London, Oct 13: Scientists in the UK have developed a new forecasting method for air turbulence, which is much better than previous models.

According to a report in New Scientist, Paul Williams and his colleagues at the University of Reading, UK, developed the new model.

Two types of turbulence affect aircraft. The first, caused by storms, high winds or the flow of air over mountains, is fairly predictable.

Clear air turbulence (CAT) is a different matter.

“The skies are clear and blue, everything looks fine, but there is invisible turbulence there and pilots fly through it,” said Paul Williams at the University of Reading, UK. As a result, CAT causes hundreds of injuries a year to airline passengers.

London, Oct 12 : With the global credit crunch hitting big time, British consumers have turned to bartering as a way to cope with it.

Most of the families across the UK have started swapping surplus food and drink, personal possessions, their skills, and even their homes in a bid to save money.

The economic crisis has in recent months seen a huge demand for websites such as Barterswap UK, ValueforPeople. co. uk or Tradeyourskills. co. uk, which act as online marketplaces for those who want to swap their wares.

London, Oct 12 : Love surely makes people go crazy. They might feel something but say something else - and their partners will hear something completely different. Now, a new guide is set to bridge the communication gap between the sexes. 

The communication gap between the sexes has been an enigma for a long time, and now the guide by TV psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos, ''What Men Say, What Women Hear'' is set to bridge the ever-existing gap, reports The Sun.

London, Oct 12 : More than a million Britons will be out of work and on the dole by next month as the toxic fallout from Black October filters down to ordinary families, economists are warning despite Downing Street’s desperate efforts to shore up the economy in the face of the escalating credit crash may not be enough.

A bleak Christmas lies ahead for many as the City turmoil spreads into the so-called real economy, The Guardian reported.

Companies are now being squeezed on two vital fronts, with shoppers abandoning the high street and bank lending drying up, making it almost impossible for smaller businesses to get credit to stay afloat.

London, Oct 11: Men just love to see a gorgeous girl in uniform. And now, a new research has found out why exactly it is so.

According to the Revolver Entertainment poll – to mark the DVD release of Female Agents –military look of females is the favourite among guys.

In the survey, 17percent of men said the power-dressing look was their favourite, especially suiting brainy babes, reports the Daily Star.

A fifth of those surveyed said a military uniform was best, putting fantasy version of a pilot’s uniform second in the list.

Britain’s favourite is the nurse’s uniform.

Women in firefighting gear did not top the survey of men, however blokes still consider them sexy.

London, Oct. 11 : The two alleged terrorists – Bilal Abdulla and Kafeel Ahmed - who left car bombs near a busy London nightclub, used tourist rickshaws to escape the scene in an attempt to conceal their identities from CCTV cameras, a court has been told.

Bilal Abdulla, an Iraqi doctor working at an NHS hospital near Glasgow, and his Indian-born accomplice, Kafeel Ahmed, fled to a hotel while firefighters dealt with the cars left outside Tiger Tiger club in the West End.