Omagh's world record breaking weekend
It has been a busy weekend for world-record beating in County Tyrone. Darts players at the Weigh Inn Bar in Omagh beat the...
View ArticleIron Maiden rock the album chart
Elder statesmen of heavy metal Iron Maiden have scored the fourth number one album of their 35-year career. The Final Frontier went...
View ArticleSoldier shot in Afghanistan named as Jordan Bancroft
A UK soldier shot dead in Afghanistan has been named as L/Cpl Jordan Dean Bancroft, from Burnley in Lancashire. L/Cpl Bancroft, from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, died on Saturday...
View ArticleNon-emergency 111 health number to be piloted
Trials of a three-digit telephone number for those needing non-emergency medical care in England have been...
View ArticleRPSB to protest over cuts to wildlife conservation
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is beginning a week of direct action to protest against possible cuts to spending on wildlife conservation. The government gives £230m a...
View ArticleDoctors make plea over prescriptions system
A standard system for prescriptions is urgently needed to reduce errors and improve hospital patient safety,...
View ArticleArthritis protein 'guards against Alzheimer's disease'
A protein produced in cases of rheumatoid arthritis appears to protect against the development of Alzheimer's disease, US scientists have said. In the Journal of Alzheimer's Research study, mice with...
View ArticleBeatles director Richard Lester donates archives to BFI
The draft scripts for The Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night and Help have been donated to the British Film Institute by director Richard Lester....
View ArticleTim Vine's holiday pun 'is festival's funniest'
Comedian Tim Vine has won a prize for the funniest joke of this year's Edinburgh Fringe. The pun pundit, who...
View ArticleTrawlers damaging precious sponge beds
Deep-sea trawling is damaging the UK's sponge beds and threatening a potential source of medical cures, scientists...
View ArticleAlien hunters 'should look for artificial intelligence'
A senior astronomer has said that the hunt for alien life should take into account alien "sentient machines". Seti, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, has until now...
View ArticleChile miners feared dead 'found alive'
All 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped down a collapsed mine for 17 days...
View ArticleBodies hung from bridge in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Police in Mexico say they have found four bodies hung from a bridge in an affluent town south of Mexico City. The four men had been decapitated and...
View ArticleUS help warms hearts of Pakistan community
In the picturesque mountains of Pakistan's north-west, the US response to the devastating floods has helped to change the...
View ArticleUS scientists' trial brings them 'closer to Ebola drug'
A drug to treat the Ebola virus...
View ArticleWoolworths stores remain unused 18 months after closure
More than 300 former Woolworths stores are still empty a year and a half after the chain collapsed. The Local Data Company, which provides information on the retail sector, says this represents some...
View ArticleHousehold finance under pressure in August
Household finances came under pressure on all fronts in August, according to market researchers Markit and YouGov. Their survey of 2,000 households showed people were increasingly worried about losing...
View ArticleStudy may help protect buildings from climate change
An Edinburgh University study may help to protect some of Scotland's historic buildings and monuments from...
View ArticleWhy the alien hunt may be flawed
Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the Seti Institute, talks to the...
View ArticleCouncil urges caution on slowing isles' mainland links
Passengers would not accept longer ferry sailings between the mainland and the Western Isles to cut CO2 emissions,...
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