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Outside his house by the Sao Francisco river, Emanoel de Souza toys with the skin of a crocodile he hunted a month earlier. “There are plenty out there. You leave a cow’s heart on a hook by the river, and by morning a crocodile will have bitten,” he smiles. The meat makes for a good meal and the skin provides an amusing decoration. But Mr de Souza gets much more than crocodiles from the Sao Francisco. The river also provides water for him to farm fish and rice. The profits of the last harvest alone paid for a new motorbike. This makes him one of the lucky ones. Just a few kilometres away, out of reach of the Sao Francisco’s water, Raquel Torres has lost a crop of beans and maize due to lack of rain. “This is the second consecutive year. There is no irrigation here,” she says. The water she uses for drinking, cooking and washing arrives every few weeks by lorry. Like many residents of Brazil’s dry north-east, she knows that water can be the scarcest commodity. The national government’s solution is to divert part of the Sao Francisco – the only major river that starts and finishes in Brazil – through the sertao, the semi-arid backlands. Two large canals, one of 400km and another of 220km, will deliver water to cities and to agriculture. The basic idea is not new – it has been mooted for centuries and seriously mulled over for decades – but its implementation is. Works began in 2009 and are scheduled for completion in 2025. Then, the government claims, the project will benefit more than 12 million “people who are thirsty”. And the north-east feels thirsty. Looking over the potentially fertile soils of the sertao under the intense sun, locals are prone to echo a single sentiment: all that is lacking is water. They point to the example of Petrolina, a nearby city that, thanks to irrigation, has become one of Brazil’s leading producers of fruit for export. Indeed, it is only place in the world where grapes can be harvested twice a year. Not everyone is so optimistic. Environmentalists say the Sao Francisco is already overused. The current project, they say, threatens the river’s capacity to generate the North East’s hydroelectricity, as well as the livelihoods of those who, like Emanoel de Souza, currently depend on it for agriculture. “The diversion won’t resolve the water supply problem of the most-at-need people in the sertao, because they are geographically so spread out,” argues Joao Suassuna, a long-time critic. “And the Sao Francisco River, because it has multiple uses, won’t be able to supply the volumes of water necessary to ensure the viability of the venture.” Instead he points to a 2005 study, the North East Atlas, which concluded that reservoirs and rainfall could supply three times as many people as the diversion, for about half the cost. Both supporters and opponents of the diversion project agree that, when it comes to the north-east and water, technical arguments only explain so much. The diversion project is as much political as it is agronomical. For President Lula da Silva, it is his chance to show his commitment to his native north-east. Flow of capital For the north-east, it promises enormous investment: at 6.6bn reais ($3.7bn), the biggest single project of the current government. For Mr Suassuna, such political considerations have meant inefficiency. “The government chose the more expensive project [the diversion], just so that more resources could be dedicated to the north-east,” he says. But others see it as a blow for the north-east against the richer, more influential south. “For people from the south, we are like what Brazilians are for Americans: third-class. We are profoundly discriminated against,” says Eudes Caldas, mayor of Cabrobo, where the diversion works are taking place. Cleiodezio Goncalves, owner of a hardware store in Cabrobo, shares the mayor’s enthusiasm. Having lived his whole life in the sertao, he is all too familiar with its stalled economic progress. He did not see a car until he was 18; now a stream of construction trucks rolls by just a few blocks away. “I’m in favour of the diversion,” he says. “Many people have now got work here. Before, the young people were getting into drugs.” And yet, beneath the enthusiasm, doubts often lie about the details of the diversion “Some say there will be water, others that there won’t be. You’re left in doubt,” says Raquel Torres. Even Mayor Caldas complains that the federal government should do more for his town, not just those further up the line. “The diversion is here, the consequences are here,” he says, arguing that a 5km stretch of land expropriated by the government could be handed over to local producers. River politics What is clear is that water is in the political limelight. Earlier this year, President Lula and his party’s candidate in November’s presidential election, Dilma Rousseff, travelled to Salitre, on the opposite bank of the Sao Francisco, to inaugurate a separate irrigation project. At the