By Katy Austin & Andre Rhoden-PaulTransport correspondent
Getty ImagesAround 10% of England's motorway network is made up of smart motorwaysThe building of all new smart motorways is being cancelled over cost and safety concerns, the government has announced.
Some 14 planned schemes, including 11 already on pause and three set for construction, will be scrapped due to finances and low public confidence.
Smart motorways are a stretch of road where technology is used to regulate traffic flow and ease congestion. Read More...
At a time when Washington’s mayor is trying to lure more residents to downtown, it appears that one new arrival on the nation’s main street is well recognized as a predator.
A peregrine falcon, a winged hunter known for speed, appears to be making a home on a federal building at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, a few blocks east of the White House and within easy eyeshot of the Capitol. Read More...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and paved the way to provide them military support — triggering threatened new sanctions from the U.S. and Europe and further fueling fears that Russia could imminently invade Ukraine.
The carefully scripted Kremlin announcement flew in the face of European efforts for a diplomatic solution to the escalating crisis, which has brought East-West relations to a new low and jeopardized trade. Read More...
