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Abolishing the Agricultural Wages Board unleashes market forces and will make the vulnerable even more soThe government's decision to abolish the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) has been presented by the secretary of state in charge, Caroline Spelman,...

In the dead of last night an animal cried out. Not once, not twice, but with sleep-breaking persistence. I lay in bed for a few moments, trying to make sense of the noises from the garden below – curious hybrid sounds that were half nasal duck and...

For Tim Gautreaux, a Louisiana local whose family is immersed in the oil industry, the BP leak means the death of his whole community. And things can only get worse…Those who live in Louisiana all their lives develop an understanding of disaster. W...

BP appoints US government expert to help recovery as it prepares to permanently plug gulf well with cementAs the visible oil in the Gulf of Mexico dwindles, the incoming boss of BP has said it could be time to scale down the vast operation to clean u...

Agony aunt and 'humanzee' Carole Jahme prepares to take audiences on an evolutionary journey in her new show at the Edinburgh Festival FringeI have devised a comic science show to mark the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, Carole Jahme Is Bio-...