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Overall spending reductions over the next 3-5 years. Figures are in real terms and exclude school spending Council Reductions (%) Barking & Dagenham London Borough Council 25-30% Barnet London Borough Council 15-20% Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council 10-15% Bath and North East Somerset Council No data Bedford Borough Council 5-10% Bexley London Borough Council 10-15% Birmingham  ...

Desert ants in Tunisia smell in stereo, sensing odours from two different directions at the same time. By sniffing the air with each antenna, the ants form a mental 'odour map' of their surroundings. They then use this map to find their way home, say scientists who report the discovery in the journal Animal Behaviour. Pigeons, rats and even people may also smell in stereo, but ants are the first animal known to use it for navigation.  ...

Dan McDougall spent four months delving into Cape Town's violent gang culture. He witnessed young men - gangsters and drug addicts - turn to football to try to keep their heads above water. But ultimately, he explains, his journey left him despairing of a broken society, a place where those growing up in the streets and townships of the rainbow nation are prisoners not of apartheid's legacy and race, but of the true blights of modern South Africa - gangs, murder and drugs. Martin Afrika sits be ...

12 year-old, Henri, which is not his real name, points at a large fresh looking scar on his midriff. "People accused me of sorcery and my mother believed them," he says. "Look, here on my stomach. She tried to kill me with a knife. It really hurt and I cannot understand why my mother did it." Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. bbc.fmtj.av.emp.load( function() {  ...