HERE is a quick look over some recent headlines.
Revealed: how UK water companies are polluting Britain's rivers and beaches
Utilities face 'pitiful' fines despite huge profits, with sewage spills cited as causing particular distress
Allotments open for business
For many city-dwellers, allotments have become a frustrating mirage: great in theory, impossible to get hold of in practice. The past few years have seen plenty of stories about long waiting lists, council closures and plots sold off for development, and rather fewer causes for optimism.
How climate change can make us hot under the collar
Unusually warm weather generates more aggression and conflict, and even more political change, research shows.
UK vineyards enjoy bumper crop in 'perfect year'
After disastrous 2012, conditions this year have been ideal for growing grapes – and cultural attitudes are changing too.
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