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British industry is headed for the biggest shakeup since the Industrial Revolution, with the country set to be a pioneer in video games, superfoods and robotics, according to a new study.With dark Satanic mills long gone, the HSBC Future of Business report predicts that five 'supercities' - Brighton, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Newcastle - will emerge as knowledge industries gain traction instead of natural resource-based businesses. The Britain mapped out by the researchers foresees factories, power stations and livestock supplanted by centres for gaming, windfarms and robotics as the economic landscape is redrawn around the 'tropics of knowledge and next generation industries'. The findings are based on interviews with 500 entrepreneurs and company directors.'Our panel predicted the rise of supercities and regions over the next 20 years,' said Martin Raymond from the Future Laboratory, one of the report's authors. 'They promise to change the traditional national and regional power

A suspected suicide attack on an Iranian mosque killed at least 15 people and injured scores more yesterday, raising tensions in the run-up to next month's presidential election and jeopardising prospects of rapprochement with the US.Officials blamed a 'terrorist group' for the massive explosion that ripped through the Shia Ali Ebne-Abitaleb mosque in Zahedan, capital of the volatile Sistan-Baluchestan province in eastern Iran.There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Sistan-Baluchestan, bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, has been the site of repeated attacks linked to Jundallah, a Sunni insurgency group which Iran claims is backed by Washington, although the US denies this.The blast happened when the mosque was filled with worshippers. Some local media reports put the death toll at up to 30, with between 60 and 80 injured.The semi-official Fars news agency reported that security forces found and defused a second bomb in Zahedan.Sistan-Baluchestan's governor, Ali Mohammad Az

. Region could contain 30% of the world's gas reserves. Fears that study will raise tensions in regionThe battle for the Arctic's hidden mineral riches is likely to intensify after a survey revealing the energy reserves present beneath the ice.A map of potential oil and gas reserves in the region, published today in Science, shows that about 30% of the world's ­un­exploited gas and 13% of oil lie under the seas around the north pole. Billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of gas lie within the Arctic ­circle, where, until now, permanent ice has prevented drilling.The report is likely to further stoke international competition for mineral, tourism and shipping rights in the region. Exploration and drilling for oil and gas have become easier as climate change forces the ice to retreat, and all countries with borders inside the Arctic circle are fighting to claim their share. 'For better or worse, limited ­exploration prospects in the rest of the world ­combined with techn

. Region could contain 30% of the world's gas reserves. Fears that study will raise tensions in regionThe battle for the Arctic's hidden mineral riches is likely to intensify after a survey revealing the energy reserves present beneath the ice.A map of potential oil and gas reserves in the region, published today in Science, shows that about 30% of the world's ­un­exploited gas and 13% of oil lie under the seas around the north pole. Billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of gas lie within the Arctic ­circle, where, until now, permanent ice has prevented drilling.The report is likely to further stoke international competition for mineral, tourism and shipping rights in the region. Exploration and drilling for oil and gas have become easier as climate change forces the ice to retreat, and all countries with borders inside the Arctic circle are fighting to claim their share. 'For better or worse, limited ­exploration prospects in the rest of the world ­combined with techn

Cape Canaveral (Florida), May 28Two tiny monkeys were to-day recovered alive and unhurt from the nose cone of a Jupiter missile which was taken out of the Atlantic after a space flight of 1,500 miles. The monkeys - females named Able and Baker - are the first living creatures known to have ridden into space and returned alive in an american missile.The missile climbed 300 miles and flew at speeds of up to 10,000 m.p.h. Six and a half hours after the launching from here, the Army announced simply: 'Both animals are alive and perfect, with no injuries.' They were recovered from the South Atlantic near Antigua by a Naval tug after frogmen had attached lifting tackle to the cone.Scientists reported that the monkeys suffered little ill effect from the stress of the violent acceleration and a period of weightlessness for some nine minutes in their fifteen-minute journey.The monkey Able was trained before the space flight to push a morse key when a red light flashed once each second. This was

Sky Player for Xbox 360 revealed today At 11:30am today, Microsoft announced that in collaboration with Sky they will be bringing Sky Player to Xbox 360 this coming autumn. We were in attendance where Sky Sports presenter Georgina Thompson kicked off the proceedings by making the initial announcement at St. Martin's Hotel in London. Confirmation that the service will be made available to Xbox 360 owners follows rumours and speculations about an impending deal between the two companies, which we reported on yesterday. The Sky Player will be accessed from the 360s NXE dashboard and will feature On Demand content that can be streamed via any broadband connection. The service will also make use of NXE avatars. Live sports, news and other shows can also be viewed via the 360 Sky Player with the ability to pause, rewind and fast forward the broadcast at any time. Pricing and specific details will be unveiled closer to the launch this autumn alongside details of the available packages an

Britain's cuckoo bird, known for its distinctive call, is in danger of extinction along with 51 other species, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said in a new report Thursday.

A blast in a mosque in the south-east Iranian city of Zahedan kills at least 19 people and injures 60, official media report.

Last night I fired up my Nokia E63 and set about trying to get onto the Ovi Store. We previously reported that the Ovi Store was having issues shortly after launch, so I wanted to see for myself not only if the service had stabilized but also how the service actually works. As a backgrounder, the [...]

As the economy continues to languish, so does children's health care. While many are supposed to be eligible for federal assistance, they are falling through the cracks, reports Kelly Cobiella.