MOST local council by-elections turn out short of a third of the electorate with elected councillors barely scraping past ...

HEAT strikes, like those due to begin this Friday by London bus drivers organised in the Unite union, will become more common as long as governments shut their eyes to the scale of climate adaptation ...

AT LEAST 2,000 people have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), whose current outbreak of the disease is the fastest growing on record, according to government data published today ...

SUPPORTERS’ group Spirit of Shankly has written to Liverpool to stress the ownership and control of the club is “fundamental to us all” with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos part of a consortium understood ...

CORPORATE spies who attempted to intimidate environmental protesters outside London’s “Walkie Talkie” building today are believed to be former City of London police officers, according to campaigners.

A PREQUEL to the HBO’s epic fantasy phenomenon that pushed back the parameters of censorship, gleaned numerous awards and gathered a massive fan base sounds like a no-brainer as far as bums on seats ...

IN AN interview with The Economist, Elon Musk said he believes that artificial intelligence (AI) will make work by humans “optional,” that robots in the workplace will help usher in an era of “amazing ...

WE NEEDN’T have had Fukushima, or Chernobyl, or Three Mile Island, or Church Rock. But all of these serious ...

Meanwhile, more than 1,500 London bus drivers set for heatwave strikes this Friday, demanding air-conditioning and better working condition ...

PROBATION officers were expected to back industrial action as an indicative ballot on government plans to release more prisoners early closed today. Proposals under the Sentencing Act to ease ...

NAGASAKI marked the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing on Sunday, as the mayor called nuclear weapons “absolute evil” and criticised growing support for nuclear deterrence. The anniversary ...

FIREFIGHTERS were called to tackle a “devastating” wildfire which hit internationally protected heathland in the New Forest ...