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Day: 26 May 2006

Nuclear waste threatens Pakistani village

A Pakistani senator has accused his country's nuclear authorities of dumping radioactive waste near a village in Punjab province and causing widespread diseases and deaths in the area.

First British tourist accomodation eco-labelled

Two Yorkshire youth hostels were the first British tourist accommodation to be awarded the EU eco-label, joining a long list of energy and resource-efficient products and services.

Water giant pays up for flushing raw sewage down River Mersey

Water company United Utilities must pay £10,000 for discharging 56,000 cubic metres of untreated sewage into the river Mersey, a local magistrates' court decided on Thursday.

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