19/02/2009 - New grant for study into pollution and respiratory health

A study into the links between air pollution and vitamin D deficiency, and their impact on the respiratory health of children has received a new...

19/02/2009 - Britons 'think energy bills are too high'

More than two-thirds of Britons think that their energy bills are too high, according to new research from a price comparison website....

19/02/2009 - Fuel cell patents up

Developments in alternative car fuels have led to an increase in the number of patents for fuel cells. New figures from the Clean Energy Patent Growth...

19/02/2009 - Sakhalin LNG factory comes on stream

Russian gas major Gazprom has proudly announced that the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facility at Sakhalin has been brought on stream....

19/02/2009 - Rail travel criticised over costs

British rail passengers are paying more and receiving less value for their money than those in Europe, a study claims. The report by Passenger Focus...

18/02/2009 - Network Rail to trial plastic sleepers

Those in engineering jobs at Network Rail will be laying plastic sleepers on parts of the network as part of a nationwide trial. The company is...

18/02/2009 - Three years for lorry driver who "wiped out" family

A Portuguese lorry driver who killed a family of six on the M6 last October has been jailed for three years. Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva, 46, was...

18/02/2009 - UK soldier killed during Afghanistan assault named

The British soldier killed this week during an assault upon a Taliban position in southern Afghanistan has been named as Lance Corporal Stephen...

18/02/2009 - Obama deploys 17,000 extra troops to Afghanistan

The United States will increase its military presence in Afghanistan by 17,000 troops, Barack Obama has said. The president said the situation in...

18/02/2009 - UK troops take down Taliban heroin base

The British army has hailed the success of a massive counter-Taliban operation in southern Afghanistan that saw four heroin factories captured and up...

17/02/2009 - Lung cancer rates set for decline

Lung cancer rates, which have fallen by a fifth over the last 20 years, are set to continue heading downwards, a study has shown. Cancer Research UK...

17/02/2009 - IEA warns of oil crunch

There may be a sharp spike in oil prices next year if companies continue to shelve exploration and production projects, the International Energy...

17/02/2009 - Marine killed in Afghanistan "irreplaceable"

Tributes have been paid to the royal marine killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, named today as Darren Smith. The 27-year-old became the 144th British...

17/02/2009 - "Nuclear nightmare" after UK, French submarines collide

British and French nuclear submarines hit each other in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, the Royal Navy has confirmed. HMS Vanguard and Le...

17/02/2009 - Taliban gunfire claims life of UK soldier

A British soldier has died after his patrol came under fire from suspected Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan. The unnamed soldier, from the...