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Project: Measuring the potential of green growth: Indicators of local transition to a low-carbon economy

This LEED project aims to to define key indicators of area-based transition to a low-carbon economy. The objective is to define measurable indicators at regional/local level that can inform over time of transition to low-carbon economic and industrial activities.




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Japan will need reforms to ease economic blow of a shrinking workforce

Japan must make revitalising growth its number one priority with reforms to boost productivity and encourage more women and older people into jobs to compensate for its rapidly shrinking labour force, according to the OECD.




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Low-level presence of transgenic plants in seed and grain commodities: Environmental risk/safety Assessment, and availability and use of information

This Biosafety document aims to serve as an aid to risk assessors and regulators; providing guidance on handling the aspects of an environmental safety assessment, accessing and using information in situations of low-level presence (LLP) of transgenic plants in seed and grain commodities.




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The Slow Lane: The secret garden with healing properties

Kew may be 70 times bigger than the Physic Garden, but historically Chelsea is the mother ship




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The Slow Lane: World leader in the art of living

Paris is organised around culture to a degree unimaginable in mercantile, muddled-up London




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The Slow Lane: Ripeness on the tree of life

Victor Erice is one of those rare film directors who show time passing apparently at its own pace




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The Slow Lane: Common censorship

Three recent decisions have brought this issue into focus – and all three are lamentable and incoherent




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The Slow Lane: Ancient lessons for modern lives

There are profound reasons for studying the languages, literature and civilisations of the Greeks and Romans




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The Slow Lane: The big questions of sport

This is about reminding ourselves that we are animals, not adjuncts to computer terminals




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The Slow Lane: An appeal to our modern-day prophets

Too many poets have turned inward, speaking to their fellows rather than to the wider world




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The Slow Lane: Class acts

Mussorgsky and Toulouse-Lautrec reached out to people treated as extras rather than full human subjects




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The Slow Lane: True nature of the new greens

Have we gone from protecting nature to managing it on behalf of the Earth’s dominant species?




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The Slow Lane: Winter as a wonderland

‘There is a unique beauty to this time of year. Everything looks ghostly in the dense, opaque air’




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The Slow Lane: Have you got your shame face on?

Feelings of shame, unlike other emotions, are difficult to hide




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The Slow Lane: Gifts from the court of Federer

The extraordinary thing about Roger Federer is that he still loves playing tennis after all these years




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The Slow Lane: Where myths match reality

The story of Sisyphus compares quite well with the experience of zero-hours contracts




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The Slow Lane: Dumplings and humanity

Taipei’s MRT is the only underground railway where someone has offered to tie up my shoelace




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The Slow Lane: Ghosts of school days past

As I approached the hall where the relics of our vintage were assembled, I heard an unspirit-like roar




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The Slow Lane: A refugee’s tale of darts and bad sherry

A country’s values come into focus when seen by an outsider, contrasting them with his native country




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The Slow Lane: Sharp satire isn’t all it seems

Caricaturist James Gillray was arrested over a print showing politicians kissing a new royal baby’s backside




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The Slow Lane: Culture brings its own riches

Participation in the arts has a hugely positive impact on people’s health and wellbeing




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The Slow Lane: Inspiration v perspiration

Perhaps a lot of rugby has always been prosaic but I struggle to recall such a dearth of poetry




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The Slow Lane: Same street, new perspective

The quiet streets have that special Viennese quality of grandeur combined with melancholy and nostalgia




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The Slow Lane: Dangerous minds

Isis could be seen as a vast and terrifying collective outbreak of the Freudian concept of ‘acting out’




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Thanks for taking a slow walk with me

Through this column, connections have been made and the conversation has broadened




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The Slow Lane: The Last Word

After 11 years, Harry Eyres’ column has come to an end. Here’s his first, from January 17, 2004




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The Fast Lane: how to embrace a stint in the slow lane

Returning to 500 emails that need attention is far worse then checking in every other day




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Tips for investing in a low-growth environment

Yogi Dewan of Hassium Asset Management on where to invest




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Virgin Australia's share price falls to below 10 cents as S&P gives airline negative outlook

Virgin Australia shares are worth less than 10 cents. Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's has warned the airline's debt problems were likely to worsen in light of the coronavirus.




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Qantas allows customers to cancel their flights and use credit for later trips amid coronavirus

Qantas passengers will be able to cancel booked flights and use the credit to reschedule trips later on.




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Thousands of desperate Australians stranded overseas to be flown home on Qantas mercy flights 

Thousands of citizens are understood to be stranded overseas, but four international routes are now being subsidised by the federal government.




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Boy, 4, who beat coronavirus and battled rare cancer is allowed outside for first time in two months

Essex cancer patient Archie Wilks, four, (right) was allowed outdoors for a family walk after testing negative for coronavirus. He walked through fields with his twin brother Henry (left) and parents.




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BRITs 2020: Maya Jama attends same afterparty as ex Stormzy following rapper's big win

She was among the audience members when her ex-boyfriend Stormzy triumphed at the 2020 BRIT Awards on Tuesday night.




