Norway may stop British and EU vessels fishing in its waters from January 1st – talks held up by London's protracted Brexit standoff with Brussels ~news norway politics united kingdom Article 295 words 8 votes
Team behind Oxford Covid jab start final stage of malaria vaccine trials ~science medicine Article 383 words 7 votes
Aston Martin in row over 'sock puppet PR firm' pushing anti-electric vehicle study. Report disputing green benefits of EVs attributed to company registered to wife of carmaker’s director. ~enviro climate change Article 786 words, published Dec 2 2020 7 votes
Football's forgotten tragedy: In 1971, an Old Firm derby at Ibrox ended with the death of sixty-six fans as they celebrated a late goal ~sports.football Article 4644 words 5 votes
The Scottish village where the children design the Christmas lights ~design Article 860 words 9 votes
Drone sightings caused Gatwick airport to close for two days in 2018, but despite a lengthy police investigation, no culprit was ever found. So what exactly did people see in the Sussex sky? ~life Article 5293 words 10 votes
NHS to trial blood test to detect more than fifty forms of cancer ~health healthcare Article 770 words, published Nov 27 2020 9 votes
Scottish Parliament unanimously passes a bill to provide menstrual products for free across the country ~health Link 30 votes
In 1978, a photographer at a Birmingham lab fell ill with smallpox, prompting a race against time to prevent an epidemic. Does the outbreak carry lessons for Covid-19? ~health Article 3483 words 12 votes
Boris Johnson announces ten-point green plan, including investments in nuclear and wind, and new combustion vehicle ban from 2030 ~enviro energy.renewable Article 832 words 30 votes
The curse of the buried treasure - Two metal-detector enthusiasts discovered a Viking hoard. It was worth a fortune—but it became a nightmare. ~humanities.history Article 8055 words 5 votes
The waters around Tristan da Cunha, a remote British territory in the South Atlantic Ocean, will become the fourth-largest completely protected marine area in the world ~enviro Article 1090 words 11 votes
UK sees record bandwidth use on Xbox Series X/S launch day ~tech internet microsoft Article 601 words 8 votes
"I just want to see the person I always saw in my head": How a trans woman found that facial feminization surgery could restore her sense of self ~lgbt transgender Article 4744 words 12 votes
Life during wartime: How west Belfast became the frontline of the Troubles ~humanities.history Article 3820 words 5 votes
Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response among old as well as young adults ~health Article 578 words 9 votes
How hedges became the unofficial emblem of Great Britain: The ubiquitous boxy bushes have defined the British landscape since the Bronze Age ~humanities.history Article 1500 words 11 votes
Alan Parsons Project - Games People Play (1980) ~music pop.synth Video 3:19, published Feb 21 2014 8 votes
Sheet music sales soar 25% as UK turns to piano practice during Covid lockdown ~music Article 410 words, published Oct 9 2020 8 votes
IKEA is to buy back its unwanted furniture from customers to resell as secondhand, as part of the Swedish group's efforts to become more environmentally friendly ~enviro sustainability Article 374 words 10 votes
Graham Linehan says he won’t work with Channel 4 again unless transphobic IT Crowd episode is reinstated ~tv Article 403 words 18 votes
Twenty-five years of His Dark Materials: Philip Pullman on the journey of a lifetime ~books Article 2503 words 14 votes
Cambridge Analytica did not misuse data in EU referendum, says UK watchdog ~tech Article 459 words 5 votes
The badly thought-out use of Microsoft's Excel software was the reason nearly 16,000 coronavirus cases went unreported in England ~tech microsoft.excel Article 634 words 28 votes
13MW GE-built Haliade-X turbines confirmed for the world's largest wind farms off the UK coast—the 3.6GW Dogger Bank project ~enviro energy.renewable Article 915 words, published Sep 22 2020 6 votes
Planning is GREAT: Britain was supposed to be the most prepared country in the world. Then an unexpected enemy arrived ~health Article 4436 words 6 votes
Cineworld to close all Regal Cinemas, UK venues in response to ‘No Time to Die’ delay ~movies Article 659 words 14 votes
Napalm Death - Backlash Just Because (2020) ~music metal.death Video 2:57, published Jul 24 2020 5 votes