The Queen delivered her final parliamentary address before the 2015 general election on Wednesday, outlining some of the coalition’s plans for its final year in office....
The government will “champion efforts to secure a global agreement on climate change” ahead of crucial negotiations in Paris next year, the Queen has said in...
Four people have died and 1,600 hospitalised following a weekend of extremely hot weather in Japan, where temperatures touched 40C in some areas. According to the...
With representatives from across the supply chain meeting in London on Wednesday for a summit on the palm oil industry, signatories of the UN-supported Principles for...
The amount of money held in cash ISAs fell in April at the fastest monthly rate since the accounts were introduced in 1999, according to figures...
The EDF-run Dungeness B nuclear power station in Kent will soon see its safety limits raised in an effort to prolong its life, pushing up the...
The shortlist for the 2014 Wolfson Economics Prize, which asks entrants how they would deliver a visionary garden city, has been announced, as a poll reveals...
On this day 25 years ago, the Chinese Communist party sent 200,000 soldiers to suppress a peaceful student-led demonstration calling for political reform. The move caused...
A petition that demands the BBC ends its “media blackout” of the Green party has gathered over 45,000 signatures, with leader Natalie Bennett saying that a...
UK scientists have discovered two new types of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and one new hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) that are almost certainly manmade. The gases contribute to the thinning...
