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England to diverge from EU water monitoring standards | Rivers

Exclusive: campaigners fear less rigorous methods could lead to more pollution in rivers and waterways The UK government is to diverge from the EUs standards for monitoring water quality in England, it can be revealed.

Father jailed for life for 'honour killing' of Tulay Goren | Crime

The father of a 15-year-old schoolgirl who disappeared without trace 10 years ago has been jailed for a minimum of 22 years after being found guilty of murdering her in a so-called "honour killing". Tulay Goren was killed on 7 January 1999 after falling in love with Halil Unal, a fellow Turkish Kurd twice her

Florida principal resigns after parents decry Michelangelos David as pornography | Florida

Tallahassee Classical schools governing board heard complaints after sixth-graders were shown classical sculpture A Florida principal has resigned after students at a Christian charter school in Tallahassee were shown the statue of the biblical figure David by Michelangelo, prompting at least one parent to complain that the children had been exposed to pornography.

Kris Hallenga: the woman diagnosed with cancer at 23 who convinced a generation to check their breas

When she was told she had stage four breast cancer in 2009, Hallenga didnt even know it could be a danger at her age. Then she started a campaign to save thousands of lives Eight months before Kris Hallenga was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer that spread to her spine, she went to her

The Duke of Burgundy review erotic, neurotic and utterly individual

Given our nations much-vaunted penchant for eccentricity, its strange that we tolerate so little of it in British cinema. Were happy enough to see aesthetic or imaginative dissidents at play in art, fashion, comedy, even (grudgingly) in fiction. But in our movies, genuinely alternative sensibilities have been largely relegated to the experimental outskirts.