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Excellent graphics - have a play what trends can you find

"Alarming reports about our favourite treats - including chocolate, wine and prawns - are on the rise. So what is the truth behind the panic?"

"You wash with it, you brush with it, you toast it, it's in 50% of what you buy - but what's the real story of palm oil? Use the interactive below to trace the journey of palm oil from the rainforest through to your kitchen cupboard"

"The WHO last week named India's capital the worst of 1,600 cities for PM2.5 particles. What are the other measures of pollution, and do the experts agree?"

this has made me so so cross. Read it email me and tell me what you think

"The IPCC's long-awaited fifth assessment report says it is 'extremely likely' that humanity is to blame for global warming. What else can we learn from the report?"

"Hans Rosling shows how measurement reveals incredible progress in saving the lives of children in what were once labeled "developing countries." If the few countries that still have high child mortality"

What is it about London? Population growth is slowing across most of Europe - people are having fewer children and, it could be argued, steps are being taken to try to reduce social inequalities. But London is unusual. London continues growing, and London is becoming more youthful. The middle aged and those who are poor, but not desperately poor, are being squeezed out. Graduates from the rest of Britain and the rest of the world flow in ever greater numbers and require ever higher degrees of optimism. Many fail to achieve their aspirations. Above them a few are becoming ever richer. Below them, as private rents and social housing becomes too expensive for huge numbers of lowly paid families and many leave, a new poor may be growing, less well documented, less well protected, with even less to lose.

"Have you heard of carbon trading?  Where a country or region sets a cap for its emissions, and then uses permit trading to seek out the cheapest cuts.  I'm guessing you have. But what about the carbon in trade?  The carbon that moves around the world in the form of fossil fuels and finished products. Heard of it? When we talk about carbon emissions we invariably talk about where emissions occur due to fossil fuel combustion.  But carbon moves around a lot.  Oil moves from the Middle East to Europe before being used and products purchased in the US are often made in China.  These movements have important implications for climate policy."

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If you can spare 5 mins have a look at this. Click on the country to find out how much we owe??? I thought Greece was in trouble. Look at the US as well

sir, if we owe the US 578.6bn and they owe us 834.5bn why cant they just cancel out our debt and the US pay the difference? seems silly,accounting for debt that both countries owe.

Interesting cartoon worth a read

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"he types and quantities of foods we eat are influenced by our personal characteristics and also our social and economic situations. Income and educational attainment are particularly important in determining dietary behaviour. Using data from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, we have created a graphic that illustrates how UK food consumption varies for population groups differing in level of income and education against the national average. Key facts"