Today the Guardian reveals how the British oil firm Trafigura tried to cover up the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast. The company has now offered cash to 31,000 African victims. The Guardian's Xan Rice visited Ivory Coast's capital, Abidjan, last year to meet some of the people poisoned by the toxic waste. He describes the dumping of the chemicals, and the effects on local people. Investigations editor David Leigh explains how the company was exposed.
Thousands of schools in England are short of funds even before the government implements widely expected public spending cuts. Education editor Polly Curtis says some schools are considering redundancies and expanding class sizes in an effort to save money.
Asia environment correspondent Jonathan Watts looks at an influential report predicting that China will not reduce its carbon emissions by as much as the European Union and G8 countries hope.
Steven Morris visits Portsmouth cathedral to find out more about the relics of St Thérèse - a Carmelite nun known as the Little Flower - which are touring the British isles.
