A state-of-the-art road bridge has been built deep in the heart of rural Buckinghamshire. Designed to carry traffic over the HS2 railway, there's just one tiny problem - there's no actual road.

House of Lords committee urges government to stem exodus of science and technology companies

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The first-ever crypto donation to a UK political party has now been made, according to recent media reports. We don’t yet know the source or value of the

In exclusive interviews, ex-NASA scientists speak out on the impact of the agency's mass departures.

Four out of five making staff cuts as physicists say findings are ‘great concern’ for UK’s leadership in important areas The heads of UK physics departments say their subject is facing a national crisis as one in four warns that their university departments are in danger of closing because of funding pressures. In an anonymous survey of department heads by the Institute of Physics (IoP), 26% said they faced potential closure of their department within the next two years, while 60% said they expected courses to be reduced. Continue reading...

MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee