Topic: bbc

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Devon | Big lobster proves popular catch: "A lobster that could be up to 100-years-old has been handed to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth by a local fisherman. The crew of the fishing boat named the lobster Mad Jack and discovered it weighed in at 12lb 9oz (5.7kg). It is now set to star in the aquarium's Atlantic Reef exhibition after he finishes a period...

The BBC is reporting that Serbia has arrested the fugitive Radovan Karadzic, who has been on the run since 1996. The next time someone complains that we haven't caught Osama bin Laden yet, just remember that it took 12 years for anyone to catch up to Karadzic and that Ratko Mladic is still on the loose. In any case, score one for the good guys. [UPDATE, 07/22] Okay, this story just got weird....

from bbc: A depot in France from which a large quantity of powerful explosive went missing was poorly guarded, the regional head of security has said. The storage of 28kg (61lb) of Semtex at the site near Lyon was “not usual and certainly not authorised”, Xavier de Fuerst also told the AFP news agency. A search by anti-terrorist officers is under way, and the manager of the site has been...

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Cern lab goes 'colder than space': "The Large Hadron Collider is entering the final stages of being lowered to a temperature of 1.9 Kelvin (-271C; -456F) - colder than deep space. The LHC has thousands of magnets which will be maintained in this frigid condition using liquid helium. The magnets are arranged in a ring that runs for 27km through the giant tunnel....

Zimbabwe is to introduce a bank-note worth Z$100bn in response to rampant inflation - but the note will barely cover the cost of a loaf of bread reports the BBC. Simply awful. It is horrible that the entire world is unable to put an end to this madness. I am not sure whether Samantha Power even remotely considered such a nightmarish scenario unfolding, the way Mugabe is creating this...

The BBC explains. One assessment published two years ago by the UN Environment Programme (Unep) concludes reefs provide services worth on average between $100,000 and $600,000 (£50,000 and £300,000) per square kilometre each year. If the Reefs go, that's not only a loss for the environment and the health of most species on the planet, it's a loss of a ton of money!...

This BBC report says it all: "Mexico, Brazil, China, India and South Africa challenged the Group of Eight countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80% by 2050. The so-called G5 countries threw down the gauntlet in a statement before they joined the G8 summit in Japan. " .... .... "The chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, RK Pachauri, said...

UK's Digital Spy got to see a sneak preview of "Heroes" Season Three at a BBC launch event. If you're ready to find out some of the things that happen in the third season, then click here....