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Aid worker diary: Part 10 (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:16:41 GMT)
Hatem Shurrab, an aid worker in Gaza for the UK-based charity Islamic Relief Worldwide, keeps a diary of his work amid the conflict.
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Huge fire at frozen food factory (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:18:35 GMT)
A Tyneside factory has been damaged after a huge blaze ripped through it.
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Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:27:01 GMT)
Aid agencies say the already fragile humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has deteriorated dramatically since Israel began its military offensive, reports the BBC's Heather Sharp.
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Frozen food factory cuts 95 jobs (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:08:10 GMT)
A firm making frozen ready meals blames a downturn in sales for the loss of almost a quarter of its 395 employees.
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Meals on wheels for school pupils (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:19:52 GMT)
Youngsters at a primary school in Lanarkshire are given lessons on healthy eating on board a touring cookery bus.
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Farmers voice food supply concern (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:24:35 GMT)
Many farmers at the 63rd annual Oxford Farming Conference are concerned about Britain's food policy.
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Crop diversity: Eat it or lose it (Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:56:17 GMT)
Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn increasingly to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.
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Children 'avoiding healthy foods' (Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:48:28 GMT)
Students in an east London borough are skipping school lunches in favour of takeaways, researchers claim.
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Platelet donor's thought for food (Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:13:09 GMT)
Donating vital blood platelets means lean times for those doing the giving, as the BBC's Nick Dermody explains.
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Union demands talks over cutbacks (Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:08:25 GMT)
Union leaders say they want to enter into talks with a food manufacturer which had threatened layoffs at three plants in Lincolnshire.
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