Shipping granite to Scotland: a taxing issue?
Jon Snow on the morality of a global economy that results in rock to being shipped halfway across the world.
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The UK economy has grown by just 0.2 per cent during the last quarter, with the Japanese tsunami, Royal Wedding, and April bank holidays all having an impact.
Japan plans to ban cattle shipments from Fukushima in response to growing concerns about the safety of beef originating from the area.
Lady Gaga’s YouYube account has been suspended following an alleged copyright breach. The singer, whose videos have had more than a billion hits, will be able to appeal the decision.
The eruption of an Indonesian volcano spewing lava and smoke 1,500 metres into the air is forcing panicked residents to flee.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change names eight sites it considers suitable for new nuclear power stations. Channel 4 News maps how the sites could meet Britain’s future energy demands.
The number of teachers committing suicide in Britain each year has almost doubled, Channel 4 News learns, with educators saying they are failing to cope with the stresses of the job.
Germany announces plans to shut down all its nuclear reactors by 2022, in a policy u-turn prompted by Japan’s Fukushima disaster.
Britain’s chief nuclear adviser says the country’s nuclear plants are not at risk of replicating Japan’s nuclear crisis but Greenpeace tells Channel 4 News his findings are premature.
Kenya’s marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru, 24, was “upbeat and happy” just one day before he fell to his death from a balcony at his home, his agent tells Channel 4 News.
As world food prices continue to rise, Andrew Hogg, of Christian Aid, says the investments of ordinary pension funds in commodities markets are making the problem worse.
The operator of Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant have agreed to a major restructuring plan in return for government help in paying compensation to tens of thousands of people.
Workers at Japan’s damaged Fukushima nuclear plant have entered one of the reactor buildings for the first time since an earthquake and tsunami triggered a crippling explosion.
Jon Snow on the morality of a global economy that results in rock to being shipped halfway across the world.
The use of the armed drones has been approved by President Obama, and they are already in operation. Predator drones have been used extensively in Pakistan and other areas without US ground troops.
Japan has banned people from entering a 12 mile evacuation zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant following the tsunami. People will now only be able to go there under Government supervision.