Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary

Katy Austintransport correspondent and Jamie Whitehead PA Media Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has approved plans for a second runway at London Gatwick Airport, as the government looks for economic growth opportunities. The £2.2bn privately-financed project involves in effect moving the current Northern Runway 12 metres to bring it into regular use, as well as other…

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Ordinary ice found to have shocking electrical powers

A study co-led by ICN2 reveals that ice is a flexoelectric material, meaning it can produce electricity when unevenly deformed. Published in Nature Physics, this discovery could have major technological implications while also shedding light on natural phenomena such as lightning. Frozen water is one of the most abundant substances on Earth. It is found…

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LFW weekend: Erdem, Simone Rocha, Kent & Curwen, Johanna Parv

Published September 21, 2025 ​London Fashion Week went hyper experimental this Sunday, with surrealist couture from Erdem, disgruntled debutantes at Simone Rocha, conceptual picnics Kent & Curwen, and full-on ergonomic sporty chic at Johanna Parv.  Erdem: Surrealist chic No designer can boast of more unlikely muses than Erdem Moralioglu, whose wellspring this season was a…

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Apprentices breathe new life into historic Savile Row

By AFP Published September 21, 2025 Beneath the old-world exterior of a tailor’s on London’s famed Savile Row, the workshop where the magic happens is more youthful than ever as aspiring coatmakers vie for competitive apprenticeships. AFP The sartorial street known for dressing the world’s elite, from royalty to spies, is celebrating its trainees at…

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Help Wanted: What are these odd reuqests about?

Looking at our web honeypot data, I came across an odd new request header I hadn’t seen before: “X-Forwarded-App”. My first guess was that this is yet another issue with a proxy-server bucket brigade spilling secrets when a particular “App” is connecting to it. So I dove in a bit deeper, and found requests like…

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