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Hatem Shurrab, an aid worker in Gaza for the UK-based charity Islamic Relief Worldwide, keeps a diary of his work amid the conflict.

People are warned not to walk out on frozen rivers and lakes after forecasters said Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire were the coldest places in the UK last night.

Bulgarians shiver as a cut in Russian gas supplies hits municipal heating and enterprises in sub-zero temperatures.

The BBC's Liam Dutton explains the highs and lows of Britain's winter weather.

Here is a selection of emails from people who live in affected areas and have started to feel the effects of the gas supply holt.

Centuries of crop diversity are at risk of being lost forever as farmers turn increasingly to just a few modern, high yielding varieties.

The New Year Arctic weather brings sub-zero temperatures and disruption to parts of the UK, with more freezing conditions expected overnight.

A birdwatcher from Cornwall finds what she believes is a rare bird in her back garden.

The controversial idea that space impacts wiped out mammoths and early humans in North America receives new impetus.

A father and son are braving extreme temperatures while walking 186 miles to the South Pole.

An injured turtle nursed back to health by staff at a Cornish aquarium is to be set free off the Canary Islands in the new year.

A team of scientists at Durham University say that water may exist on the moon.

Meet Barrie Lester from our panel of families charting how the economic squeeze is affecting them.

Leicester City FC stops a fan taking his five-week-old baby to a game because of the cold.

Inverness is chosen as the location for a planned computer complex offering data storage for people and businesses.

Fears are being raised there could be a jump in the winter death toll because of high heating costs and colder weather.

The UK's Climate Change Bill could cost each family in the UK up to £10,000, warns Conservative MP Peter Lilley.

India beat England by 19 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method to clinch the seven-game one-day series 4-0.

Palaeontologists piece together the fossilised skull of the oldest example yet found of a woolly rhinoceros in Europe.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will cost almost £14m ($21m) to repair and hopefully be back up and running for June 2009.

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