event, the president himself was theatrical. “Stop filming me, and start filming the water. Look how beautiful it is!” he told the assembled press. Ms Rousseff was more sober, speaking of the needs of small producers. She is likely to face Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra in November’s poll. He is the only major candidate not to have explicitly committed himself to Sao Francisco project. Water means much in the north-east – and Ms Rousseff is hoping it might mean electoral buoyancy. This article is from the BBC News website . © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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Outside his house by the Sao Francisco river, Emanoel de Souza toys with the skin of a crocodile he hunted a month earlier. “There are plenty out there. You leave a cow’s heart on a hook by the river, and by morning a crocodile will have bitten,” he smiles. The meat makes for a good meal and the skin provides an amusing decoration. But Mr de Souza gets much more than crocodiles from the Sao Francisco. The river also provides water for him to farm fish and rice. The profits of the last harvest alone paid for a new motorbike. This makes him one of the lucky ones. Just a few kilometres away, out of reach of the Sao Francisco’s water, Raquel Torres has lost a crop of beans and maize due to lack of rain. “This is the second consecutive year. There is no irrigation here,” she says. The water she uses for drinking, cooking and washing arrives every few weeks by lorry. Like many residents of Brazil’s dry north-east, she knows that water can be the scarcest commodity. The national government’s solution is to divert part of the Sao Francisco – the only major river that starts and finishes in Brazil – through the sertao, the semi-arid backlands. Two large canals, one of 400km and another of 220km, will deliver water to cities and to agriculture. The basic idea is not new – it has been mooted for centuries and seriously mulled over for decades – but its implementation is. Works began in 2009 and are scheduled for completion in 2025. Then, the government claims, the project will benefit more than 12 million “people who are thirsty”. And the north-east feels thirsty. Looking over the potentially fertile soils of the sertao under the intense sun, locals are prone to echo a single sentiment: all that is lacking is water. They point to the example of Petrolina, a nearby city that, thanks to irrigation, has become one of Brazil’s leading producers of fruit for export. Indeed, it is the only place in the world where grapes can be harvested twice a year. Not everyone is so optimistic. Environmentalists say the Sao Francisco is already overused. The current project, they say, threatens the river’s capacity to generate the North East’s hydroelectricity, as well as the livelihoods of those who, like Emanoel de Souza, currently depend on it for agriculture. “The diversion won’t resolve the water supply problem of the most-at-need people in the sertao, because they are geographically so spread out,” argues Joao Suassuna, a long-time critic. “And the Sao Francisco River, because it has multiple uses, won’t be able to supply the volumes of water necessary to ensure the viability of the venture.” Instead he points to a 2005 study, the North East Atlas, which concluded that reservoirs and rainfall could supply three times as many people as the diversion, for about half the cost. Both supporters and opponents of the diversion project agree that, when it comes to the north-east and water, technical arguments only explain so much. The diversion project is as much political as it is agronomical. For President Lula da Silva, it is his chance to show his commitment to his native north-east. Flow of capital For the north-east, it promises enormous investment: at 6.6bn reais ($3.7bn), the biggest single project of the current government. For Mr Suassuna, such political considerations have meant inefficiency. “The government chose the more expensive project [the diversion], just so that more resources could be dedicated to the north-east,” he says. But others see it as a blow for the north-east against the richer, more influential south. “For people from the south, we are like what Brazilians are for Americans: third-class. We are profoundly discriminated against,” says Eudes Caldas, mayor of Cabrobo, where the diversion works are taking place. Cleiodezio Goncalves, owner of a hardware store in Cabrobo, shares the mayor’s enthusiasm. Having lived his whole life in the sertao, he is all too familiar with its stalled economic progress. He did not see a car until he was 18; now a stream of construction trucks rolls by just a few blocks away. “I’m in favour of the diversion,” he says. “Many people have now got work here. Before, the young people were getting into drugs.” And yet, beneath the enthusiasm, doubts often lie about the details of the diversion “Some say there will be water, others that there won’t be. You’re left in doubt,” says