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Woman paralysed after being 'catapulted' off bed during sex
Paul Allen: Microsoft co-founder and billionaire dies aged 65
Ageism could be classed as a hate crime, Sajid Javid poised to announce Mr Javid has asked the Law Commission to investigate whether ageism and misogyny should be recognised as hate crimes in the same way as offences motivated by hostility based on race, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
Viking ship burial discovered in Norway just 50cm undergroundArchaeologists have discovered a Viking ship burial in Norway using ground-penetrating radar that suggests the 20-metre keel and many of its timbers remain well preserved just half a metre below the topsoil.
Ecuador tells Assange to avoid political activity online – and feed the cat Ecuador has laid out a stringent new set of house rules for Julian Assange, warning the whistleblower to avoid online comments about political issues – and ordering him to clean his bathroom and take better care of his cat, or risk losing his pet.Assange was told to take charge of the “well-being, food, hygiene and proper care” of his pet cat, in the memo written in Spanish and first published on the Ecuadorian Código Vidrio website.It warned that if the WikiLeaks founder did not take care of the pet, it would be given to someone else or handed in to an animal refuge.
Beer prices 'to soar' as global warming effects take hold, study saysPrices could double because of climate change hitting barley crops
F-16 destroyed on airstrip after man accidentally triggers Vulcan cannon while working on fighter jet nearbyAn F-16 fighter jet exploded into flames on a Belgian airstrip after a maintenance worker accidentally pulled the trigger of a Vulcan cannon while working on another plane parked nearby, according to local reports.
Stathakis: Price of electricity will not riseEnvironment and Energy Minister Yorgos Stathakis has offered assurances that the Public Power Corporation (PPC) will not hike electricity prices.
Scottish Power becomes first major UK energy company to generate all electricity from windScottish Power became the first of the UK’s major energy firms to completely drop fossil fuels in favour of wind power, when it sold off its remaining gas and hydro stations to Drax for £702 million.While customers will still get some electricity from non-green sources that the company has purchased from other operators, the firm indicated it would now be freed up to invest more in UK renewable energy sources like sunlight, wind, rain, tides and waves.