Garbage to gourmet: the Real Junk Food Project
Do you throw out food when it’s reached its sell-by or use-by date? Or do you look at it,...
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Cameron’s reshuffle – building an election machine
It was out with the old, in with the new in London last week, as British Prime Minister David Cameron...
UK Muslims risk health during Ramadan fast
It’s coming up to the month of Ramadan in the Islamic calendar – when Muslims around the world are...
This UK bookshop is going places
When Sarah Henshaw tired of life as a London entertainment journalist, she went off to pursue her challenging dream...
Being cute “won’t save the penguins”
Campaigners dressed as penguins marked World Penguin Day outside Norway’s parliament. They called on Norway and other nations active...
Secular Norway grapples with circumcision
In Norway, the government wants to bring the procedure for male circumcision into the public health service. Opponents say...
UKIP set to top EU elections in Britain
The anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) looked set to take more seats in the European Parliament than any of...
Poverty blamed for UK child mortality rate
The growing gap between rich and poor is apparently one reason that the UK has one of the highest...
UKIP storms ahead in run-up to EU elections
They’ve not got a single seat in the British Parliament, but the UK Independence Party – or UKIP as...
Breivik victims’ memorial causes row
The Norwegian extreme-right terrorist Anders Behring Breivik’s attacks nearly three years ago caused both a very public, national trauma...