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How town planning can make us thin and healthy: Architects show that more green space and less housing density has a clear effect on public health
Thursday 30 January 2014
It isn’t hard to find an architect who will tell you that vast swathes of the British urban landscape are ugly, grey and unappealing – nor would you struggle to find people who agreed with them. But could it be that the look and the layout of our cities is actually bad for our health?
Benefits Street residents charged with drug offences
Sunday 26 January 2014
Seven people have been charged following raids on the now-famous James Turner Street in Birmingham - including one of the stars of the Channel 4 documentary series
50 years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, how have things changed on Martin Luther King Day in Birmingham, Alabama?
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Matthew Wood, on a year abroad at the University of Alabama, discusses what life is like today in one of the major battlegrounds of the 60s
‘Toilet-papered’ Alabama home burns down after family try to clear away mess with fire
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Attempt to tidy up following prank from local children ends in disaster
Benefits Street: Ratings rise again as record 5.2m tune in to third episode
Tuesday 21 January 2014
The show has added almost 1m viewers since the first episode two weeks ago
Benefits Street: Comedian Frank Skinner turned down narrating job
Tuesday 14 January 2014
The comedian did not want to offend residents dependent on benefits
TV firm Love Productions benefits – all the way to the bank
Tuesday 14 January 2014
The television company which produces the controversial Channel 4 documentary Benefits Street and the BBC's hit The Great British Bake Off has seen its annual revenues leap by a third to £13m.
Benefits Street: House for sale in James Turner Street, Birmingham
Thursday 09 January 2014
It's the street that’s split opinion all over Britain... and now you can buy your very own house on it.
Thousands sign petition urging Channel 4 to drop Benefits Street
Wednesday 08 January 2014
The series has prompted a police probe and complaints from viewers
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Wednesday 08 January 2014
Survey reveals Swansea is the place people are most likely to have casual sex
Benefits Street Twitter reactions: The angry, the idiotic and the defensive
Wednesday 08 January 2014
Viewers took to social media to voice their opinions on C4's new documentary
Benefits Street residents subjected to death threats after Channel 4 show airs
Tuesday 07 January 2014
Viewers posted abusive messages online when the documentary was broadcast
'Incident' at Oakwood prison has been resolved says G4S
Monday 06 January 2014
An incident lasting more than five hours at the country's largest prison has been resolved, security firm G4S has said.
10-year-old girl weighs 22 stone as Birmingham faces obesity epidemic
Monday 30 December 2013
A 10-year-old Birmingham schoolgirl has highlighted the obesity epidemic facing the city - weighing in at 22 stone 11 lbs.
Surgeon suspended from Birmingham hospital over allegedly 'branding' his name on a patient's liver
Tuesday 24 December 2013
A surgeon has been suspended over allegations that he “branded” his initials onto a patient’s liver.
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Why did Michael Fabricant say he wanted to punch me in the throat? In order to silence me
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Lack of digital skills leading disconnected voters to Ukip, says Chuka Umunna
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Caught on tape: In four-letter words, what senior EU politicians think of David Cameron
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FGM in Sweden: School where every single girl in one class underwent procedure exposed
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Michael Fabricant blasted for tweet saying he would 'punch Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in the throat'
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