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George Osborne warned of fly-tipping chaos as 'skip tax' gets messy
Thursday 31 May 2012
Chancellor hit by new Budget row over proposals to increase cost of dumping waste
Outrage over plan to dump rubbish at Hadrian's villa
Monday 28 May 2012
Campaigners say World Heritage site is threatened as Rome tries to find new home for waste overflow
Clean up your act: Even waste-paper can look pretty sharp in these bins
Sunday 13 May 2012
1. Orvino waste can
Grace Dent on Television: The Hoarder Next Door, Channel 4
Saturday 12 May 2012
Nigel is encouraged to tidy in a frock. It doesn't solve much, but we get to have a gawp
Album: The Cribs, In the Belly of the Brazen Bull (Wichita)
Sunday 06 May 2012
Hopes for the fifth Cribs album were cautiously high, following the ragged nihilism of lead single "Come on, Be a No One".
Teenager claims to be mother of baby found at Scunthorpe recycling plant
Thursday 03 May 2012
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.
Body of 'six-month-old boy' discovered at Scunthorpe recycling plant
Wednesday 02 May 2012
The body of a baby was found today in waste being sorted at a recycling plant.
Tips and deals of the week: Destiny Trenchtown Rock, The Frieze Art Fair and 'The Campers Friend'
Sunday 29 April 2012
The Gadget
Paul Saffo: 'We have willingly made ourselves like tagged bears'
Thursday 26 April 2012
Renowned futurologist Paul Saffo discusses privacy, robots and using 3D printers to create genetically modified meat
Album: Clock Opera, Ways to Forget (Moshi Moshi)
Sunday 22 April 2012
If you can't wait for the next album by Snow Patrol, Editors, White Lies or Keane, then Clock Opera are the new band for you.
Darrell Desuze sentenced for killing pensioner Richard Mannington Bowes during riots
Tuesday 17 April 2012
The 17-year-old who killed a pensioner during last year’s rioting in London has been locked up for eight years.
Trending: How Moshi Monsters ate the world
Tuesday 03 April 2012
Moshi Monsters started life as virtual characters on a children's website but now they're taking over the real world, thanks to toys, stickers – and now their own album
Rare metals lost in binned products
Friday 16 March 2012
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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