An OAP was overcharged by £1,600 over three consecutive winters because her gas meter was charging her imperial measurements instead of metric. Susan Strafford shivered through three years and became ...

For more than 50 years, Canada's dual system for measuring things has been a source of confusion for tradespeople, crafters, newcomers and anyone who's ever been asked for their weight in kilos. Why, ...

January 18, 2001 11:11: AN Enfield shopkeeper is anxiously waiting to hear if she will become the next 'metric martyr'. A legal test case is under way in Sunderland where trader Steve Thoburn is being ...

LONDON — Come Sunday, the inch dies. So does the foot and the yard. And the pound and ounce go on life support. After more than 20 years of re-education and assimilation, the British are dumping some ...

The world is so small now. All media/science/films use the metric system. In America, we use old British based imperial system of measure. When I watch a foreign ...

In the run-up to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, Boris Johnson is reportedly set to mark the occasion in a unique way that has divided opinion. A Cabinet source has claimed that the Prime ...

Measures for beer and cider remain unchanged under the revisions Some measures of alcohol sold in pubs, clubs and restaurants on the Isle of Man are to be reduced later this month. The move will see ...

Not giving an inch, going the extra mile, entering the final furlong, piling on the pounds and doing the hard yards - the English language is rich with phrases derived from the units British people ...