Drinking water supplies are to be tested for the presence of prescription drugs amid fears that rivers are being contaminated by the growing quantity of pharmaceuticals flushed unwittingly down the drain.

The Conservatives will today call for reforms to stamp out irresponsible practices in the City in the wake of the crisis engulfing British banks.

British taxpayers will be liable for more than £150 billion of potentially toxic mortgage debt following the nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley, one of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders.

Using workplace parking charges to raise money for council coffers will be the subject of a conference attended by a Government minister this week.

Scotland is to become a pioneer in generating electricity from the sea, Scottish Power will say on Monday when it unveils plans for the world’s biggest tidal power project and a factory to make tidal turbines.

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