England

Somebody must have committed a major crime, as it would appear the Brighton and Hove arm of the Sussex constabulary have been dusting for prints around Hove Park, and uncovered what is clearly the the world's largest fingerprint! This fingerprint…

Today we're posting a roundup of the most interesting ways Europe has employed to get canal barges up-and-over stuff. The simplest method is of course a bridge, of which you can see several excellent examples in our previous post, A…

The equator, or latitude 0, separates the northern and southern hemispheres of the globe. Defined as the middle point of the two geographic poles, there's no way anyone could argue about its location. However the meridian - longitude 0 -…

When the American Eisenhower interstate system was constructed it was a specific requirement that one in every five of the 46,837 miles of road had to be kept perfectly straight. The idea was that during times of war the roads…

Today marks the launch of London's new Channel Tunnel1 rail link, High Speed 1 - which from now on terminates here at the "Cathedral of the railways", St Pancras railway station. The station actually comprises two of the most celebrated…

Near the city of Liverpool, UK, an articluated lorry appears to have taken the roundabout a bit too fast, and toppled over onto the side of the road. Whatever it was the trailer was carrying is now splattered across the…