Unlocking chemistry: it's time to make the subject as open as bioscience
Now that millions of patented compounds are open information, chemistry has a chance to catch up, says *Peter Murray-Rust* The conventional business model for chemical information has been to collect...
View ArticleRichard J Evans: Michael Gove shows his ignorance of history – again
The education secretary's attack on first world war historians is no way to conduct the debate he claims he wants to encourage For the second time in a few months, Michael Gove, the education...
View ArticleIn pictures: The feast of Epiphany celebrated across Europe
Christians across Europe celebrate the feast of Epiphany. Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 7 hours ago.
View ArticleEurope: Your Time is Now
LONDON, January 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Europe is on the mend, but just what was the problem in the first place, and who has instigated the turnaround? Although the latter stages of 2013 were rife with...
View ArticleEurope's development agencies: mapped
Europe has some of the world's leading aid agencies. Explore our map to see how much they give and how well they do in aid transparency and commitment to development In a new interactive map, aid,...
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Hollywood writer from Gloucester pays tribute to Everly Brothers
This is Gloucestershire -- A FORMER tinseltown journalist from Gloucester who once rubbed shoulders with some of Hollywood's biggest names has paid tribute to one half of the Everly Brothers, Phil who...
View ArticleBlackadder – your country needs you
Michael Gove has hit out at TV shows and historians who depict the first world war as a "misbegotten shambles". But does satirising or criticising the great war really denigrate ordinary British...
View ArticleSunseeker, the UK yachtmaker catering to a new wave of multimillionaires
At the London Boat Show, company boss Stewart McIntyre explains why countries such as China are key to its future All of Stewart McIntyre's customers are multimillionaires, a lot are billionaires and...
View ArticleStrong services keep UK in top spot in Europe
GROWTH in Britain’s service industries slowed slightly during December, but a major survey of firms suggests that the UK economy is still expanding at the fastest pace in western Europe. In Markit’s...
View ArticleEuropean commission braces for bitter battle over new chief
Opponents of the new system of choosing the next head of the EU's executive, in which parliament and not national leaders have the final say, warn it will lead to deadlock and confrontation There's a...
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Cantor Fitzgerald Europe Expands Credit Fixed Income Team
NEW YORK and LONDON, Jan. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, a leading global financial services firm, today announced the continued expansion of its European Credit fixed income team...
View ArticleUK car sales hit five-year high
SMMT says new car sales jumped 10.8% in 2013 – fuelled by growing confidence, cheap finance deals and PPI payments UK car sales soared to their highest level since 2007 last year, fuelled by growing...
View ArticleLower returns for Europe junk bonds in 2014
Strategists believe there are plenty of reasons for cheer in Europe’s high-yield corporate debt market, but the big rewards of 2013 are unlikely Reported by FT.com 10 hours ago.
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Owen Paterson's speech to Oxford Farming Conference 2014
This is Somerset -- Introduction I am pleased to be here again this year. I'm sorry I wasn't able to be with you this morning. I was in London updating Cabinet Colleagues on the recent and continuing...
View ArticleGlobal population rise sets big challenge for farming
This is Devon -- The huge challenge – and opportunity – for farming over the next two decades was spelt out to delegates at the Oxford Farming Conference yesterday. (Tues) Simon Coveney, Irish Minister...
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Tough talking from NFU president on failures of farming policy
This is Devon -- Outgoing National Farmers Union President Peter Kendall launched a scathing attack on successive British governments' agricultural policy yesterday as he made his last major public...
View ArticleU.S. urges Europe to take more action on bank backstops
PARIS (Reuters) - The United States would like to see Europe do more to build up its backstops and bank capital, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Tuesday in Paris, insisting it would be good...
View ArticleOwen Paterson: Embrace GM or risk becoming 'museum of world farming'
Biotech revolution will bypass Europe if farmers shut doors to GM crops, environment secretary tells conference Europe is likely to become "the museum of world farming" because of the failure to...
View ArticleUK car production will surpass record 1970s level by 2017, says trade body
SMMT points to investment, expertise and workforce as reasons why 1.92m record set in 1972 will be broken within three years UK car manufacturing output will return to its 1970s glory days by 2017,...
View ArticleSurfer Shane Dorian flies from Hawaii to catch 20-metre monster French wave
Big-wave specialist makes 20,000-mile round trip from Pacific island for chance to surf Belharra break during winter storms One of the best big-wave surfers in the world has made a 20,000-mile round...
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