Polar adventurers James Cracknell, Ben Fogle (www.benfogle.com) and Ed Coats reached the South Pole at 3.30pm on 22nd January 2009. They traveled 464 miles during the race and finished in 2nd place, just over 20 hours behind Norwegian long distance ski experts 'Team Missing Link'. The race was the first to the Pole since Captain Scott was beaten by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen nearly 100 years ago.
-
Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
-
Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?The Government has announced that water company executives caught covering up illegal sewage spills could now be imprisoned for two years, under new laws — but many still have their doubts.
