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Water everywhere, and not a drop to grow
Water scarcity is a leading cause of food shortages and environmental decline - so why is it ignored?
Adopted 90-year-old's family hunt
A 90-year-old woman adopted as a baby is looking for a picture of her parents and to trace relatives.
Bike used in robbery at jewellers
Two thieves ride into a busy shopping centre on a motorbike and break into a jewellers.
'Dramatic surge' in fuel thefts
The RAC reports a huge rise in the number of fuel thefts from vehicles since the start of the year.
Pants display marks anniversary
Campaigners in their underpants mark the 10th anniversary of a poverty protest staged by a 70,000-strong human chain.
Students claim survey dishonesty
League tables intended to help youngsters to choose universities are being falsified, claim students. Sean Coughlan reports.
Longbridge to see new cars built
The owners of the Longbridge car factory reveal plans to produce up to four new models at the plant.
E-Day: A good use of energy?
The recent Energy Saving Day did not affect the UK's electricity use as intended; does that mean such initiatives are a waste of time?
'I'm on the plane... the PLANE'
When passengers can yap into their mobiles in the air, plane travel will be even worse, says Clive James.
Survey commissioned for Ford site
A council commissions a survey of a former Ford plant after they receive funding of £100,000.
Society depends on more for less
If the world is to end the threat from climate change, we need to be able to produce more with less energy.
'Everything I needed to know I learned in McDonald's'
News that McDonald's will offer "A-level grade" training courses has been met with jibes about "McDiplomas" and "McQualifications". But for journalist John Hand, learning the ropes in a fast-food restaurant was a grounding for life.
Bypassing the blockage of nations
Solving the world's environmental ills may mean re-thinking the role of nations and national governments.
Cost headache for game developers
Video games for next-gen consoles may look amazing, but for many smaller developers it is extremely expensive and threatening their survival, reports BBC's Yo Takatsuki.
Volunteers rally for firefighters
A concert is held in aid of the families of firefighters who died in a warehouse blaze.
Post worker scoops £35m jackpot
Royal Mail worker Angela Kelly says she is "still in shock" after becoming the UK's biggest lottery winner.
Foot-and-mouth fear for farmers
Farmers across the West Midlands fear for their livelihoods after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Warwickshire hit as rivers flood
Shakespeare performances are called off and people are rescued from their homes as floods hit Warwickshire.
End of the line at Ford foundry
Workers clock off for the last time on Wednesday at a Ford plant in Leamington Spa.
Discovering the web
It was the decade of the Gulf War, Britpop and New Labour. But for many it is the birth of the internet that you remember most.