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Britain goes ahead with fracking

Energy companies are being invited to bid for licences to extract oil and gas from large areas of Britain using the controversial process known as fracking. Under the process, water, sand and chemicals are pumped into shale rock under high pressure, cracking it to release the oil or gas. Opponents sa..
Jul 12,2015

Internet piracy warnings

Warning emails are to be sent to people in the UK who are downloading music and films illegally. From 2015, up to four warnings a year will be sent to households suspected of copyright infringement...
Jul 12,2015

Assisted dying debate

A law which would allow assisted suicide is being discussed in Britain. The proposal is based on laws already in place in the US states of Oregon and Washington. It has caused controversy...
Jul 12,2015

Egyptian statue sells for nearly £16m

An Egyptian statue held in a museum in Britain has been sold for £15.76m at Christie's of London, despite protests by the Egyptian government and the Arts Council in England. Northampton Borough Council sold it to help pay for a £14m development of its museum and art gallery...
Jul 12,2015

Cheap solar energy

A new way of producing solar cells could make energy from the Sun cheaper than coal, gas and oil. The research by a team at Liverpool University has been published in the journal Nature...
Jul 12,2015

British jihadists worry authorities

The British authorities are concerned about young British men returning from Syria and Iraq after engaging in the fight for the creation of an Islamic state. The former MI6 director Richard Barrett says security services won't be able to monitor all of them. According to recent reports, there could b..
Jul 12,2015

Poaching threatens survival of African elephants

The office of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (known as CITES) says rates of elephant poaching and trade in illegal ivory remain very high. In a new report, CITES warns that Africa's elephants face an immediate threat to their survival because of continued high levels of p..
Jul 12,2015

Obama to announce new pollution targets for power plants

The US government is due to give details about its plan to cut carbon emissions from fossil fuel power stations. This will be one of the most significant actions to try to reduce global warming in US history...
Jul 12,2015

Middle East virus possibly spread by camels

Saudi Arabia has issued its strongest warning so far over the possible connection between camels and a virus that has killed more than one hundred people in the country. The virus, known as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, has infected nearly five hundred people in Saudi Arabia...
Jul 12,2015

Twins meet after 78 years apart

Twin sisters from Aldershot in the UK have met in the United States after spending 78 years apart. Elizabeth Hamel and Ann Hunt found each other after the longest period of separation ever recorded for twins...
Jul 12,2015