TROUBLES were piling up for Labour leader Neil Kinnock as a string of opinion polls pointed to defeat at the General Election.

Even one of his key policymakers, veteran MP Renee Short, went almost as far as admitting in a public gaffe that she expected the Tories to win again.

Scientists of the Yorkshire Water Authority cut costs of pollution by developing a system which used ultra-violet rays.

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