A teenager has contacted police to say she is the mother of a baby boy found dead in waste being sorted at a recycling plant.

The body of a baby was found today in waste being sorted at a recycling plant.

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Precious and rare metals worth millions are thrown away in the UK each year in scrapped consumer goods such as old mobile phones, the Government said today.

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The CBI is calling on the Government to overhaul the penalty system for excessive carbon emissions, branding its handling of the £1bn-a-year carbon reduction scheme as dishonest and "discredited" and demanding it is scrapped.

But are we throwing away money – and a chance to be green? Tom Bawden finds out

Lack of adequate recycling facilities and confusing legislation is hampering Britain's economy as demand for raw materials soars. Tom Bawden examines the case

I'm back at work now, after six weeks' writing from the sofa, incapacitated first of all by a plaster cast, then simply by aching joints that had forgotten how to function and scar tissue so taut that walking felt like naughty elves shooting staples into my kneecap. The first day at my desk was, to my mind at least, just like when Jesus arrived at Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, yet without the bell-ringing or the crowds singing "Hosanna".

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