http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/5354 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72146 Global warming is to blame for the rising numbers of Britons suffering from hay fever, in the first direct impact of climate change on human health in this country. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70897 One year after the publication of UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Africa Commission Report, many of the promised reforms on trade and conflict have yet to materialise, a prominent development charity pointed out. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70895 UK taxpayers are effectively subsidising airlines to the tune of £300 per person every year, according to a leading environmental group. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70873 The UK Government is urged to use all its influence to drive a world trade deal this weekend that will benefit poor countries rather than sit passively while development interests are sidelined. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70872 The Code for Sustainable homes is to become mandatory for all new homes - and possibly all existing homes - in Britain, setting new energy and water efficiency standards beyond building regulations. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70871 The British Government is criticised for its opposition to the creation of minimum standards for disposal and recycling facilities across Europe. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70870 Oil multinational Shell has accepted an agm resolution from ethical shareholders that calls for "a major improvement in Shell’s performance in terms of community and stakeholder consultation, risk analysis, and social and environmental impact analysis". http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70790 Sheffield will be joining the global protests that draw attention to the plight of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on International Women’s Day - 8 March - by awarding her the freedom of the city. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70723 Marks and Spencer is named the UK’s number one retailer for sustainable fish and Lidl comes bottom of the league table by default because the Marine Conservation Society was unable to get any information from it. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70690 No economist of the 20th century was "as persistent in focusing on the problems of developing countries" as Sir Hans Singer, who died on 26 February. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/128465/1/5354 Home Office figures that show 3,300 families have benefited from the "Family amnesty Exercise" in the last quarter of 2005, bringing the total to 20,170, were described as "brilliant news" by the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70646 UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wick's call for higher rates of tax for urban 4x4s is half-hearted and much tougher measures are needed, the Green Party said yesterday. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70644 Prime Minister Tony Blair has been urged to step up diplomatic pressure on Japan to halt its drive to overturn the ban on commercial whaling. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70618 UK Law Lords yesterday completed a hearing in a case involving over 20 people charged with activities arising from non-violent civil disobedience at military sites designed to stop the rush to war in Iraq. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70596 London's anti-terrorism policies are sending a "green light" to other governments to abuse human rights and are increasing the risk of torture, a new Amnesty report - Human rights: a broken promise - warns today.