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The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes visits the abandoned Georgian villages of South Ossetia where animosity towards those Georgians who fled still runs high.

Some wine makers in Spain are already taking steps to protect their vineyards against the effects of climate change, Danny Wood finds.

Farmers in the east and south struggle with the harvest in a poor summer and there are predictions of more rain.

By toughening the law on cannabis the government hopes to drive a crack down on UK "farms", many of which have sprung up in recent years.

Madagascar's east coast is still struggling to cope with the after affects of a devastating cyclone.

As much of Asia suffers from food shortages and rising prices, Thailand has plenty of rice and is willing to sell, writes the BBC's Jonathan Head.

As part of the BBC's season on food sustainability, we take a peek in the fridges of people around the world and ask what motivates their food choices.

With Halloween looming, Britain's pumpkin growers say the foul summer weather has left them with a scrawny green crop.

BBC Scotland wants your help to record unusual weather events to illustrate possible climate change.

How a doctor from Sussex is helping with the infant mortality rate in Afghanistan.

Two fruit trees bearing rare damsons are discovered in an orchard in the Lake District in Cumbria.

Kent win the Twenty20 Cup after beating Gloucestershire in the final at Edgbaston.

Egyptian and Jordanian envoys pay an historic visit to Israel to "extend the hand of peace" for the Arabs.

A Swiss cheese plant smashes through greenhouse windows to reach maturity and produce fruit.

The BBC's Sam Wilson finds that winemakers in California's Napa Valley are taking measures to deal with climate change.

Your Pictures: Changing weather

BBC Scotland wants your help to record unusual weather events to illustrate possible climate change.


With only 10 weeks to go until Christmas, people and wildlife are making the most of the unseasonably warm autumn weather.

A walrus feeding in a whirl of sediment wins the 2006 Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.

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