UK weather: Next week could see hottest September day for 100 years with temperatures reaching 31 degrees
Britain faces a wet and windy weekend before summer blasts back with the possibility of temperatures well over 30 degrees next week. Parts of the country will swelter and could experience in one of...
Quiet battle for the sound of silence in UK shops
Nigel Rodgers is in hell. A campaigner against piped music for decades, he stands in a shoe shop on London’s Oxford Street which is blaring out loud pop music, wincing visibly....
Pair of endangered leopard cubs born at UK zoo
One of the most endangered species of big cat has given birth to two cubs at a zoo in England. There are thought to be just 70 Amur leopards in the wild, with 200 living in captivity across the...
Sale of alcohol at UK airports to be reviewed after incidents
New Aviation Minister Lord Ahmad has announced he will examine the way alcohol is sold at airports amid a spate of incidents on planes involving drunk passengers. He also pledged to ensure the way...
Illegally high air pollution in Northampton is mapped out a week after town had worst level in UK
Air pollution levels on two roads in Northampton have breached the legal limit set by the European Union, according to scientific data released by the town’s Green Party this week. Air quality...
Over 12,000 jobs lost in the UK solar industry
12,000 is not a small number, especially if it was about losing 12,000 jobs in the UK solar industry. One cannot but question and think of reasons for this news, as soon as he/she reads it. A report...
Boris Johnson says UK will not give up its ‘leading role’ in Europe despite Brexit
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has made her strongest statement yet on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. Writing in her regular column for the Daily Record, she says that – while she respects...
UK light pollution ‘causing spring to come a week earlier’
Light pollution is causing spring to come at least a week earlier in the UK, a new study has revealed. The report, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that budburst in...
