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As part of UK’sFlyZeroinitiative, theAerospace Technology Institute(ATI) unveiled on Monday a concept aircraft with ambitions as high as the skies it’s gonna fly to. It’s a midsize commercial plane, able to carry 279 passengers, and designed for transatlantic flights with one refueling stop or no stop at all. Okay, nothing remarkable here. But what’s extraordinary is that the concept aircraft is expected to carry out this task using the power of green liquid hydrogen alone....

UK bookseller Waterstone’s is to enter the e-reader market in 2012, as it looks to catch up with the likes of Amazon and Barns & Noble in the digital book space. Waterstone’s is currently in the midst of an overhaul after it wasboughtfrom HMV Group by a Russian businessman, Alexander Mamut, earlier this year. Mamut brought in a new Managing Director in the form of James Daunt, with a view towards reversing its declining sales and Daunt told the BBC today that he had been inspired by US book retailer Barnes & Noble’s successful Nook e-reader....

UK broadcasterChannel 4hasannouncedthat4oD, its online video-on-demand (VOD) service, has been rebuilt and is set to relaunch on Wednesday, 31st August. Launched in November 2006, 4oD (‘on Demand’) offers a range of programmes that have been recently broadcast on Channel 4, E4, More4 and from its archives that are permanently available to view. Some shows aren’t available due to rights issues. The new 4oD will come with a host of new features it says are “geared towards enhancing the user experience”....

UK cities are getting all-electric bus fleets, starting with Oxford and Coventry Going green In February 2020, the UK government announced£5 billionin funding for a new ‘golden era’ of bus and active travel. The five-year package of investment plans to boost bus services by focusing on a range of priorities, including: Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “As we build back greener from COVID-19, we can provide people with more environmentally friendly transport and cleaner air....

UK city launches ‘smart junctions’ that prioritize cyclists and pedestrians Bee Network The ‘smart junction’ is the latest innovation adopted by TfGM, which wants to transform active travel through itsBee Network, a 2,896-kilometre joined-up walking and cycling matrix connecting communities across the city-region. In October the network received an additional £11.8 million (US$15.6 million) from theMayor’s Challenge Fundto progress five cycling and walking schemes in Manchester, Salford, and Stockport. On completion, the Bee Network will be the UK’s largest connected cycling and walking network and aims to provide “a genuine alternative” to driving....