Wales has become the first country in the UK to reduce speed limits in built-up areas from 30mph to 20mph in Wales from Sunday. Welsh ministers said a 20mph (32km/h) limit would reduce deaths and noise and encourage people to walk or cycle but it has caused controversy with some drivers...
An intact Bronze Age pot and a previously unknown Saxon village with a large hall were among the “exceptional” finds unearthed during a dig. Britannia Archaeology experts have been working on the site near Ely, Cambridgeshire, for nearly a year. They expected just a few...
A long-delayed tidal power project has said it is in talks with investors and energy firms about future funding. Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) originally hoped to install turbines on the sea bed south of the Isle of Wight by 2017. It previously said it was “forced into...
Lowering the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph on residential roads is the latest Welsh government law change that has grabbed headlines. A number of other law changes have previously raised eyebrows – some of which still divide opinion. Free prescriptions for all Free prescriptions...
Fourteen people have been killed in a plane crash during bad weather in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday. The small propeller plane was nearing the end of its 400km (248 mile) trip between Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, and the remote jungle town of Barcelos when it went down...
