London - Google. co. uk got a royal makeover for the day to mark a visit to its British headquarters by Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Thursday.

The couple, both in their 80s, erupted into fits of giggles when shown a clip of a baby with an infectious laugh from the company's YouTube video site, at its headquarters in London.

Google's British homepage logo was given a makeover for the occasion, featuring a specially-commissioned "Google doodle" of the Queen's profile and a crown sitting on top of the letter "E".

London  - Britain will sign up to a legally-binding pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, compared with 1990 levels, raising the target from an earlier 60 per cent, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband announced Thursday.

He said the move would make Britain the first country in the world to commit to such far-reaching cuts in the production of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming.

London, Oct 16 : Former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s deputy has admitted that he disliked Cherie Blair, and accuses her of snobbery in his new documentary on class.

John Prescott admits that he did not like Tony Blair’s wife in the BBC programme, “Prescott: The Class System and Me.”

The film features the politician and his wife inside “Prescott Towers” in Hull and sees him visit middle and upper class bastions such as the Henley Regatta and the Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival.

Prescott admits in the BBC2 film: “We never got close to the Blairs... it just didn’t happen. We were not their set; certainly we were not her set.”

London  , Oct 16 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for the most ambitious reform of the world economic order since the Second World War in order to prevent a repeat of the current global financial crisis.

Brown wants dozens of world leaders to meet for a major one-off summit where they would rewrite the rules of international capitalism that have stood since 1944.

The foundations of the current world financial and economic system were laid at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire in 1944.

London, Oct 16 : NASA scientists have found the key to keep harmful moon dust at bay— a little sunshine.

Astronauts landing on the moon have to tackle with lunar dust, which is easily disturbed and highly abrasive, reports New Scientist.

The dust cannot only damage equipment, but could also prove dangerous to astronauts'' lungs, if it gets into inhabited areas.

Thus, study leader Paul Hintze of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, has found that a 1-metre-wide lens that focuses sunlight can melt and fuse the dust.

The finding could protect a future moon base from the fine powder on the lunar surface.

London, October 16 : The Queen’s image has featured on the homepage logo of Internet search engine ‘Google’ to mark her visit to the organisation’s London office.

The ‘Google doodle’ has added the feature to its existing collection of logos, which are changed periodically to mark national holidays or anniversaries of major events.

The exclusive logo fits in a profile of Her Majesty and a crown, reports the Independent.