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UK weather forecast: a perfect barbecue weekend
26 May 2012, 11:58 pm
Supermarkets are stocking up on sausages with sunny blue skies forecast and an easterly breeze to fan the charcoal Much of Britain remained hotter than Barcelona for a second day of clear blue skies, hot sun, and shell-shocked natives in a variety of inappropriate clothing from winter coats to terribly misjudged singlets and baggy shorts. Temperatures on Friday are predicted to match Thursday's ...
Will sunshine continue?
24 May 2012, 11:26 am
South London and Surrey are enjoying the warmest spell of weather this year - but will it continue? Read more >
Glass roof above MPs' cafe cracks
24 May 2012, 9:01 am
A glass roof panel has cracked in the atrium at
portcullis House - the latest in a string of problems to hit the building opened in 2001 to house MPs' offices and committee rooms.
Cash and checks
17 May 2012, 11:24 am
MISS Scotland strikes a pose as the revamped
portcullis Gift Shop at Edinburgh Castle opened for business.
Miss Scotland on shop duty
16 May 2012, 6:26 am
Miss Scotland Jennifer Reoch is set to open a new
portcullis Gift Shop at Edinburgh Castle today.
Internships: with age comes the search for experience
12 May 2012, 2:08 am
The number of interns over 25 is rising, but while maturity brings expertise – and benefits the economy – apprentices face a number of age-related issues A tuft of grey chest hair pokes out of the top of Alan Kean's stripey shirt. It catches my eye as we drink tea amid the deafening chatter and the expensive fig trees in
portcullis House where Alan, 55, is six months into life as a parliamentary ...
FuelCellToday - The leading authority on fuel cells
4 May 2012, 4:55 am
The UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association hosted an evening debate at
portcullis House in Westminster focussing on the use of fuel cells and hydrogen to contribute to a low carbon economy in Britain.
Cost Of Parliament Trees Snipped
2 May 2012, 6:04 am
The bill for maintaining indoor fig trees at Parliament has been slashed, it has been revealed. The 12 trees and external shrubs at
portcullis House...
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Heat shatters glass at MPs' offices - Lancashire Evening Post
25 May 2012, 5:20 am
The unseasonably hot weather in London caused a pane of glass at
portcullis House, the £235 million office block used by hundreds of MPs, to shatter. A Commons spokeswoman blamed "heat exhaustion" for thousands of tiny cracks in the 6ft x 3ft pane in the ...
Heat shatters glass at MPs' £235 million office block - ITV
23 May 2012, 6:58 pm
A pane of glass at
portcullis House, the £235 million office block used by hundreds of MPs, shattered today because of the hot weather. The pane of glass which has shattered at
portcullis House Credit: Therese Coffey/Twitter A Commons spokesman ...
