UK news archive
October 2005
28.10.2005
A Boeing 747 flight - donated to Save the Children by Virgin Atlantic - will leave for Pakistan on Monday with tents, tarpaulins and plastic sheeting to provide vital shelter for people left homeless by the 8 October earthquake.
more...From: Save the Children UK Related topics/regions: [Pakistan] [Aid] |
28.10.2005
People and the environment are paying the price of Shell's record - and "unacceptable" - profit increase, said a leading environmental group.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Energy] [Corporations] [Climate change] |
24.10.2005
The UK Government has backed down in the face of demands that it stop using aid money to fund privatisation public relations in the world's second poorest country.
more...From: World Development Movement Related topics/regions: [Sierra Leone] [United Kingdom] [Aid] |
20.10.2005
Christian Aid has won the prestigious PRWeek Award 2005 (not-for-profit category) for its "Tree of Life" media campaign, based on a sculpture created from decommissioned weapons and currently on display in the British Museum.
more...From: Christian Aid Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Peace] Image: Tree of Life © Gabrielle Hamm
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19.10.2005
Shortly after 7.30 on Wednesday morning, Greenpeace volunteers blockaded the entrance to the Department for the Environment,Food and Rural Affairs in London in protest at the tonnes of illegal timber continuing to flood into the UK from the world's last rainforests.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Forests] |
19.10.2005
Sharon Osbourne has released star-studded version of 'Tears in Heaven' to raise funds for Save the Childrens work, notably survivors of the tsunami and Hurricane Katrina.
more...From: Save the Children UK Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Children] [Emergency relief] |
14.10.2005
A coalition of leading UK organisations has welcomed an initiative by the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives to establish a cross-party consensus for action on climate change.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] |
14.10.2005
Britain should stop dithering and come out in support of proposed discussions on Burma at the UN Security Council, a leading campaign group said yesterday.
more...From: Burma Campaign Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] [United Kingdom] [Democracy] [United Nations] |
13.10.2005
The sweeping and vague provisions of the Terrorism Bill are dangerous and ill-conceived, a leading rights group said as it published a detailed briefing on proposed legislation.
more...From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Law] [Terrorism] |
12.10.2005
The National Black Police Association is protesting against the Home Secretarys decision to disband the committee of independent advisors.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Race Politics] |
10.10.2005
A series of pilot schemes designed to offer incentives for households across England to recycle more waste have been announced this week, in a bid to change attitudes on the issue.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Environment] |
07.10.2005
A "closer and more joined-up approach" to the fight against wildlife crime in England and Wales is promised by English Nature, the Countryside Council
more...for Wales and the Association of Chief Police Officers. Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Conservation] [Animals] |
06.10.2005
The CBI must back new legislation to make the Government legally responsible for tackling climate change, says a leading environmental group while welcoming an acknowledgement from business leaders of their "significant" role in tackling climate change.
more...From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] |
06.10.2005
New powers allowing police to arrest criminals selling parts from endangered species were used by the Metropolitan police for the first time this week.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Conservation] [Animals] |
06.10.2005
Should councils print all important documents in several languages, or is this encouraging separatism? Is it really offensive to call someone "coloured"? Should we put off that important meeting because its Yom Kippur, even though only one of the people attending is Jewish? The head of the Commission for Racial Equality makes another controversial speech.
more...From: Commission for Racial Equality Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Race Politics] |
05.10.2005
There is serious concern over the treatment of the 19 women rescued from a Birmingham brothel last week, who police suspected were trafficked.
more...From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat, Anti-Slavery International Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Human rights] |
05.10.2005
UK electricity bills, from this week, will include information on how much energy is sourced from renewable fuel, giving customers an insight into the environmental-friendliness of the supplier.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Consumption] [Renewable energy] |
04.10.2005
Scotlands greenhouse gas emissions have fallen by more than 10%, according to the latest figures from the Scottish Executive.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Climate change] |
03.10.2005
The UK needs to protect victims of the sex industry as well as catching the traffickers, warns Amnesty International.
more...From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Human rights] |
03.10.2005
Environmental group Friends of the Earth is calling for all UK power companies to tell their customers how polluting their electricity is following a report exposing the UKs worst polluters.
more...From: Friends of the Earth Scotland Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Energy] [Consumption] [Pollution] |
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