Bloodhound budgets: indulgence or serious research?
To break the world land speed record requires ambition, courage, persistence, ingenuity - and a great deal of money. Raising the funds required is one of the many...
View ArticleCall to merge Scottish education authorities
Education authorities are facing a call to merge so classrooms may be spared the worst of the cuts...
View ArticleTaiwan celebrates end of 'Ghost Month' with pole climb
Taiwan has celebrated the end of "Ghost Month" with an unusual...
View ArticleFighting Taliban: US recruits' story
With three duffle bags, a combat pack and an empty rifle, US Privates Russell Gaskin, Anthony...
View ArticleProstate cancer screening backed for 'at risk' men
Screening men with a family history of breast and ovarian cancer can lead to early diagnosis of...
View ArticleCost of ageing population 'needs re-calculating'
The cost of old age on health services in industrialised nations may need to be re-measured, a study suggests. Rising life expectancies and improved health means the population is ageing more slowly...
View ArticlePrisoner rehabilitation plan funded by investment bond
A "payment-by-results" project to cut re-offending is being officially launched. Investors have put £5m in social impact bonds to fund rehabilitation work with 3,000 Peterborough Prison inmates. They...
View ArticleChilean MPs join hunger protest by indigenous detainees
Four opposition congressmen in Chile have a joined a hunger strike by 34 indigenous Mapuche prisoners. The Mapuches are protesting against being charged under anti-terrorist laws for their role in a...
View ArticleUS Muslims' views on their country
As Muslims around the world begin the Eid festival,...
View ArticleSpending watchdog warns over academies' finances
The rapid expansion of England's academies programme risks being poor value for money, the spending watchdog has warned. With one in four existing academies needing extra financial help, the National...
View ArticleQuiz of the week's news
Continue reading the main story 7 days 7 questions It's the Magazine's 7 days 7 questions weekly quiz - a chance to find out how much news from the past week you've read, heard and watched... and how...
View ArticleJustice minister Djanogly defends detective use
A justice minister has defended hiring private detectives to carry out undercover investigations of his aides and colleagues. Tory Jonathan Djanogly said he acted in a bid to find the source of...
View ArticleTop A-level grades and no options left but signing on
Amber Fox is 18, with impressive A-level results, but is on the verge of signing on. Just three weeks ago she received her results: 3 A-stars and one grade A. But she failed to secure a university...
View ArticleIran to release one of three captured US hikers
Iran is set to release on Saturday Sarah Shourd - one of three detained US...
View ArticleHow the US pastor was convinced to cancel Koran burning
The pastor of a small US church who planned to burn copies of the...
View ArticleUS Koran burning event on hold, says pastor Terry Jones
The US pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary...
View ArticleUN urges direct talks between Serbia and Kosovo
The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for dialogue between...
View ArticleLabour candidates at Bristol hustings
The five candidates for the Labour leadership were in Bristol to try and...
View ArticleMother's tribute to son found dead with father in Poole
The mother of a six-year-old boy has spoken of her "pain" after he was found dead with his father in Dorset. Chris Hall and his son, also called Chris, were found in Queens Road, Poole, on 18 August....
View ArticlePilgrims' progress for St David shrine
A mother and daughter will finish a walking pilgrimage to Pembrokeshire later as they raise funds to restore a...
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