A new poll has found that only one in four people Britons support the coalition government’s international aid policy, with over 60 percent believing the money is being wasted, local media reported. The survey commissioned by Ipsos-Mori found that only 6 percent of people strongly disagreed with the idea that foreign aid is wasted, The Daily Telegraph reported. The survey follows a series of reports... 

London’s homeless rate has increaed by more than two-fifths over the past year. The number of rough sleepers on London’s streets has increased by more than two-fifths over the past year as many Britons are struggling to make ends meet within the country’s stagnate economy. The number of people classed as homeless and in need of emergency accommodation has soared 43 percent in the British... 

UK scientists have received a US$10 million grant for research into GM crops in one of the biggest investments in the field. The British public remains skeptical of GM foods, a recent report suggesting they pose both environmental and health threats. The multi-million investment from UK-based charity the Gates Foundation will be used to cultivate GM modified corn, wheat and rice. Scientists from the... 

Civil liberties groups have reacted angrily to the British government’s plan to monitor the personal activities of its citizens on the Internet. Under a government plan known as the Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP), Internet service providers will be forced to grant security services easy access to users’ online information. If legislated, the plan will give intelligence... 

An electron scan showsthe HIV-1 virus budding (in green) from a white blood cell in a laboratory. An HIV vaccine that could outwit the deadly virus could undergo human trials in as little as a year’s time, scientists say. The ‘mosaic vaccine’, which is being designed by an international team of investigators, works by being able to adapt to the virus as it mutates. HIV’s ability... 

Misjudged? Vince Cable has said he thought the cap was too tough. The public, including a sizeable majority of Lib Dem supporters, want far stricter controls on immigration to the UK, according to a poll released last night. The YouGov survey found 81 per cent support for the government’s cap on economic migration – which will slash the number of non-EU workers given visas by a fifth. It... 

This winter is poised to bring a chilling surge in death rates as Britain braces for an Arctic blast, with temperatures rivalling Siberia and the coldest conditions in a century. Experts are forecasting a significant rise in cold-related fatalities, estimating a staggering 12 deaths every hour during the harshest winter in recent memory. As the bitter cold sets in, concerns about a potential death... 

Eyes everywhere: One of Google's Street View cars, which have collected snippets of people's online activities Google was rapped by the privacy watchdog yesterday after it admitted spying on the internet habits of Britons ‘by mistake’. In an astonishing invasion of privacy, Google’s Street View cars – which have roamed the UK in the last two years taking pictures of... 

MI6 suspects that airline staff working for Mossad may have copied passports of Britons flying to Israel, News of the World reports, adding authorities also concerned about security searches carried out on British officials attending terrorism conference in country last September. The British secret intelligence service (MI6) suspects that airline staff working for the Israeli secret service Mossad...