Full Coverage: Northern Europe

27.02.2008 Former SAS soldier Ben Griffin blasts Britain's involvement in "Extraordinary Rendition" and its role in maintaining secretive prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan in which individuals face torture.
From Stop the War Coalition

26.02.2008 Sales of Fairtrade products in Britain last year hit a record high of £493m ($971m), an 81 per cent increase over the previous year.

23.02.2008 Tate & Lyle says it intends to move its entire retail cane sugars range to Fairtrade, marking the largest-ever switch to the ethical labelling scheme by any major UK food or drink brand.

22.02.2008 Architects could have a major influence on reducing carbon emissions, so three cheers for the Royal Institute of British Architect's programme of talks on climate change and the role of the built environment.

21.02.2008 After 40 years of building a home in London, Agnes is retiring and moving back to Ghana. But her eldest, Sol, is living with a girlfriend Agnes loathes, and he won't move home until Agnes accepts her. Meanwhile, younger brother Caleb will do whatever it takes to inherit the house, except share it with Sol. Will she trust her 21st century boys and finally allow them to be men? Who will own the House of Agnes?

19.02.2008

19.02.2008 A display of photographs of the self-governing Maroon community in Jamaica runs at the Docklands Museum until 31 August as part of the museum's recently inaugurated London, Sugar & Slavery gallery.

18.02.2008 Two of last year's most successful plays at the Royal Court - Free Outgoing by Anupama Chandrasekhar and Gone Too Far by Bola Agbaje - are returning to London.

17.02.2008 It's Oral History Day, Saturday 1 March, which brings together scholars, filmmakers and oral history specialists to reflect on the 1948 Nakba.

15.02.2008 To celebrate the advances in solar technology, the Science Museum will be showcasing the next generation of solar-powered cars in a three-day event during half-term.

11.02.2008 A court case contesting the legality of the UK Serious Fraud Office's decision to scrap its investigation into alleged bribery by BAE Systems to secure a huge arms deal with Saudi Arabia will be heard in London on Thursday.

08.02.2008 Britain's Food Standards Agency is to review its advice on eating fish in light of the growing evidence that global fish stocks are in peril.

08.02.2008 Britain's Food Standards Agency is to review its advice on eating fish in light of the growing evidence that global fish stocks are in peril.
From Environmental Justice Foundation

07.02.2008 Announcing that Britain's aid ministry will increase research funding on climate change to £100 million over the next five years, International Development, Secretary Douglas Alexander said climate change "will define international development for years to come".
From Department for International Development

06.02.2008 US female soldiers in combat in Iraq, Ariel Dorfman looking back to the bloody coup in Chile, American artist Steve Kurtz facing 20 years in prison for having test tubes in his apartment, extraordinary interviews with 14 survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: some of the 25 films from 19 countries that form the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in London, in March.

06.02.2008 Greenpeace barricaded entrances to Lord's cricket ground this morning where UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks was due to deliver the opening speech for a major coal industry event.

06.02.2008 Nearly one in five UK households with children have had to endure cold because they can't afford the bills, according to a new poll.

05.02.2008 Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Chad, Chile, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, former Yugoslavia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Lebanon, Liberia, Nepal, Palestine, Sudan, Uganda and USA feature in the forthcoming Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (12-21 March).

05.02.2008 Enjoy a fairground with a difference at the launch of Fairtrade Fortnight 2008 at London’s South Bank on Sunday 24 February.

04.02.2008 British shoppers care more about animals than climate, according to a survey by the Co-operative Group, as a report urges companies to link directors' bonuses to non-financial measures such as environmental protection.