Monthly Archives: November 2011
Penguins ‘visit spa’ to keep cool
9 November 2011 Last updated at 01:13 By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC Nature Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Chicks move from a river dip to mud bathing in their efforts to lose heat King penguin chicks have been filmed bathing in a “mud spa”. The birds use streams and thick, … Continue reading
VIDEO: Just how smart are smartphones?
From satellite navigation to shooting HD video – there is not much that smartphones can’t do. So with everything you need in one small, light piece of tech, could there be a serious threat to the future of dedicated devices? Lara Lewington reports. Follow the Click team on Twitter – @bbcclick
Manics win rock songwriting prize
10 November 2011 Last updated at 08:23 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Musicians arriving at the Classic Rock Awards in London try to work out exactly how old their band is Manic Street Preachers have won the songwriting prize at the Classic Rock Roll of Honour awards, while the Foo … Continue reading
Oxfam withdraws Upper Nile staff
12 November 2011 Last updated at 15:06 ET Tension has been growing along the border British aid agency Oxfam is withdrawing its staff from a volatile border region of South Sudan in response to increasing instability. Oxfam said there had been aerial bombing and artillery fire for several hours on Friday in Upper Nile state. … Continue reading
Woods frustrated by ‘awful’ round
Before Australia Woods had not lead a tournament since December 2010 Tiger Woods suffered a disappointing third round at the Australian Open, shooting a three-over round of 75 to trail leader John Senden by six shots. The American, without a win in nearly two years and down at 58th in the world rankings, could not … Continue reading
Italy PM ‘submitting resignation’
12 November 2011 Last updated at 15:34 ET Mr Berlusconi is leaving with low approval ratings among Italians Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is meeting President Giorgio Napolitano to submit his resignation. It comes after the lower house of Italy’s parliament has passed a package of austerity measures demanded by the EU and designed to … Continue reading
VIDEO: South Pole teen trains in freezer
The daughter of explorer David Hempleman-Adams has taken to a supermarket freezer and braved temperatures of -27C as she prepares for a trip to the Antarctic. Amelia Hempleman-Adams, 16, of Wiltshire, is hoping to become the youngest person to ski to the South Pole. She will join her father on the expedition which begins on … Continue reading
Human-powered flight is recreated
12 November 2011 Last updated at 09:49 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Flight marks 50th anniversary of pedal plane’s flight A flight has taken place at a Hampshire airfield to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first human-powered flight. On 9 November, 1961, gliding instructor Derek Piggott took off … Continue reading
Homes flooded after pipe bursts
12 November 2011 Last updated at 12:24 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. One resident filmed the flood water in Streetly Up to 150 homes in the West Midlands have been flooded after a 36in (91.4cm) water main burst. The pipe leading to the Barr Beacon reservoir burst in the early … Continue reading
Euro crisis may affect mortgages
10 November 2011 Last updated at 08:01 ET Lenders are facing pressure as a result of what is happening in the eurozone Mortgage rates could start to rise again as a result of the turmoil in the eurozone, brokers are warning. Some lenders, including Woolwich, Halifax and Santander, have pushed up their tracker rates for … Continue reading