Raquel Torres. Even Mayor Caldas complains that the federal government should do more for his town, not just those further up the line. “The diversion is here, the consequences are here,” he says, arguing that a 5km stretch of land expropriated by the government could be handed over to local producers. River politics What is clear is that water is in the political limelight. Earlier this year, President Lula and his party’s candidate in November’s presidential election, Dilma Rousseff, travelled to Salitre, on the opposite bank of the Sao Francisco, to inaugurate a separate irrigation project. At the event, the president himself was theatrical. “Stop filming me, and start filming the water. Look how beautiful it is!” he told the assembled press. Ms Rousseff was more sober, speaking of the needs of small producers. She is likely to face Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra in November’s poll. He is the only major candidate not to have explicitly committed himself to Sao Francisco project. Water means much in the north-east – and Ms Rousseff is hoping it might mean electoral buoyancy. This article is from the BBC News website . © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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A teenage canoeist has died after capsizing on the River Tay in Scotland. The 19-year-old man, understood to be from the Cleveland area of England, was killed after being trapped under a rock near Aberfeldy in Perthshire. Emergency services, including a Royal Navy helicopter, were called to the scene at about 1345 BST on Wednesday, but were unable to save him. The incident happened at the Grandtully rapids, a popular spot for canoeists and white water rafters. River in spate He is the second person to die on a river in Scotland this week after 20-year-old student Emily Parker, from Doncaster, was killed when her kayak overturned on the River Coe in the Highlands on Tuesday. Tayside Police said the river is in spate, meaning emergency crews have so far been unable to recover the man’s body. Police, firefighters and the Scottish Ambulance Service attended, along with the rescue helicopter. A police statement said: “With the river in spate, the emergency services were met with very challenging conditions and their efforts to rescue the male continued, without success, until nightfall. “Efforts will be resumed this morning to recover the male. “The male’s family has been notified of this tragic incident and they have made their way to Tayside from the Cleveland area.” This article is from the BBC News website . © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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Investigations are continuing to establish why a bus carrying teenagers to a theme park crashed in “horrendous” weather in South Lanarkshire. Natasha Paton, 17, died when the coach plunged off a bridge on the A73 near Biggar on Wednesday. Five others are still in hospital. Ms Paton’s parents have paid tribute to their daughter saying she will be missed by everyone who knew her. Questions have now been raised about why the trip was allowed to go ahead. Thirty-nine pupils from Lanark Grammar and five members of staff and the driver were on the coach, heading to Alton Towers in Staffordshire, when it crashed. Police believe it lost control as it approached a tight bend near the village of Wiston and fell 10ft into the river, crashing through the bridge wall. The emergency services were forced to rescue the passengers through the coach’s sun roof. Supt Iain Murray, head of road policing for Strathclyde Police, he thought the snow in the area “had a part to play”. Ms Paton is thought to have been thrown from the vehicle then been trapped under it. In a statement released through police, her parents said: “We are devastated at the loss of our beloved daughter. “Natasha was a typical teenager and very popular with lots of friends and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.” Tributes from friends have also been posted on the 17-year-old’s Bebo page. Pupils at Lanark Grammar were being offered counselling from education and social work staff and the school chaplain. The secondary school was open on Thursday for pupils, parents and staff to gather for support. After the crash a mother whose son was due to go on the trip told BBC News that she had decided not to send him because of the poor weather conditions. Susan Thornton said: “I just said the roads were too treacherous, that they shouldn’t make the journey.” Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme, the general secretary of the Head Teachers Union in Scotland, Ken Cunningham, said organising school outings placed a huge burden on staff. He said excursions were immensely beneficial for youngsters, but entailed a great deal of work, preparation and risk assessments. Risk assessments “No matter how much preparation goes in to these trips, and there is a lot of it, you never know what can go wrong, ” he said. “What I do know is that other schools left to go on similar outings in these conditions yesterday and this is the one that ended in tragedy. “There are judgements taken by professionals and you have to rely on these judgements. There some things you just can’t foresee.” South Lanarkshire Council said it was helping Strathclyde Police with its investigation into the crash. On Wednesday night, a spokeswoman said: “What we do know is that many of our school buses were out this morning taking children to schools including Lanark Grammar. “The roads had been gritted throughout the night and the traffic was moving. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Lanark and the surrounding community and in particular with everyone associated with the school.” This article is from the BBC News website . © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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Investigations are continuing to establish why a bus carrying teenagers to a theme park crashed in “horrendous” weather in South Lanarkshire. Natasha Paton, 17, died when the coach plunged off a bridge on the A73 near Biggar on Wednesday. Five others are still in hospital. Ms Paton’s parents have paid tribute to their daughter saying she will be missed by everyone who knew her. Questions have now been raised about why the trip was allowed to go ahead. Thirty-nine pupils from Lanark Grammar and five members of staff and the driver were on the coach, heading to Alton Towers in Staffordshire, when it crashed. Police believe it lost control as it approached a tight bend near the village of Wiston and fell 10ft into the river, crashing through the bridge wall. The emergency services were forced to rescue the passengers through the coach’s sun roof. Supt Iain Murray, head of road policing for Strathclyde Police, he thought the snow in the area “had a part to play”. Ms Paton is thought to have been thrown from the vehicle then been trapped under it. In a statement released through police, her parents said: “We are devastated at the loss of our beloved daughter. “Natasha was a typical teenager and very popular with lots of friends and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.” Tributes from friends have also been posted on the 17-year-old’s Bebo page. Pupils at Lanark Grammar were being offered counselling from education and social work staff and the school chaplain. The secondary school was open on Thursday for pupils, parents and staff to gather for support. After the crash a mother whose son was due to go on the trip told BBC News that she had decided not to send him because of the poor weather conditions. Susan Thornton said: “I just said the roads were too treacherous, that they shouldn’t make the journey.” Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme, the general secretary of the Head Teachers Union in Scotland, Ken Cunningham, said organising school outings placed a huge burden on staff. He said excursions were immensely beneficial for youngsters, but entailed a great deal of work, preparation and risk assessments. Risk assessments “No matter how much preparation goes in to these trips, and there is a lot of it, you never know what can go wrong, ” he said. “What I do know is that other schools left to go on similar outings in these conditions yesterday and this is the one that ended in tragedy. “There are judgements taken by professionals and you have to rely on these judgements. There some things you just can’t foresee.” South Lanarkshire Council said it was helping Strathclyde Police with its investigation into the crash. On Wednesday night, a spokeswoman said: “What we do know is that many of our school buses were out this morning taking children to schools including Lanark Grammar. “The roads had been gritted throughout the night and the traffic was moving. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Lanark and the surrounding community and in particular with everyone associated with the school.” This article is from the BBC News website . © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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Investigations are continuing to establish why a bus carrying teenagers to a theme park crashed in “horrendous” weather in South Lanarkshire. Natasha Paton, 17, died when the coach plunged off a bridge on the A73 near Biggar on Wednesday. Five others are still in hospital. Ms Paton’s parents have paid tribute to their daughter saying she will be missed by everyone who knew her. Questions have now been raised about why the trip was allowed to go ahead. Thirty-nine pupils from Lanark Grammar and five members of staff and the driver were on the coach, heading to Alton Towers in Staffordshire, when it crashed. Police believe it lost control as it approached a tight bend near the village of Wiston and fell 10ft into the river, crashing through the bridge wall. The emergency services were forced to rescue the passengers through the coach’s sun roof. Supt Iain Murray, head of road policing