The chairman of the controversial high speed rail project HS2 has said it must be backed by all three main political parties, and that the country desperately needs it. Sir David...
This is the latest cartoon in our B******* as usual… series, in which we share work by Manchester-based cartoonist Polyp. For more information on Polyp, see...
Fans of the long-running BBC radio soap The Archers are being offered the chance to own a share in the farm that inspired the series. The...
Two newspapers recently claimed that the world is experiencing global cooling rather than warming, as the extent of Arctic ice has increased over 2013. But scientists...
Around 5,000 badgers are set to be shot in Somerset and Gloucestershire in an effort to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB). However, opponents claim...
The fifth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is set to reveal that scientists are more confident than ever that humans are...
It’s a week since it was revealed the Church of England invested indirectly in Wonga – the payday lender that the archbishop of Canterbury had vowed...
Biotechnology giant Monsanto is considering reverting back to selling conventional seeds and chemicals in Europe, due to policy uncertainty and opposition from some member states. It...
Self-styled climate sceptic Charles Moore was bemoaning the BBC’s lack of impartiality last week. This is a man who has edited and now writes for the marginally less...
Can we put a price on nature? Or indeed, should we? These are the questions posed on BBC Radio 4’s Shared Planet programme last week. Presenter...
Leading scientists from the Met Office are meeting on Tuesday to discuss the unusual weather experienced by the UK over the past two years, and to...
Recent decisions by councils and pension funds to ignore public health concerns and invest in the tobacco industry are not just unethical; they have very few...
A high-profile group of social entrepreneurs and business leaders have written to the BBC, urging it to widen the reach of The Apprentice so that it...
Greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 fell by 7% in the UK following mild winter temperatures, according to new data from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Overall,...
Oil giant BP has called on David Cameron to help it get on top of the spiralling compensation costs in relation to the Deepwater Horizon spill....