Convicted criminals will be monitored 24 hours a day by satellite under moves being considered by ministers, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Convicted criminals will be monitored 24 hours a day by satellite under moves being considered by ministers.

Two developments today highlight the continuing dilemma over just what type of state education gives the nation's children the best chances in life. Kent County Council has announced an expansion of its grammar school system by setting up a new 'satellite' grammar school in Sevenoaks in response to the huge demand for grammar places. Education Secretary Michael Gove has relaxed legislation suffici...

David Cameron has admitted for the first time that he met Rupert Murdoch weeks after the media tycoon launched his controversial bid for full control of the satellite broadcaster BSkyB.

The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment claimed that ‘there is strong evidence’ of sea level rising over the last few decades. It goes as far as to claim: ‘Satellite observations available since the early 1990s provide more accurate sea level data with nearly global coverage. This decade-long satellite altimetry data set shows that since 1993, sea level has been rising...

The Australian has an interesting little story out this morning just as President Obama comes into town. Apparently the Australian government made a private deal with China to operate a ground station in Australia as part of China's space program. A SATELLITE ground station in the West Australian desert is being used by the Chinese military to help locate Australian and US navy warships in th...

The trademarks of the Galileo satellite system are under sustained legal challenge from a US headquartered company and the Commission is considering renaming the project’s commercial arms as a result, EurActiv has learned. More »

The first two satellites of the EU’s Galileo programme for global satellite navigation will be launched on Thursday (20 October) from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana. More »

Prisoners in some modern British jails have been given luxuries such as including computer consoles, flat screen televisions complete with satellite channels and en-suite lavatories.

Jeremy Hunt will seek further advice over Rupert Murdoch's bid to take over the satellite broadcaster after the phone hacking revelations.