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No more 'sell-by' dates on food in bid to cut £12bn waste

15.09.11
The 'sell-by' date on food packaging is to be removed in a bid to cut the £12 billion worth of good food which ends up in the bin... more

Thames joins list of UK's most improved rivers

30.08.11
The Thames has joined the Environment Agency's list of the UK's ten most improved rivers for wildlife, walkers and anglers... more

Cod con: Shoppers misled by cheap alternatives

15.07.11
Shoppers are being overcharged for cheaper fish being sold off as cod, according to new research... more

Government backs down over ban on circus animals

24.06.11
Downing Street signals it will bow to pressure over MPs' demands for a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses ... more

'Use water wisely', Caroline Spelman warns households as drought hits large parts of England

10.06.11
Large parts of England are officially in drought after the driest spring since records began, the Government said... more

A weekend eating Poundland food

01.12.10
Could Waitrose addict Deborah Collcutt survive a weekend eating Poundland’s bargain bucket food range? Here’s what happened... more

Battersea Dogs Home calls for action on bull terrier breeders

01.07.10
Battersea Dogs Home calls on the Government to make dog owners “more accountable” as the number of Staffordshire bull terriers coming into the rescue centre hits an all-time high... more

Meet Chrissie Wellington, the world's fittest woman

10.02.10
Chrissie Wellington has broken every record in the book for the gruelling long-distance triathlon. She tells Sophie Goodchild why she is prepared to train for six hours a day, seven days a week... more

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

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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