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Team GB Make Olympic History - thanks to Salford based Scot Chris Hoy! In another extremely successful day for Team GB, Scottish cyclist Chris Hoy became the first Briton to win three golds in a Games for 100 years, when he beat GB's Jason Kenny in the sprint final. Great Britain's remarkable success at the Olympic Games is now officially the best performance by a British Olympic team in 100 years. Christine Ohuruogu came from behind to win the 400m gold - Team GB's 16th gold medal of these games - which makes it the most successful Olympics since 1908. ... ( Click for More Information ) London Olympic Budget Fixed The London 2012 Olympic Games will not be getting any extra government cash, Tessa Jowell has said. In an interview with the BBC t... Climate Change, Rapid Economic Expansion Exarcebate... More than 1.4 billion Asians do not have adequate sanitation and 700 million use unsafe water drinking; the urban population in th... Villagers Tap the Rain to Improve... During World Water Week, UNICEF reports on communities in Java, Indonesia where villagers are building water catchments to improve... Legal Protection for Rare Frog Minister for wildlife Joan Ruddock has today announced legal protection for a number of rare species. From October 1st the pool fr... Reaching Out to Minority Preschoolers in... UNICEF and its partners are working to improve Malaysian children’s opportunities for education. Drop out rates for the indigenous... Poor Sanitation Kills 5000 Children Each... Inadequate sanitation leads to 1.4 million preventable child deaths under age 5 each year, making it the world’s largest and most ... Michael Phelps Has Lunch With McDonald’s... Shortly after winning eight-gold medals in one Olympics, swimmer Michael Phelps had lunch with a group of McDonald’s Champion Kids... Discovering the Valencia Street Circuit With... Formula 1 is preparing for a new addition to the calendar this weekend, when the Valencia street circuit in Spain hosts the Europe... 50 years of Nasa 50 years ago on July 29th, 1958, US president Dwight Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, leading to the birt... Minister Urges Tax on the Wealthy Gordon Brown has been urged by one of his ministers to consider a new tax on top earners to help ordinary families through the eco... Team GB Set for Second Golden... The British Olympic team has moved up to third in the medals tables at the Beijing Olmypics taking four more gold medals and two s... McDonald's Champion Kids Experience Beijing Olympics Through the McDonald's Champion Kids program more than 200 kids, ages 6 to 14 from 40 countries, have traveled to Beijing to see t... World Water Week 2008 Focuses on... World Water Week will be held in Stockholm from August 17 to 23, and over 170 collaborating organizations will meet to discuss iss... Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan Leads Gala... The evening after the Opening Ceremony of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games, an event hosted by UNICEF China named “Champions for Chi... Teachers in Texas District Allowed to... A superintendent of a school in Texas has permitted his teachers to carry concealed guns to school. The head of the school in the ... UK Birds 'Hit by Climate Change'... Climate change is having a greater impact upon Britain's birds than previously thought, a major report has said. Research presente... Cindy Crawford "Caught Up in the... Regardless of whether one likes sports, model Cindy Crawford noted how infectious the Olympics are saying "[one] can’t help but ge... Presence of the Citurs Longhorn Beetle... An invasive non-native insect that could harm woodland areas and garden plants in the UK has been identified. The Citrus Longhorn... Heart Warning Over Beijing Smog Concerns over the impact of Beijing's air pollution upon Olympics athletes may have been understated, researchers have warned. A n... Why Elephants Never Forget The memories of old female elephants may be the key to the species' survival during hard times, conservationists believe. A study ... London Expects £40 Billion Growth in... An estimated £4 billion contributor to the London economy is forecasted by 2012, combined with the projected £40 billion growth in... Relief Work Continues for Myanmar's Cyclone... UNICEF Myanmar has pledged to continue relief work until the lives of cyclone-affected families are fully restored. Cyclone Nargi... Behind-the-scenes footage of Michael Phelps "Go... Visa Inc., a Worldwide Olympic Partner for more than two decades, created “Go World,” a U.S. advertising campaign that evokes the ... Visa Celebrates Phelps Olympic Record with... Today, Visa released a special edition commercial commemorating Michael Phelps’ historic achievement of setting the all-time recor... 