Call for targets to limit stacking
5:41am Friday 10th July 2009
Targets to eliminate excessive aircraft stacking - where planes queue up to land - must be set if a third runway is built at Heathrow, a report by MPs has said.
Call for targets to end stacking
5:36am Friday 10th July 2009
Targets to eliminate excessive aircraft stacking - where planes queue up to land - must be set if a third runway is built at Heathrow, a report by MPs has said.
Soldier's mother in legal challenge
5:29am Friday 10th July 2009
The mother of a soldier killed in a Snatch Land Rover in Iraq is launching a legal challenge over the Government's refusal to hold a public inquiry into the continued use of the controversial, lightly-armoured vehicles.
Fewer dying from common cancers
5:11am Friday 10th July 2009
The number of people dying from three of the most common cancers has fallen to its lowest level in almost 40 years, a new analysis of figures has revealed.
Obesity rethink for British Asians
5:11am Friday 10th July 2009
An international health expert has called for the threshold for being overweight and obese to be lowered for British Asians.
Maths A-level plan 'should be axed'
5:11am Friday 10th July 2009
A proposed new maths A-level is "weak" and will "cannibalise" the subject, educationalists have claimed.
Parliamentary hot air is measured
3:05am Friday 10th July 2009
A lot of hot air comes out of the Houses of Parliament, scientists have proved.
Young people to 'shine' in debate
3:05am Friday 10th July 2009
Hundreds of young people are set to take part in a "groundbreaking" debate in the House of Lords as part of a national drive to highlight the achievements of youngsters.
Flat owners urged to grow veg
3:05am Friday 10th July 2009
People living in the UK's five million flats are being urged to get gardening and grow their own veg - on their windowsills.
G8's pledge to feed world's poorest
3:05am Friday 10th July 2009
Leaders of the G8 group of industrialised nations are expected to promise £9.2bn to boost food security in the world's poorest countries.
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