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Dirty water and poor hygiene stunting growth of millions
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Using clean water is one of the best ways to stop children losing essential nutrients vital to growth, says study
Humble Pope Francis's visit to a Rio slum gives residents fresh hope
Thursday 25 July 2013
‘It’s important the Pope is coming… hopefully things will get better’
Ofwat hires its former star Cathryn Ross to tackle tough times
Thursday 25 July 2013
Ofwat has turned to a star alumna to lead the water regulator, which is facing one of the most testing times in its 24-year history.
Heatwave death toll: Up to 760 killed and total may double as temperatures above 30C set to continue
Thursday 18 July 2013
The heatwave has been responsible for as many as 760 deaths, according to official calculations, as the UK enters the sixth day of plus-30C temperatures.
Wildfire warning: Heatwave death toll as high as 760 - and farms at risk
Thursday 18 July 2013
UK experiences sixth consecutive day of over 30C temperatures
The Business Matrix: Thursday 18 July 2013
Thursday 18 July 2013
Severn Trent runs up £19m legal bill
Keep your clothes on, says Tesco as health warning is raised over heatwave
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Met Office issues alert amid longest hot spell for seven years
Water companies told to stop siphoning off cash to foreign owners
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Former head of Ofwat lambasts privatised firms for paying excessive dividends
Garment factory workers in Bangladesh fall ill in what experts say could be sign of mass hysteria
Monday 01 July 2013
More than 1,000 factory workers have fallen ill across the country in recent weeks
Anger as Indian politicians involved in scuffles at airport over flood relief
Thursday 27 June 2013
As India on Thursday began the mass cremation of hundreds of bodies left by the Himalayan floods, half a dozen politicians from rival parties have been condemned after scuffling at an airport and trying to lure survivors on to planes they had chartered.
Mark Leftly: Osbornism - one small step for the man, one giant leap for the economy... ideally
Thursday 27 June 2013
Outlook As an economic paradigm, Osbornism has reached maturity: the theory has taken a long time to craft but it has now developed to such an extent that its full force has been unleashed in practice.
Volunteers rescue 80 swans after oil leak in the River Thames
Saturday 22 June 2013
Authorities believe they may never discover the source of the leak, which can damage swan's internal organs
What did the year of Live 8 change?
Friday 14 June 2013
The optimistic zeal for reform before the UK’s last G8 was so strong that even Pink Floyd were prepared to be conciliatory. Sarah Morrison assesses the actual results
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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