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August 2008 News

Big Brother may well be watching you

Local councils are being given fresh encouragement to use terror laws to spy on residents, according to the Metro. The laws were originally brought in to access private phone bills and e-mails to catch bombers but increasingly authorities have used

Picking up the pieces

The Highways Agency has launched a new campaign to combat littering on the UK’s major roads. The ‘Bag It and Bin It’ campaign urges motorists to store rubbish in their cars until they can stop and put it in a

The price of education

As the new academic year approaches, students are facing a 20pc rise in rent in just four years according to new figures. Undergraduates can now expect to pay an average of £61.64 a week. Exeter showed the biggest price hike