The head of the British Government's aviation review promised today to lay the ground for the next government to get off to a "flying start" with airport expansion after the 2015 general election.

The British government has restated its opposition to a third runway at Heathrow as a senior Tory challenged David Cameron to show if he was a “man or a mouse” by reversing the policy.

Work has begun on the building of what is expected to become the world’s largest consented windfarm, to be located in the Thames Estuary in England.

BRITAIN may build a £50 billion (€60.5bn) airport on the mudflats of the Thames estuary instead of expanding Heathrow as the government examines how to meet burgeoning demand for flights.

YOUR editorial headlined ‘Considering nuclear is not commitment’ (September 10) overlooked the very considerable potential of offshore wind in generating power both within Ireland and for export.

An insurance firm is offering investors the chance to bet against a catastrophic flood devastating London.

SCIENTISTS last night said they had found silicon in fuel suspected of causing thousands of British cars to break down during the past week.

Plans for a “clean coal” power plant in England are being looked at by npower, it was announced today.

The saga of the Thames whale ended in tragedy tonight when it died as rescuers tried to take it to deeper water.

A rescue team of medics and vets today successfully lifted the River Thames whale on to a barge hoping to take it back towards the sea.

Energy group Airtricity has secured the lease to build and operate a 500mw offshore wind park at Greater Gabbard near the Thames Estuary in the UK.

Plans for the world’s largest offshore wind farm moved a step closer today when 15 new sites around the UK coastline were announced.

Experts tonight remain unsure how a sperm whale washed ashore met its death.

The British travel industry is to urge the UK government to reconsider a decision not to expand Gatwick airport, it was disclosed today.