The ups and downs of high-rise living (BBC News Online)
Raspberry-coloured walls, chocolate brown carpet, the murmur of a radio. A few paces into Jane Hall's flat you spy a drinks cabinet housing treasures from holidays past - melon liqueur, Grand Marnier and Shamrock Irish County Cream. Then coming into the lounge you are overwhelmed by sky. She lives on the 14th floor of Austin House, a tower block in Walsall and her lounge is a window on the world. Or the West Midlands at any rate. Hall, currently getting around on crutches after a hip operation, feels very much at home. “I love living on the 14th floor,” she
Would it be realistic to renationalise the railways? (BBC News online)
A rare experiment in public ownership has come to an end. Supporters say that Directly Operated Railways, a state-run body, rescued the East Coast main line after the collapse in 2009 of National Express's franchise.
HS2: 12 arguments for and against (BBC News online)
Labour has cast doubt on the future of HS2 but just what are the arguments for and against a new high-speed rail link between London and the north of England?
The Royal Charter on press regulation: 10 major questions (BBC news online)
How does it differ from what Lord Justice Leveson wanted? Or how things were under the Press Complaints Commission? Will freedom of the press be damaged?
Smeared scientists must still mend their ways (Financial Times)
Climate naysayers sent out a collective whoop of delight.