The UK's terror threat level has just been raised from "substantial" to "severe", the second highest of five possible levels. Before you retreat to your bomb shelter, remember that the distinctions are pretty much nonsense, anyway. [BBC]
"Sorry, I should've warmed it up in my armpit first."
Stick to your local airport even if it means you can only go on holiday to Luxembourg.
Do you run from hotspot to hotspot, afraid of being disconnected?
A report into the tricky issue of looking after the country's stock of nuclear weapons says there would be no problem shipping them from their current base in Scotland down south, with naval stronghold Plymouth's Devonport dockyard tipped to be the nuke hotspot should Scotland vote to become independent.
"So only have six or seven, OK?"
Validation from taxation.
A change in the law in the UK will give comedians greater freedom to parody existing works, bringing the UK closer to what's legally acceptable in the US.
Retailers who stock their products outside of the UK can now get it to us within two days, thanks to Amazon implementing a two-day delivery promise across Europe. Imagine a crappy Android tablet getting from Portugal to here, in two days!
If you find yourself wandering around Liverpool in the middle of the night, you might be surprised to happen upon a warehouse with a glowing blue door. It's an abandoned warehouse FULL of live jellyfish.
Britain has a new set of nuclear submarines, and they are seriously bad-ass.
For hackers that undertake "cyberattacks which result in loss of life, serious illness or injury or serious damage to national security, or a significant risk thereof."
Overbearing health and safety laws set to be relaxed, so we can party in the street without getting sued for standing on someone's toe.
In the coming months, the country's wealthier neighbourhoods are going to get a new bit of eye-candy on the driveways. No, not a new Aston, but rather the shiny new Tesla Model S: an all-electric saloon that'll finally be making its way to our right-hand drive shores, two years after going on sale in the US -- a shame, seeing as our island is a much better fit for the electric car flagship.
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