Day: October 6, 2016

    We've seen Prince George on a number of occasions now – at public engagements, in official photographs, and most recently during last week's tour of Canada – and there's one thing that royal watchers have noticed about the little royal: he only ever wears shorts. According to an etiquette expert there is a very good reason for this - and it's nothing to do with fashion, but rather royal and aristocratic tradition. It's a very English thing to dress a young boy in shorts," William Hanson told Harper's Bazaar UK. "Trousers are for older boys and men, whereas shorts on young boys is one of those silent class markers that we have in England. Although times are (slowly) changing, a pair of trousers on a young boy is considered quite middle class – quite suburban. And no self-re...

    The process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rock. Fracking under homes in Lancashire by energy firm Cuadrilla has been approved by the Government, overruling the decision of local councillors. Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, decided the shale gas explorer should get planning consent to drill and frack horizontal wells at its site at Preston New Road. A final decision on a second site, Roseacre Wood, has been delayed to allow Cuadrilla to give more evidence about the traffic impact. However, if the company can address concerns raised by the planning inspector, Mr Javid has said he is also minded to approve the plans. The four wells Cuadrilla plans to drill at Preston New Road would be the first horizontal shale wells to be fracked in the UK, m...