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Day: 25 July 2005

Mayor calls for single waste authority and increased facilities for London

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has published a consultation to increase the number of recycling facilities and called for a single waste authority to manage London's waste.

Superweed fears after GM cross breeding found in trials

Fears of a genetically modified 'superweed' running rampant through British crops were raised this week after Government research revealed that modified genes from a GM plant had cross bred with a common weed.

Europe’s largest flood storage and habitat creation scheme created

While areas such as Carlisle are busy strengthening flood defences amid warnings of increased flooding frequency, work has begun on removing all existing flood barriers at Alkborough Flats to create Europe's largest flood storage and habitat scheme.

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