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Lots of 'maybes' If you live near bay or ocean, you may be wondering just how to plan for rising water levels. If you still have doubts...

Melting polar bear ice sculptures to raise climate awareness 

COPENHAGEN (AFP) — A polar bear sculpted out of an 11-tonne block of ice will be unveiled in Copenhagen Saturday, then left to melt to raise...

Get it fresh at Butcher on the Block.(Special Sections) 

When you come to Butcher on the Block, you will find yourself in a very warm and friendly environment. There are no walls hiding its operation....

Flagging efforts to stem bed blocking; Audit Commissioners have given a mixed assessment on the performance of public services in Birmingham. Local Government Correspondent Neil Elkes and Public Affairs Correspondent Paul Dale examine the areas where the 

Byline: Paul Dale ; Neil Elkes

Bed blocking remains a major problem in Birmingham with about 150 people stuck in the city's hospitals...

PUT YOUR HEARTH INTO IT! Mark Palmer warms to the fireplace - a welcoming focal point to any room 

Byline: Mark Palmer

FIRES are hot -- and cool at the same time. No trendily discerning country pub or restaurant would dare open...

PARADISE AT THE RIGHT PRICE 

THE Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, a 12-hour flight from London, is one of the newer property markets on the block. Buying a home there as...

Weather watch 

Byline: by John Kettley

Following last month's very wet conditions, there were some signs of drying from the middle of last...

Hopping for help 

BUNNY rabbits are used to grabbing the headlines at Easter, but these furry friends are hoping to warm a few hearts this Christmas.

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Environmentalist heads to Denmark 

Marion McCartney, pictured, who taught at Belper School for 30 years, has travelled to the Danish capital in a bid to encourage more people to...

Wounded by gunfire, Duquesne University student graduates 

As the machines of Mercy Hospital kept Sam Ashaolu alive, his mother, Christianah, laid her hand on his motionless head.

Hours...