Lord Parkinson made the embarrassing gaffe amid reports that the Government will launch a consultation on potentially bringing imperial measures back. Appearing on Sky News, the arts minister was ...

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 ...

Now that the United Kingdom is outside the European Union, it’s reviewing thousands of EU rules and regulations to see which it should jettison. Among them is the compulsory use of the metric system ...

A government push to boost the use imperial measurements after Brexit will bring British “culture” back into shops, a minister has claimed. Boris Johnson is expected to make an announcement this ...

The government will launch a post-Brexit review next week on how and where traders can sell produce using imperial measurements. Currently they must use metric when selling packaged or loose goods - ...

To compile an article on the history of measurement systems and why America still uses the Imperial System of Measurement, 24/7 Tempo consulted various historical, reference, and news publications.

Sir Bill Cash says criminalisation of retailers for daring to sell groceries in pounds and ounces was one EU’s biggest outrages BRITISH shopkeepers are demanding a return to measuring meat, fruit and ...

LONDON — British plans to revive the traditional system of imperial measurements including pounds and ounces are “complete and utter nonsense” at an intensely difficult time for industry, a leading ...

Canada joined almost all of the rest of world in measurement when it went metric on April 1, 1975. That was the day when weather reports were given for the first time in Celsius and not Fahrenheit .

Mixing metric and imperial measures can lead to serious problems. Here are a few mixups that have resulted in mishaps. Image: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal ...