Some of the biggest names in showbusiness rocked up at Glastonbury today, despite forecasts of an exceptionally wet weekend. Game of Thrones actors Kit Harington and his wife Rose Leslie, model Dais… [+17922 chars]
Spanish-German wind giant Siemens Gamesa has been awarded a firm order for 60 of its SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbines, which will be installed at the 882-MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotla… [+1892 chars]
Baroness Scotland of Asthal has been re-elected as Secretary General of the Commonwealth, in a blow for the Prime Minister who attempted to have her ousted by backing a rival candidate. The Labour p… [+1127 chars]
By Georgina RannardBBC News Climate & Science Five major planets in our solar system are lined up in a row for a rare planetary conjunction visible with the naked eye. In a clear sky, Mercury, … [+2238 chars]
Pic When space junk crashed into the Moon earlier this year, it made not one but two craters on the lunar surface, judging from images revealed by NASA on Friday. Astronomers predicted a mysterious … [+3889 chars]
Pic When space junk crashed into the Moon earlier this year, it made not one but two craters on the lunar surface, judging from images revealed by NASA on Friday. Astronomers predicted a mysterious … [+3889 chars]
Dyslexia should be considered a difference, not a disorder, researchers at the University of Cambridge say. This is evidenced by studies in cognition, behaviour and the brain that show that people wi… [+3946 chars]
London Underground staff in the RMT union have voted to continue with strikes in a dispute over pensions and job cuts. More than 90% of the unions members on the tube who voted, on a 53% turnout, ba… [+1815 chars]
Mitchell and Blundell, Blundell and Mitchell. Will no one rid England of these turbulent bats? For the third Test in succession Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell have put on a century partnership and … [+1490 chars]
Covid vaccines cut the global death toll by 20 million in the first year after they were available, according to the first major analysis. The study, which modelled the spread of the disease in 185 … [+3283 chars]
It was not immediately clear whether the Ukrainian forces holding the Azot chemical plant, their last bastion inside the town, had begun to leave. Yuri Butusov, a Ukrainian journalist reporting from… [+1418 chars]
London Underground workers have voted to strike again, as they near the end of this week's action which has seen Tube services disrupted across the capital. Around 10,000 London Underground staff re… [+1616 chars]
