Japan’s Just A Way has been rated the best horse in the world for 2014
• Runaway success in Dubai Duty Free earns horse top spot
• Kingman in joint third place after being forced to retire
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‘No social housing’ boasts luxury London flat advert for foreign investors
Marketing material aimed at foreign investors provokes anger in one of London’s most deprived areas with thousands on social housing waiting lists
2014 officially the hottest year on record
Nasa and Noaa scientists report 2014 was 0.07F (0.04C) higher than previous records and the 38th consecutive year of above-average temperatures
- Interactive: 15 of the hottest spots around the world in 2014
Europe’s olive trees threatened by spread of deadly bacteria
Bacteria that is destroying ancient olive groves in the Apulia region of southern Italy is very likely to spread to other areas of Europe, says report
Organic farming not always best for environment, says government adviser
Lord Krebs claims that organic farming needs more land than conventional methods to produce the same yield
Solar power drives renewable energy investment boom in 2014
Global clean energy investment leapt 16% in 2014 led by solar power surge in US and China – but Europe lags behind