This year the pupils must research, develop and build a remote-controlled vehicle that can navigate an obstacle course at the South of England Showground.
They need to meet a list of specifications like artificial intelligence, camera attachment and…
A man who says his aunt picked up a piece of German shell from her backyard in Bucknall is hoping to see the bombing commemorated on its 80th anniversary. John Stevenson’s aunt Mary ‘Polly’ Lightfoot found the piece of metal in her yard the day after a…
A tragedy on a Gwynedd beach was narrowly avoided when beachgoers rescued a struggling young swimmer as her head slipped underwater in strong currents. Sunday’s incident has prompted calls for a review of warden services – and for RNLI-trained lifeguar…
They are normally the ones that keep the beaches of Somerset safe for others. But on this occasion it was the beach wardens themselves that ran into trouble – after their truck got stuck in the mud while out patrolling Brean beach.
The wardens had been…
A gravedigger in a village ravaged by yesterday’s wildfires has described escaping with just his dogs and tortoises before opening up the local church to provide sanctuary from the flames for residents.
As the scale of the devastation became clear toda…
DB Cargo UK has this week celebrated the delivery of more than one million tonnes of construction material to its HS2 construction sites in Buckinghamshire.
Delivering the material by rail has taken the equivalent of 100,096 HGV journeys off local road…
HS2 says it has saved 10,000 lorry journeys by transporting its aggregate via freight train instead. The firm says more than a million tonnes of construction material has been delivered to sites across Buckinghamshire via rail.
It says the milestone wa…
HS2, the company formed to build the railway, says it has delivered a million tonnes of materials by rail. This has taken 100,000 lorry journeys off local roads in rural Buckinghamshire, according to HS2. The currently under construction project will e…
The construction of the Gradel Quadrangles development for New College in Oxford has been celebrated with a traditional topping out ceremony.Hosted by main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine, the event on July 1 was attended by Lord Mayor James Fry, Chris …
A County Durham man has been ordered to pay £1,000 after being caught on CCTV dumping a mattress, car seat and wood at the side of a road.Durham County Council took legal action against Jordan Bolton, from Ascot Place, Pelton, after one of its neighbou…