This bill will still be live as the by-election and county election campaigns gather pace.

BBC: A matter of timing

The process is being introduced this year, but will gather pace as new models are launched over the next decade.

ECONOMIST: A third industrial revolution

More than 100, 000 new "intelligent" water meters have been installed across southern England with work set to gather pace in the new year.

BBC: Water meter

The overexpansion of the finance industry will only gather pace and the greater the government intervention, the cheaper the capital and the greater the returns.

ECONOMIST: No demographic time bomb

At Monday's meeting in Brussels, the foreign ministers are expected to consider nominating a German diplomat as the EU's special envoy to Afghanistan in a bid to give the bloc a higher profile as reconstruction efforts gather pace.

CNN: EU to debate Afghan future

The biggest challenge for the international force will be maintaining the equilibrium between the Tajik-dominated Northern Alliance, whose unpaid fighters are still camped out around Kabul, and the Pushtuns who, as the largest ethnic group, will want a bigger slice of power as efforts to form a new government gather pace.

ECONOMIST: At last, signs of hope

The power in the daily check-in lies in a momentary pause to gather oneself and get breathing and heart rates back to normal pace.

FORBES: Getting America To Check In With Itself