Maeve McClenaghan

Thousands Of Women Turned Away From Domestic Violence Shelters Amid UK Budget Cuts

Survivors and support workers tell of a domestic violence refuge system at breaking point.

Maeve McClenaghan
Jasmine Andersson
By Maeve McClenaghan
And Jasmine Andersson
A woman takes shelter under an umbrella from light drizzle on a foggy day as she walks across a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. (AP/Matt Dunham)

In a small office in the Midlands the telephone rings every half hour or so. On the line are women desperate for help, trying to flee domestic violence. But there is no space in the refuge, there is almost never any space. “Last week”, says a volunteer, “we had a lady call; she had four children, and the closest space we could find for her was

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The UK Is Sending It’s Plastic Waste To Asia, Often Illegally

Over 515,000 tonnes of plastic packaging was exported from the UK in the first three quarters of 2016, alone. Much of this was shipped to Asia.

Maeve McClenaghan
By Maeve McClenaghan
Baled plastic bottles waiting to be recycled at a UK recycling facility.

The UK exported more of its plastic packaging waste abroad for recycling in 2016 than in any of the three years previously, according to a new analysis by Energydesk. The data comes as industry insiders warn that waste sent abroad may be incinerated or buried rather than being recycled. More than two thirds (67%) of plastic packaging waste

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Trump’s Pick For Science Advisor Agreed Not To Disclose Fossil Fuel Funding

William Happer is a leading climate skeptic scientist who believes that increased levels of CO2 will benefit the planet.

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Lawrence Carter
By Maeve McClenaghan
And Lawrence Carter
Senator Ted Cruz greets Professor William Happer at a senate committee hearing during the 2015 Paris climate talks. (Photo: Ken Cedeno)

(REPORT) --- The rumored front-runner for the role of Donald Trump’s scientific advisor is a prominent climate skeptic who was previously caught in an undercover Energydesk investigation agreeing to conceal fossil fuel funding of his research. Professor William Happer, a Princeton University physicist, met with Donald Trump in January to discuss

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British Government Uses Aid Money To Back Oil Drilling In UNESCO World Heritage Site

UK oil company Surestream has a stake in two oil blocks overlapping the lake, while United Arab Emirates firm RAK Gas holds the rights to explore in the UN protected zone itself.

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Joe Sandler Clarke
Lawrence Carter
By Maeve McClenaghan
And Joe Sandler Clarke
And Lawrence Carter
Fisherman on Lake Malawi, the lake supports the livelihood of 1.5m people.

British officials are using aid money to support oil drilling in a World Heritage Site in Africa, according to an Energydesk investigation. Government documents, obtained through freedom of information (FOI), reveal that the Foreign Office pledged thousands of pounds in aid to support drilling in Lake Malawi, where the UN warns that a spill

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95,000 Unaccompanied Children Claim Asylum In Europe In 2015

Record numbers of children are seeking refuge in Europe.

Maeve McClenaghan
Safya Khan-Ruf
By Maeve McClenaghan
And Safya Khan-Ruf
Afghan refugee Rasoul Nazari, 15, holds his 10-month-old nephew Imran after crossing the border between Hungary and Austria in Nickelsdorf, Austria. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

At least 95,000 unaccompanied children applied for asylum in Europe last year, four times the numbers for 2014, Bureau research can reveal. The huge increase was discovered by the Bureau during an investigation into the level of migration among unaccompanied under-18 year olds in Europe and the stark inconsistencies in the way they are

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Britain Is Deporting Thousands Of Unaccompanied Child Refugees To Afghanistan And Iraq

The latest figures also show 657 former child refugees have been returned to Iraq since 2007, including 22 last year and 38 in 2014 when IS began to take a grip on the region.

Maeve McClenaghan
By Maeve McClenaghan
Afghan refugee Rasoul Nazari, 15, holds his 10-month-old nephew Imran after crossing the border between Hungary and Austria in Nickelsdorf, Austria. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Thousands of young people who sought refuge in Britain as unaccompanied child asylum seekers have since been deported to war torn countries that are in part controlled by Islamic State, the Taliban or other repressive regimes, a Home Office minister has admitted. James Brokenshire said that over the past nine years 2,748 young people – many of

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