Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Week in Brief: UK

27 April 2017 Week In Brief: UK Science NEAR STRIKE: Asteroid 2014 JO 25, more than 1.3 km wide and travelling at 75,000 mph, passed 1.1 million miles from earth last week.  It is at least 30 times the mass of the meteor which exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013 causing injuries to more than 1400… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Country Walks, Exercise and Wild Flowers (Lynda Goetz)

27 April 2017 Country Walks, Exercise and Wild Flowers Good for us but the flowers are not doing so well. by Lynda Goetz We may be suffering a rather cold snap at the moment, but in many parts of the country the sun is still shining and, rather sadly for gardens, there are still few… Continue reading Issue 102: 2017 04 27: Country Walks, Exercise and Wild Flowers (Lynda Goetz)

Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Week in Brief: UK

06 April 2017 Week in Brief: UK Brexit REPEAL BILL WHITE PAPER: The Government has published the Great Repeal Bill White Paper setting out the mechanisms through which Britain will disengage from the EU.  The idea is that as from the date of exit (29 March 2019), the European Communities Act will be repealed so… Continue reading Issue 99: 2017 04 06: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK

05 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK POPULATION FIGURES: The Office for National Statistics predicts that over the next twenty-five years the population of the UK will increase from 64,600,000 to 74,300,000. By then it will have overtaken that of France and, if trends continue, it will overtake that of Germany in 2047. The projected… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK

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