"Immediate action from Britain is needed to help stop slavery in India, charities say, where around 250,000 women and children are being trafficked every year - many of them forced into the sex trade.
At meeting to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the UK's slave...
Tom Grubisich knows a thing or two about citizen journalism, writing about them for the Online Journalism Review. A former reporter and editor for The Washington Post, he now works for the World Bank in DC...
"Visitor numbers at Salcey Forest have soared since the Tree Top Trail opened two years ago.
Entry figures were less than 100,000 a year before the walkway was built but annual visitors have since reached around 250,000, peaking at 38,000 a month in the summer, according to...
Leicester, Leicestershire, central England, is not only famous for it's orange-red cheese, Leicester City football Club and championship Leicester Tigers Rugby Union team. It is also the venue for the Summer Sundae Weekender music festival. Friday 10 August - Sunday 12 August...
By 2010, the European Commission wants to replace traditional smokes with the "fire-safe" variety across the bloc"The European Commissions is expected to propose before the end of this year that all cigarettes sold across the EU should be self-extinguishing to help prevent...
A thief who nicks your card may dash right out and make a donation to a popular charity... if only to make sure that the card is still active. Even amongst identity-theft circles, verification and trust...
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"Plans to revitalise York's economy have been unveiled in a report prompted by heavy job losses in the past year.
The Future York Group was set up by the city council after chocolate makers Terry's and Nestle, insurer Norwich Union and British Sugar announced cuts.
The...
Scottish Art Nouveau Designer, architect and furniture designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 and died in 1928. Charles designed public buildings and private houses. 78 Derngate is one of...
"New aerial surveys have revealed that staggering numbers of elephants, gazelles, and antelope survived Southern Sudan's ruinous 25-year civil war virtually unknown to the outside world."
Some Tiger populations are in grave danger. Some have already disappeared, some are rebounding. The Tigers of China have a beautiful lady going to bat for them. But there's a catch-22 in one effort to protect the...