Britain's public sector borrowed more in June than it did a year earlier, highlighting the difficulties the Chancellor faces in hitting his target to shrink the annual overshoot in spending.
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Plastiki at Sea Plastiki
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Four months and 9,000 miles after setting sail from San Francisco, Plastiki - the boat fashioned from 12,500 plastic bottles - has moored safely in Sydney Harbor, bringing the environmental awareness campaign to a successful climax.
Plastiki was...