When will Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Hexham, Middlesbrough and the North East constituencies declare results of the 2015 General Election vote? May 6, 2015 The Labour constituencies in Sunderland will be some of the first to report their results. Houghton & Sunderland South is due to report at 11:00pm, followed by Washington & Sunderland West at 11:30pm and Sunderland Central at midnight. Hexham, by far the largest current Conservative seat, will report at midnight. At the same, time, its [...]
This graphene and spider silk mixture is so strong it could be used to catch falling planes May 6, 2015 What happens if you spray unsuspecting spiders with graphene, the world's strongest artificial material? They spin ultra-strong silk webs, an Italian scientist has discovered. Nicola Pugno from the University of Trento wanted to combine natural and man-made strength to create a material with record-breaking properties, and his wish was granted. He applied “aqueous dispersions” [...]
General Election 2015: Campaigners are trying to take Boris Johnson to court May 6, 2015 Activists unhappy that Boris Johnson is trying to become an MP while being the Mayor of London at the same time are trying to take him to court. Johnson is fighting for the Conservative seat in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, but an online petition called #SackBoris, which currently has around 500 signatures, is trying to [...]
Pieces of a failed Russian spaceship could fall down to earth on Friday May 6, 2015 Fragments of a failed Russian spacecraft are expected to fall to Earth later this week, according to space agency Roscosmos. The Progress resupply ship was sent up into space at the end of last month to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), but was unable to reach the correct orbit and went into an [...]
Hiring an ex-politician as a non-executive director could actually help your business May 6, 2015 With 50-odd MPs retiring at this election, what's a former politician to do with their free time? They could do worse than go into business, a new study has suggested: in fact, appointed a former politician can do great things for a company. By looking at more than 300 people who moved between public [...]
General Election 2015: This is what would happen if 16-year-olds had the vote May 5, 2015 If Labour comes to power following the General Election on Thursday, Ed Miliband has promised to lower the national voting age to 16. But how would this affect the success off different parties? According to a survey by education app Gojimo, it would give Labour a big boost over the Conservatives. By asking over [...]
You could now live in the house with the “finest view in England” May 5, 2015 The best view in England could soon be yours, now that a 2 grade II listed Georgian manor house is being leased out in Oxfordshire. Woodstock House is directly adjacent to Blenheim Palace, and therefore gets to share the views of its 2,000 acres of parkland. Designed by landscape architect Sir John Vanburgh in [...]
Drug companies are producing more new cancer drugs than ever before – but can countries actually afford them? May 5, 2015 The world faces a cancer medication conundrum. On the one hand, the ageing population means we need more effective treatments for the disease, but on the other hand these can cost so much to create that we can't use them. The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics estimates that last year, global spend on cancer drugs [...]
Royal babies: Have there been more girls or boys over the last 500 years? May 3, 2015 The law of succession recently changed for the British royal family. These days, when a royal who is directly in line to the throne has a baby, that youngster will take over one day, whether it's a boy or a girl. If this had always been the case, you might think Queens would have played [...]
Nigel Farage accuses pollsters of “voodoo science” when it comes to Ukip May 3, 2015 Nigel Farage has argued that despite pollsters indicating a decline in Ukip's popularity, it is actually “going up in the polls”. During an interview with BBC One's Andrew Marr show, he said there had been a “very desperate attempt to talk Ukip down in recent months”, and that some of the polling organisations of using [...]
