Tesco, Findus, Aldi and other food suppliers named in the recent horsemeat revelations, today formed a consortium to try to re-establish confidence in their beef products, and to put the meat-contamination scandal behind them.
'We do not wish to b...
Controversy within the Church of England has intensified today on the eve of a crucial vote by the General Synod as to whether Christians should defy some of the laws of physics.
'We are sick of scientists not taking seriously our religious Truths...
The international community is trying to come to terms with the shock revelation that some countries with which nations have links, simply do not exist.
Two hundred and four countries were represented at the opening ceremony of London 2012, and it...
A government report on education in the UK, published today, draws radical, new conclusions about the causes of the apparent decline in educational standards.
'It had become established wisdom that young people were becoming more stupid,' explaine...
London's astronomers are over the moon at the announcement that the London Borough of Ealing has been declared an International Dark-Sky Reserve.
'London is an international centre of excellence for numerous endeavours,' explained Mayor of London,...
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Paris today announced that a "leap centimetre" would be added to the length of the metre at midnight on 28th February 2012, to coincide with the addition of an extra day to the year.
'People are...
Preparations are now underway to ensure the safe journey of the Olympic Flame from the ancient Greek site of Olympia to the Olympic Stadium in London, for the 2012 Olympic Games.
'Many people wonder how the Flame can travel all that way without mi...
The institutions and regulators of the global financial system today made an unprecedented joint announcement that will change the underlying basis of the global economy.
These institutions and regulators, which include the International Monetary...
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) team at CERN are now enlisting volunteers who have home computers to contribute in the search for the Higgs boson. Details of the project, called LHC@home 2.0, can be found at http://lhcathome.web.cern.ch/LHCathome/Phy...
Concerns continue to be raised about risks associated with the silent motion of electric automobiles.
In a recent report, Ivor Hardhat, chairman of the International Society for the Prevention of Accidents, highlights the problem: 'Without an audi...
Cosmology's biggest mystery has been solved due to pioneering work at CERN.
The Big Bang Theory predicts that the universe should contain equal quantities of matter and anti-matter. The fact that only matter had been observed led cosmologists to a...
Football supporters' clubs have expressed concern about the ease with which fans now switch club allegiances.
'It's changing the face of football,' lamented George "Kicker" Boot, the supporters' club chairman of, bottom of League Two, Stockport Co...
Controversy surrounding weather management for the recent British Royal Wedding has reignited debate about the effect of petitionary prayer on global weather systems.
London's weather forecast for the Royal Wedding day had been poor. Unofficial Pa...
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg today made a landmark judgement that finally recognised the plight of EAS sufferers. The ruling will also lead to a major review of European employment law.
Employment Aversion Syndrome, or EAS, rem...
The UN announced today that the year of 2012 is to be postponed.
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, spoke of the unanimous UN vote. 'The outlook for the global economy is extremely uncertain,' he explained. 'There is political i...
Scientists have warned that our visual world will almost certainly revert to monochrome, or black-and-white, within the next five to ten years.
Those who have viewed photographs, films or television recordings made during the early or mid 20th cen...
Astrologers remain divided about the increasing number of people choosing to undergo Star Sign Reassignment.
As little as ten years ago it was believed that natal charts were fixed at the time of birth, and that lives would inevitably follow the c...
The long-awaited all-party report on 'Christmas in England' was finally published today in time for inclusion in the Queen's Christmas message.
The enquiry that led to the report was set up to examine and make recommendations about key controversi...