Cycle “hubs”, where cyclists can lock their bikes under cover, have a shower and even get a puncture fixed, are one of the ideas being funded in a £100 million programme designed to persuade more people to switch from four wheels to two.

Across a great arc of the Eurasian steppe from Ukraine through Russia to Kazakhstan lies enough arable land to feed the world for years to come, with spare for biofuels to help plug the energy gap.

The government department in charge of outlawing discrimination against women, black and ethnic minority and disabled people does not know whether it complies with Whitehall diversity targets more than eight months after it was set up by Gordon Brown, it was revealed yesterday.

Heads of 100 of the world's biggest companies will today call on political leaders to agree huge cuts in greenhouse gases to stimulate a "green industrial revolution".

SOUTHWOLD brewer Adnams has received further recognition for its efforts to minimise the impact of its operations on the environment.

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