Wallis was not keen on royal wedding Report The popular image is that of a rather cold, scheming woman who wormed her way into the affections of Britain's future king. But previously unseen letters suggest that Wallis Simpson was an insecure woman wh...
Social fightback after English riots Vocabulary festered become worse because they have not been dealt with decades tens of years moral collapse dramatic fall in good standards of behaviour agencies government organisations renew start again welfare...
Social fightback after English riots Report The prime minister will say the riots are the results of social problems which have festered for decades and which have now exploded in our face. He'll add that in parts of the country there has been a slow...
Earth-orbit sweeper proposed Vocabulary messy untidy space junk fragments of space travel leftovers that encircle the Earth a hand's breadth the width from thumb to little finger of a hand spread open manned space missions spaceships with astronauts...
Earth-orbit sweeper proposed Report After a half century of successes in space, low-Earth orbit has become a very messy place. More than 17,000 pieces of space junk bigger than a hand's breadth are floating around up there; the largest of them weighs...
Riots continue in London Vocabulary sporadic irregular, happening in different places but not everywhere looters people who steal things from shops and houses during a riot racial tension a negative atmosphere between people of different nationalitie...
Riots continue in London Report For a second night running some areas of London have seen sporadic rioting, burnt-out cars; smashed windows and looters on what would otherwise be normal shopping streets. Over a hundred people were arrested on Sunday...
Earth may once have had two moons Vocabulary struck by hit by smash violent collision debris rubble paper scientific essay stuck fixed gravitational tug of war pull in opposite directions by the force of gravity sibling brother or sister slow paced m...
Earth may once have had two moons Report This new theory builds on the idea that around four billion years ago the Earth was struck by a Mars-like planet, but instead of the smash producing enough debris for one moon, this paper argues there was enou...
Air France crash. Who's to blame? Vocabulary substantial analysis thorough examination of the cause pilot error mistakes by the people flying the plane speed monitors equipment which measures how fast the plane is travelling an upward trajectory a cu...
