The 2014 Tour de France will start on Saturday 5 July and this year it will start in the UK (in Leeds). This is Tour number 101 and will cover over 3650 km in its 21 stages. As always the stages will include different terrain - as it goes through Britain,... (read more)

Like most illegal bugs the Hearbleed bug is anonymous, and at the moment it is not known at all who is responsible for it. The bug is in the OPEN SSL software library which is used for the Transport Layer Security protocol. This means that the bug affects... (read more)

There are currently five countries which officially recognise three genders. These are Nepal, which since 2007 has made it illegal to discriminate against anyone on any gender grounds, and... (read more)

Barcelona are currently the most successful of all Spain's football clubs. They have won 66 domestic trophies in total, more than any other club. These include 22 La... (read more)

I'm not sure what you mean by your question - it's in the travel section so I don't know if you are wondering about your visa? Whether you are employed full or part time should make no difference, but I can't really give you a more detailed answer without... (read more)

The full list of all the films, TV shows and comics that feature Spider-Man in some way is really long - you can see it here. There are three movies just called Spider-Man (1, 2 and 3),... (read more)

This has not yet been officially explained. An autopsy was held a few days after her death on 7 April 2014, but all we know from that is that the results were inconclusive - so the cause of death has not been established. Her family are now waiting for... (read more)

This question gets asked quite a lot. There are various things you could try, but it's best to start with a stain remover bar such as Vanish or a powder such as Oxy, as these are specially designed for stains. If that doesn't shift it, some people have... (read more)

It's hard to say exactly which species of bird is rarest, because numbers change quickly and in some cases the exact numbers are not known, but it's possible to identify which are the most extremely endangered birds. According to the BBC... (read more)

Generally, a black box is the term used to describe any system device or other object which contains information that can be viewed even if you don't know how it works (the idea is that... (read more)

Now that Bruce Forsyth is leaving there will probably be bets placed on this soon. The likeliest choice and probably the most popular... (read more)

Yes it has just been announced (4 April 2014) that he will not be presenting the show this year. At 86 Sir Bruce... (read more)

This is the question that NATO and observers around the world are asking. Recent events in Ukraine have caused a lot of concern. Earlier this year protests against the then Ukrainian government,... (read more)

The Voyager programme was first launched in 1977 and has used two unmanned space probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. The programme managed to reach Jupiter and Saturn very early, though had to abandon plans to explore Pluto and Neptune at that time. A famous... (read more)

In fact the sponsor for such a visitor would usually be yourself, if you are now resident in the UK. The letter is just needed as proof that your family member does have a relative who is inviting him or her to stay; they will still have to supply all... (read more)

A geep is half a sheep and half a goat. You don't see them very often, but there was one born on a farm in Ireland a couple of weeks ago. This wasn't planned - it seems that the goat managed to get mixed up with the farmer's herd of Cheviot sheep and... (read more)