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Between half and three quarters the usual rainfall and a drop in humidity in the ninth century coincided with the downfall of one of the ancient world's great civilisations

Scientist develop way to break down oils so they can be converted into methane

Neolithic people from Preseli Mountains of west Wales transported huge stones and help build monument in Wessex

If Amazon really wanted to help our public services, they'd pay taxes properly and treat their workforce better says GMB Union GMB, Britain’s general union, has branded Amazon’s £600million public sector deal ‘a joke’ The internet giant has secured a contract to sell everything from paper clips to bandages to Yorkshire’s schools, social care providers and emergency services. Amazon signed the five-year deal with Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO), a procurement body owned by local authorities which helps to drive the...

The Bank of England’s interest rate hike has been slammed as “premature” by the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, who added the rate decision could be “motivated to protect reputations.” Nigel Green, founder and chief executive of deVere Group, is speaking out after the governor of the UK’s central bank, Mark Carney, announced today (Thursday) a rate rise from 0.5 per cent to 0.75 per cent, taking the UK's base rate of interest to...

Nicknamed 'Earth's cousin' - it gets just the right amount of light from its sun for the chemical building blocks of life to develop, according to a study

When plastic bags break down on beaches, in parks - or even in the sea - they emit the greenhouse gases methane and ethylene, say scientists

Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was met by a scrum of reporters outside Onley Prison in Rugby

James Atherley, 22, was jailed for life for stabbing Callum Lees, 20, to death after a row at a party