Future Accountant : News

Astronauts on the International Space Station are due to carry out a spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the station's cooling system.

The chief economist at the Office for National Statistics criticises the public debate about whether the economy is a "smidgen up or down".

The US is to return more than a dozen illegally smuggled dinosaurs to Mongolia, following the return on Monday of a Tyrannosaurus skeleton.

Scientists urge world leaders to take action on climate change after carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere broke through a symbolic threshold.

Researchers build and test the first prototype of a "thermal invisibility cloak", which can hide objects from heat flow.

Britain's savers: Why do they still bother?

Three species of migratory ducks are shifting their wintering grounds northwards in response to warmer early winter temperatures, say scientists.

A judge suspends a deal giving control of Brazil's biggest stadium to a private consortium, saying there were irregularities in the bidding process.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, recorded at the authoritative "Keeling lab" in Hawaii, break through 400 parts per million for the first time.

Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.

Growth in whisky sales is fuelling demand for stills hand-made by coppersmiths in Scotland.

Trading standards officers in West Yorkshire and Wales warn that door-to-door conmen are posing as Green Deal assessors.

WWF says that 26 elephants have been killed by poachers in the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, a World Heritage Site in the Central African Republic.

A revision by the Office for National Statistics to construction industry data has cast doubt on whether the UK entered a double-dip recession last year.

A gang of cybercriminals stole $45m (£29m) by hacking into a database of prepaid debit cards and draining cash machines around the world, US prosecutors say.

Anglo American Platinum plans to cut 6,000 jobs in South Africa after its profits were affected by violent labour strikes last year.

The chief executive of McDonald's UK, Jill McDonald, on why the company is opening its burger-making plants to the public, and her own diet.

The UK's first national collection of tree seeds has been established, which scientists say is crucial as a growing array of pests threaten native species.

BT is to offer free Premier League football coverage to its broadband customers, the telecoms company has said.

Two of the UK’s most popular YouTube stars talk about new paid subscriptions coming to the site.

Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded the Co-operative Bank's debt rating to "junk" status.

Africa loses twice as much money through tax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial transfers as it gets from donors, ex-UN chief Kofi Annan warns.

The introduction of energy smart meters in 30 million UK homes will be delayed for more than a year, the government announces.

Scientists and astronomers gathered in Tennant Creek, Australia to watch an annular Solar eclipse on Friday.

Losses at International Airlines Group balloon in the first quarter due to its troubled Spanish carrier Iberia.