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?
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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.
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Bike used in robbery at jewellers
Two thieves ride into a busy shopping centre on a motorbike and break into a jewellers.
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'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.
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Pants display marks anniversary
Campaigners in their underpants mark the 10th anniversary of a poverty protest staged by a 70,000-strong human chain.
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Students claim survey dishonesty
League tables intended to help youngsters to choose universities are being falsified, claim students. Sean Coughlan reports.
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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.
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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?
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'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.
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Survey commissioned for Ford site
A council commissions a survey of a former Ford plant after they receive funding of £100,000.
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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.
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'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.
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Bypassing the blockage of nations
Solving the world's environmental ills may mean re-thinking the role of nations and national governments.
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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.
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Volunteers rally for firefighters
A concert is held in aid of the families of firefighters who died in a warehouse blaze.
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Post worker scoops £35m jackpot
Royal Mail worker Angela Kelly says she is "still in shock" after becoming the UK's biggest lottery winner.
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Foot-and-mouth fear for farmers
Farmers across the West Midlands fear for their livelihoods after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
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Warwickshire hit as rivers flood
Shakespeare performances are called off and people are rescued from their homes as floods hit Warwickshire.
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End of the line at Ford foundry
Workers clock off for the last time on Wednesday at a Ford plant in Leamington Spa.
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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.
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