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Petrol price falls toward 4-year low of £1-a-litre

The price of oil has fallen to around $26 in less than a month due to growing fears of a global recession, travel restrictions and a dispute between Saudi Arabia and Russia over production levels.




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Towns and cities that plan to ban cars or introduce low emission zones

Some 21 UK towns and cities either have plans in place for low emission zones or vehicle bans, or have already implemented restrictions on vehicle use in their area. Here's what they have proposed.




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Battered 1982 Ford Fiesta XR2 'hot hatch' is tipped to sell for £22,000 following restoration

The Fiesta XR2 was popular with boy racers in the 1980s but is now a collectors' item. Auctioneers in Cheshire say the restored Fiesta is the best example they have ever seen.




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Driving test centres with the highest and lowest first-time pass rates

With all driving tests suspended until 20 June due to coronavirus, there'll be a backlog of learners desperate to take their practical test. Here's where they have the best chance of passing first time.




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Ford publishes 64-page 'playbook' for car factories following Covid-19

The document outlines new measures, including temperature scans for all staff, requirements to wear face masks, working stations separated by 6 feet, and the closure of on-site gyms and canteens.




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Boy, 5, who stole his parents' car is given Lamborghini joy ride by a fellow sports car lover

A fiive-year-old boy who drove off in his parents' car ended up being given a ride in a Lamborghini thanks to a friendly Utah resident who was encouraged by the Adrian Zamarripa's story.




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New coronavirus hospitalizations down to lowest number since the lockdown began in New York

There were 572 new hospitalizations due to coronavirus reported in New York on Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. This is the lowest number since the lockdown on March 20.




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Beauty entrepreneur Iris Smit shares her three-ingredient face mask for a glowing complexion

Australian beauty entrepreneur Iris Smit has shared her simple recipe for DIY face mask using just three basic ingredients from your kitchen.




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DEBORAH ROSS: Deep Water? It could hardly be shallower

Deep Water is, essentially, ITV's version of Big Little Lies. It is a female-led ensemble. It puts women's friendships centre stage. There are fraught meetings at school gates. There are secrets




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HOROSCOPES: Follow your instincts, Virgo

Follow your instincts, not the rules, this week. As Venus and Mars in your sign aspect Uranus, planet of surprises, anything you attempt will turn out well...




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Saturday, September 14

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Saturday's meetings at Lingfield, Musselburgh, Doncaster, Chester, Chelmsford City and Bath...




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Robin Goodfellow's racing tips: Best bets for Monday, September 16

Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow dishes out his tips for Monday's meetings at Thirsk, Worcester, Brighton and Kempton. 




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Ashley Benson steps out for the first time following Cara split rumors 

The 30-year-old Pretty Little Liars alum rocked skinny jeans and a pair of black ankle boots for the solo outing.




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PSG 'preparing to ask Inter Milan to extend Icardi's loan or lower asking price from £62m to £44m'

Paris Saint-Germain are preparing to ask Inter Milan to either extend Mauro Icardi's season-long loan for another campaign or reduce the sum of the option-to-buy clause in his contract.




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FM to meet PSU bank chiefs on Monday; to review credit flow

New Delhi, May 10 () Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a review meeting with CEOs of public sector banks (PSBs) on Monday to discuss various issues, including credit offtake, as part of efforts to prop up the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis. The meeting, to be held via video-conferencing, will also take stock of interest rate transmission to borrowers by banks and progress on moratorium on loan repayments, sources said. The RBI had on March 27 slashed the benchmark interest rate by a massive 75 basis points and also announced a three-month moratorium to be given by banks to provide relief to borrowers whose income has been hit due to the lockdown. Earlier this month, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das held a meeting with heads of both public and private sector banks to take stock




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FM Nirmala Sitharaman to meet PSU bank chiefs on May 11 to review credit flow

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a review meeting with CEOs of public sector banks (PSBs) on Monday to discuss various issues, including credit offtake, as part of efforts to prop up the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis. The meeting, to be held via video-conferencing, will also take stock of interest rate transmission to borrowers by banks and progress on moratorium on loan repayments, sources said. The RBI had on March 27 slashed the benchmark interest rate by a massive 75 basis points and also announced a three-month moratorium to be given by banks to provide relief to borrowers whose income has been hit due to the lockdown. Earlier this month, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das held a meeting with heads of both public and private sector banks to take stock of the economic situation




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Govt should allow private vehicles to ferry migrants: Raut

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Maharashtra government should give permission to private vehicles for ferrying migrant labourers to their native places during the lockdown. Raising concern over migrant workers setting off for their hometowns on foot, Raut said they were falling sick and some have also died. "The labour class is walking back home, this is not a good picture. Their children are with them. Railways is not ready to operate trains for them. The state government should give permission to private vehicles to ply," Raut tweeted. "People are falling ill while walking. Some have died. Even then their walking hasn't stopped, the Rajya Sabha member further said. Sixteen migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks while returning to Madhya Pradesh were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra in the early hours of Friday. The labourers, rendered jobless due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, had set off for their ...