Drive-thru restaurants...

Drive-thru restaurants are common - but now one has opened that"s designed for farmers who don"t want to get out of their tractors. Greystone House Farm in Stainton, Cumbria, set up a tea shop a few years ago to supplement its income. Now farmers can phone orders ahead, drive right up and have someone hand food to them in their vehicle.

The increased ferocity...

The increased ferocity and frequency of winter storms in the Western Isles can cutч­ them off for days. Now councillors and business leaders have started to devise a multi-billion-pound undersea link betч­ween Stornoway, on the island of Lewis, and Ullapool in Wester Ross.