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Revealed: UK government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s

An NHS blood bag. Photograph: NHS Blood and Transplant/PA

Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses

Read more: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal; plus: ‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’

Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Robin McKie

A commercial blood product at the centre of the biggest treatment scandal in the history of the NHS was approved for use after government officials were told convicts were among the paid donors and virus contamination “should be assumed”, corporate filings reveal.… Read the rest

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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting row

Botswana, home of the world’s largest elephant population, has already offered 8,000 elephants to Angola and another 500 to Mozambique Photograph: Charmaine Noronha/AP

President Mokgweetsi Masisi voices anger over Berlin’s opposition to the import of trophies over poaching concerns

Guardian staff and agencies

Botswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies.

Earlier this year Germany’s environment ministry raised the possibility of stricter limits on the import of hunting trophies over poaching concerns.

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Revealed: legal fears over Michael Gove’s new definition of ‘extremism’

Michael Gove is set to announce his controversial plan this week, but some argue it will be challenged in the courts. Photograph: Duncan Bryceland/Rex/Shutterstock

The communities secretary wants ‘trailblazer’ government departments to pilot a scheme to ban individuals and groups deemed extremist from public life

Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Michael Gove is set to announce a controversial plan this week to ban individuals and groups who “undermine the UK’s system of liberal democracy” from public life, despite fears inside government that the scheme is at risk of a legal challenge, leaked documents reveal.
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