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Cleaning up Britain: in the frontline of the fight against rubbish
2015-05-30 23:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Villiers Street in the West End would be Londons foulest road if not for Hasan Akin. He and a team of seven cleaners collect up to 70 large sacks of cigarette butts, crisp packets, chewing gum and fast-food litter every day. The 500-metre street, which runs between the Embankment and Charing Cross station, has 11 fast-food joints, three pubs, a nightclub, cafes, corporate offices and private homes. Last week Akin and his team counted many thousands of bits of chewing gum stuck to the road,...
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Rebuilding Together New Britain Assembling June 6 Teams
2015-05-27 01:16:52| Appliances - Topix.net
Volunteer workers and sponsors can still get in on the annual housing rehabilitation campaign organized by Rebuilding Together New Britain, which wraps up June 6. Teams of volunteers will be doing yardwork or basic plumbing, electrical and carpentry repairs for needy and elderly homeowners in the city. The goal is to help more people stay in their homes for as long as possible, according to the organization.
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Britain risks losing out in carbon debate if it exits EU
2015-05-15 15:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Should Britain vote to leave the European Union it would be relegated to the sidelines over important carbon market reforms vital to safeguarding EU environmental targets over the next decade and beyond. The Conservative Party's victory in general elections this month means Britons will be asked to vote on whether to leave the club of 28 EU nations possibly as early as next year. That's some time off, but EU policy and environmental planning is long-term work, with efforts under way already...
The almost unbelievably fabulous life of the richest woman in Britain, Kirsty Bertarelli
2015-04-28 14:27:11| Biotech - Topix.net
She became Miss UK as a teenager, an accomplished music writer in her 20s, and then in her 30s became the wife and the mother of three children with Switzerland's richest man, Ernesto Bertarelli, who sold his family's pharmaceuticals firm Serono for A 9 billion to Merck in 2007. Now in her 40s, she is trying to take the world by storm with her singing.
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Be part of Your Feet Britain 2015 - A chance to change workplaces for the better
2015-04-21 17:38:00| BIFM News
Get involved this Friday 24 April to get more people active in the workplace whilst raising funds to support heart diesase.
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