The Arctic dash for gas

The Arctic is suddenly attracting a lot of interest from the nations around it. Why?

Find out more on the Channel 4 website - The Arctic dash for the gas

Dumped

Channel 4 is to screen a documentary series involving 10 people living in one of the UK' s biggest rubbish sites, starting on Sunday at 9.00PM.

"It's a way of analysing issues of how we live, what we throw away and how wasteful we are," Channel 4's director of television Kevin Lygo said.

Check out the lifestyle section of the C4 website. There is information about how you can turn eco-friendly and you can also find out your impact on Planet Earth (i.e. your human footprint).

Also, take a look at the following reports by the BBC:

Where does your recycling go?

'Dustbin' UK tops landfill table

Outstanding A-level results

Congratulations to all Post-16 students at Dixons on achieving the Academy's best ever A-Level results. An impressive 60 per cent of all pupils gained at least an A or B grade - placing the academy 46th among comprehensive schools nationwide.

The Humanities results at A- Level and AS Level were particularly pleasing - well done!

Dixons College joins ‘A’ stream - Telegraph & Argus

Japanese company songs

"Nihon Break Industry" Company song

The English version

Lifetime employment in big companies have been in decline for a decade in Japan - with them, it looked as though the company song and other corporate traditions would also die out.

However, a small demolition firm is unexpectedly leading a company song revival - see video clips above.

Year 8 Geographers will be writing and producing their own Japanese company song in Term 1. Watch the above clips to give you some ideas and read Jonathan Head's report for BBC News 24 to learn more about Japanese company songs.

China drinks its milk

China's growing love of dairy products is threatening to push UK prices up. But why are the Chinese drinking more milk and why does it affect the whole world?

Find out more here - BBC News Magazine