The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

Costs are spiralling out of control as unregulated private providers capitalise on demand, say managers.

There are howls of protest from the right about plans for Birmingham to be a 20mph city. But it will be a good thing, and others will follow, says transport writer and podcaster Christian Wolmar

Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims

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