Opec wants lost revenue if oil use diminishes

Chief of the oil cartel says that oil-producing countries should not lose out after UN climate talks in Copenhagen

The journey of a pirate DVD

A pirated copy of Star Trek was online within minutes of its official release and was downloaded more than 5 million times

Britain braced for storms into December

With the ground saturated and so many rivers running high, the slightest extra rainfall could trigger flooding in regions

Vampire phenomenon that might bleed you dry

The latest 'Twilight' vampire film arrived in Britain yesterday, accompanied by an unprecedented merchandising blitz

Ancient bridges now past their use-by date

Experts have warned that extreme weather would push Britain’s ageing transport infrastructure to the limits

Rogue clampers face five years in jail

Rogue clampers could find ways around new legislation to contiunue extorting drivers, warn motoring organisations

The beauty of Mandelbrot set in 3D

An amateur fractal-image enthusiast from Bedford has created 3D fractal to illustrate the 'powerful beauty of maths'

Amanda Knox killed to take revenge, court told

Prosecution says that American exchange student had 'nursed a hatred for Meredith' which led to her deadly assault

Town salutes war dead for 100th time

The town fell silent as the bodies of Rifleman Andrew Fentiman, 23, and Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas, 28, passed through

The Red Shoes artwork goes on show at BFI

Original paintings for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1948 masterpiece are to be exhibited at BFI Southbank

Urban shepherds keep watchful eye on flocks

In Brighton and Croydon ‘lookerers’ discover the joys of tending to sheep and some even take them for a trip into town

Undergraduate drinking ‘an occasional novelty’

If you want to see proper Olympic-standard drinking, book a flight to Kos where the carnage is anything but contrived

The path to war will come under new scrutiny

Events before and after the Iraq war will be examined in microscopic detail when the public inquiry begins next week

Sceptics publish stolen climate e-mails

Websites claim that material taken from the University of East Anglia is evidence that leading scientists manipulated data

Wave machine to power homes

The Oyster, a hydroelectric wave-energy machine, has begun to provide power to the National Grid

North Atlantic battle that made legend of HMS Rawalpindi

Seventy years ago, a fierce battle between a British merchant cruiser and its 60-year-old captain, Edward Coverley Kennedy, and two of Nazi Germany's...

Adam Smith finds new audience in China

Economist’s works to be published in Madarin for Chinese admirers, including prime minister Wen Jiabao

Kitten heels: pointless but they won’t go away

The kitten heel is such a compromised design. I have no idea why we were so obsessed by it throughout the mid-Nineties

Johnny Morris zookeeper uniform to be sold

The sale of the uniform, minus the hat which was buried withMorris, is for the Highland Wildlife Hospital Trust

PC died helping others

As the people of Cumbria began a massive clean-up, many struggled to come to terms with the loss of a respected policeman