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Ukip leader Nigel Farage says his party is opposed to racism and extremism, following Channel 4 News’s revelation that teachers at his old school accused him of being “racist” and “fascist”.
The delegations of the three remaining candidates for the 2020 Olympics arrive in Argentina to make their final pitch. Within hours, the host city of the 32nd summer games will be announced.
Japan is to accelerate efforts to stop radiation leaks from the Fukushima nuclear plant after more bad news from the site, although the announcement may be timed to enhance the country’s Olympic bid.
China says it is “shocked” to learn radioactive water is still leaking from the Fukushima nuclear plant, as it is revealed 300 tonnes of contaminated liquid has escaped from a tank.
Siobhan Kennedy
As anti-fracking protesters storm Cuadrilla HQ, Channel 4 News Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy reports from Balcombe where Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has been arrested.
Billed as a cross between a Concorde and an air hockey table, the Hyperloop could one day transport passengers across countries at speeds of 800mph.
In the US fracking companies have made farmers and even homeowners rich overnight. Can the same happen in UK? I speak to a Brit who gave up his land for shale gas.
More than 200 protesters block access to a drilling site in Balcombe, West Sussex, to campaign against “fracking” used in shale gas exploration.
In a move branded a “disgrace” by Friends of the Earth, Chancellor George Osborne unveils tax breaks for fracking in a bid to create the “most generous” regime for shale gas in the world.
Alex Thomson
A notice at the train station ticket office reads: “Apologies – we will be back soon.” But in the deserted radiation hotspot of Futaba, in post-Fukushima Japan, nobody will be back soon.
Alex Thomson
As Japanese engineers struggle to manage the fallout of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, the Japanese government struggles to solve the energy crisis that it provoked.
A new survey reveals far greater shale gas reserves in the UK. But as the government announces financial benefits for “fracking” communities, will the controversial method be approved?
Alex Thomson
Two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, 150,000 people are still displaced across Japan and the clean-up is scheduled to last decades. In a land where hope has run out – the hope of return.
Alex Thomson
Two British teachers caught up in the Fukushima nuclear meltdown tell Alex Thomson why they continue to teach their evacuated children, somewhere, somehow.
Flaming tap water and earthquakes, or the saviour of the UK economy? FactCheck drills down into the row over shale gas.