Editing: a Disin-gene-uous business?
Euractiv reports that the UK is currently aligned with the EU framework on gene-editing technologies, as organisms produced using these techniques are ...
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Save our bacon, British pig cull looms
Reuters reports that Britain's pig farmers have warned of a pork crisis. They say the government urgently must ease an ...
Allergy death: Parents welcome Natasha’s law
According to the BBC, the parents of a teenager who died after an allergic reaction to a Pret a Manger ...
No more visa schemes, say government sources
The UK will not introduce visa schemes for any sectors facing staff shortages, sources have told the BBC. On Sunday, ...
Tesco: train takes strain out of trucker crisis
Britain's biggest retailer will expand its use of train services to bring goods from Spain into the country which helped ...
M&S blames Brexit, closes 11 French stores
The BBC reports that Marks & Spencer is closing 11 of its French stores because of problems supplying them with ...
UK’s food shortages could be permanent
The BBC reports that, "The just-in-time system is no longer working and I don't think it'll work again," Food and ...
Offsets must not replace food retailers’ decarbonisation
A letter to The Financial Times says offsets must not replace decarbonisation efforts, as the task force led by former ...
England’s delectable fleeting vegetable
England's delectable, fleeting vegetable. The BBC says that one Norfolk speciality less familiar to visitors is a locally abundant wild ...
Rashford asks healthcare workers to help battle food poverty
Food campaigner and England footballer Marcus Rashford has asked healthcare professionals to encourage more low income parents to sign up ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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