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How Madoff got away with it

13.08.09
HOT tip for wannabe frauds? A fine taste for design. Apparently that's the reason the authorities didn’t catch Bernie Madoff sooner than they did ... more

Stores urged to scrap 'bogof' deals and sell food half-price

11.08.09
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GM crops hold key to our future food supply, says Benn

10.08.09
GM crops could be introduced to Britain in a bid to prevent food shortages, a Cabinet minister suggested... more

Sports stars in protest against 'rain tax' on clubs

04.02.09
Sports stars will deliver a petition to the Government demanding they stop charging community sports clubs for rainwater drainage... more

Secret labs outsourced by Defra

05.12.08
Britain's top-secret laboratories battling to prevent outbreaks of anthrax, foot-and-mouth, mad cow disease and Asian bird flu - with some installations so sensitive they do not officially exist - have been privatised... more

The boroughs composting less than 1 per cent of household rubbish

26.11.08
Thousands of tonnes of rubbish that could be used to make compost are being sent to landfill every week in London... more

Mountains of recyclables to be dumped at Army bases

06.11.08
Thousands of tons of rubbish may have to be stored in former military bases as the economic crisis makes recyclable materials worthless... more

Zoo ordered to repair fences to stop the lions escaping... and humans getting in

06.11.08
London's second largest zoo has been ordered to repair fences at its big cat enclosure to stop them escaping... more

Pollution in capital exceeds limits by up to 100%

20.06.08
A group of MPs have criticised the Government for failing to reduce potentially deadly air pollution in London... more

It's hot, but just wait for global warming

07.05.08
London basks in exceptionally warm and sunny conditions - with the good weather set to continue through the weekend... more

Commons bans bottled water at MPs' meetings

13.03.08
Bottled water has been banned from Parliament meetings in a victory for the Evening Standard's Water On Tap campaign... more

Brown loses his bottles

06.03.08
The Government is dumping bottled water from all Whitehall meetings in a major boost for the Evening Standard's Water on Tap campaign... more

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