'Snoopers' charter' Attacked Government proposals to give public bodies the power to monitor people's email and internet records have been branded a "snoopers'... A Strong Sports Program for Young... Héctor Zelaya grabbed the attention of football fans worldwide during the 1982 FIFA World Cup when he scored against host country ... Paolo Nutini Performs Alongside Usain Bolt... PUMA welcomed the Jamaican Olympic Association to Beijing, hosting a 300-person press conference for 100 meter world record holder... Stockholm International Water Institute to Host... The Stockholm International Water Institute is hosting World Water Week 2008 in Stockholm, August 17-23, the annual meeting place ... Adobe Releases New Video of Adobe... Available video includes general views of Adobe Flash Cast and Flash Lite on the Adobe Mobile Platform as well as Ebay and AOL des... Whale Survey in Mediterranean Marine Sanctuary... A group of Italian researchers is collaborating with environmental organisation Greenpeace on a whale survey in the Mediterranean ... Olympic Games Opening Day Spending Gives... The international tourists who have joined the more than 11,000 athletes from 204 participating National Olympic Committees in Chi... 100 Meter Sprinter Darvis Patton: Usain... America's Darvis Patton shares his thoughts on his chances of medal in Beijing ahead of the 100 meter final on August 16. His exp... U.N., PricewaterhouseCoopers to Build Schools for... PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has donated more than $4 million to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (... Invisibility Cloak a Step Closer Scientists say they are one step closer to creating an invisibility cloak after showing that a new material can bend visible light... MPs Call for End to Royal... A group of 22 cross party MPs has launched a campaign calling for an end to the oath of allegiance to the Queen when entering parl... EU Employs "army of bureaucrats" The EU employs an "army of bureaucrats" the size of Swansea, a study has claimed. A study from think tank Open Europe found the nu... Late Surge Lands Adlington Swimming Gold... Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington has won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 400m freestyle. In a spectacular late surge, the 1... OMEGA Showcases Solar Impulse's Sun-Powered Airplane... Pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the co-founders of the Solar Impulse project with its goal of circumnavigating the g... Cooke Wins Britain's First Gold in... Nicole Cooke has won Britain's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics after claiming victory in the women's road race. Coke was ... Government 'planning one-off fuel payment' The government is planning to give millions of families a £150 one-off winter fuel payment, according to reports. Ministers are sa... Committee backs UK Bill of Rights MPs and peers have called for the government to adopt a UK Bill of Rights. The Joint Committee on Human Rights said a new bill sho... Behind the Scenes- Olympic Timekeeping in... The official timekeeper of the Olympic Games OMEGA, has released video that provides an inside perspective of the timekeeping equi... Rubber Trees May Pave Road to... With an estimated 85 percent of Liberians unemployed following a 14-year civil war, Bridgestone has announced it is investing more... Australian Olympic Swimmer Ian Thorpe at... Ian Thorpe and seventy other Olympic athletes will sell their personal artwork to raise money for victims of the Chinese earthquak... New Holland CR9090 Combine Sets World... New Holland set a new world record with its latest flagship rotary combine, the CR9090 Elevation, confirming the combine’s high ha... UNICEF Supports Breastfeeding in Post-cyclone Myanmar In the aftermath of Myanmar’s Cyclone Nargis, UNICEF is encouraging new mothers to breastfeed so that their babies will be less su... Olympic Village Goes 3D in Google... Google has created 3D models of the Olympic Village available in Google Earth, that will be available for media and consumer use t... Panasonic Provides Largest Ever Equipment Supply... Panasonic, the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Video and Audio Equipment category, will provide the largest ever deliver... New England Patriots Continue Outreach to... As the Olympics approach, the New England Patriots are continuing their grassroots effort to spread American football to China. L... Displaying Editor's Choice Items 1 - 50 of 50