
Nothing unites warring factions so much as a common enemy and, as 650 bishops left their encampment in Canterbury to march on the capital yesterday, they at last had a single purpose. They set aside their civil war over sexuality and went out to vanquish world poverty.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 11:14
Background: Max Mosley orgies and missing emails
The unsolved riddle at the heart of Max Mosley’s orgy trial is what he said to his S&M madam in a string of e-mails that remain missing.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 06:54
Diplomats rescue British teenager from forced marriage
A British teenager has been rescued from a forced marriage to her Bangladeshi cousin after begging diplomats to help her, local police have said.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 01:25
Sheffield man stunned by deaths in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - Abdul Wahid was asleep in England when he received a panicked phone call. "Buy a plane ticket and hurry to Kabul!" his brother's voice said.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 00:12
Ofgem says fuel poor must get cheapest deals
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's retail energy suppliers must ensure their poorest customers are on the cheapest price plan to count towards their multi-million pound "social tariff" targets, energy regulator Ofgem said on Friday.
Thursday, 24 July 2008 @ 23:25
Glasgow by-election polls close
The polls close in the Glasgow East by-election as nine candidates contest the Westminster seat.
Thursday, 24 July 2008 @ 22:35
Payout for false Facebook profile
A businessman wins £22,000 in libel and breach of privacy after his personal details were printed on the Facebook website.
Thursday, 24 July 2008 @ 22:07
Warwick, not Glasgow, can hurt Brown
Win or lose in Glasgow, Mr Brown will remain Prime Minister and Alex Salmond will retain the initiative in Scottish politics. But what is being called Warwick 2, after the original deal with the unions there in 2004, will have a crucial bearing on Labour's future. This is less about immediate policies than what is said at the next election and, even more crucially, afterwards, especially if Labou...