for Strathclyde Police, he thought the snow in the area “had a part to play”. Ms Paton is thought to have been thrown from the vehicle then been trapped under it. In a statement released through police, her parents said: “We are devastated at the loss of our beloved daughter. “Natasha was a typical teenager and very popular with lots of friends and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.” Tributes from friends have also been posted on the 17-year-old’s Bebo page. Pupils at Lanark Grammar were being offered counselling from education and social work staff and the school chaplain. The secondary school was open on Thursday for pupils, parents and staff to gather for support. After the crash a mother whose son was due to go on the trip told BBC News that she had decided not to send him because of the poor weather conditions. Susan Thornton said: “I just said the roads were too treacherous, that they shouldn’t make the journey.” Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme, the general secretary of the Head Teachers Union in Scotland, Ken Cunningham, said organising school outings placed a huge burden on staff. He said excursions were immensely beneficial for youngsters, but entailed a great deal of work, preparation and risk assessments. Risk assessments “No matter how much preparation goes in to these trips, and there is a lot of it, you never know what can go wrong, ” he said. “What I do know is that other schools left to go on similar outings in these conditions yesterday and this is the one that ended in tragedy. “There are judgements taken by professionals and you have to rely on these judgements. There some things you just can’t foresee.” South Lanarkshire Council said it was helping Strathclyde Police with its investigation into the crash. On Wednesday night, a spokeswoman said: “What we do know is that many of our school buses were out this morning taking children to schools including Lanark Grammar. “The roads had been gritted throughout the night and the traffic was moving. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Lanark and the surrounding community and in particular with everyone associated with the school.” This article is from the BBC News website . © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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Investigations are continuing to establish why a bus carrying teenagers to a theme park crashed in “horrendous” weather in South Lanarkshire. Natasha Paton, 17, died when the coach plunged off a bridge on the A73 near Biggar on Wednesday. Five others are still in hospital. Ms Paton’s parents have paid tribute to their daughter saying she will be missed by everyone who knew her. Questions have now been raised about why the trip was allowed to go ahead. Thirty-nine pupils from Lanark Grammar and five members of staff and the driver were on the coach, heading to Alton Towers in Staffordshire, when it crashed. Police believe it lost control as it approached a tight bend near the village of Wiston and fell 10ft into the river, crashing through the bridge wall. The emergency services were forced to rescue the passengers through the coach’s sun roof. Supt Iain Murray, head of road policing for Strathclyde Police, he thought the snow in the area “had a part to play”. Ms Paton is thought to have been thrown from the vehicle then been trapped under it. In a statement released through police, her parents said: “We are devastated at the loss of our beloved daughter. “Natasha was a typical teenager and very popular with lots of friends and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.” Tributes from friends have also been posted on the 17-year-old’s Bebo page. Pupils at Lanark Grammar were being offered counselling from education and social work staff and the school chaplain. The secondary school was open on Thursday for pupils, parents and staff to gather for support. After the crash a mother whose son was due to go on the trip told BBC News that she had decided not to send him because of the poor weather conditions. Susan Thornton said: “I just said the roads were too treacherous, that they shouldn’t make the journey.” Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme, the general secretary of the Head Teachers Union in Scotland, Ken Cunningham, said organising school outings placed a huge burden on staff. He said excursions were immensely beneficial for youngsters, but entailed a great deal of work, preparation and risk assessments. Risk assessments “No matter how much preparation goes in to these trips, and there is a lot of it, you never know what can go wrong, ” he said. “What I do know is that other schools left to go on similar outings in these conditions yesterday and this is the one that ended in tragedy. “There are judgements taken by professionals and you have to rely on these judgements. There some things you just can’t foresee.” South Lanarkshire Council said it was helping Strathclyde Police with its investigation into the crash. On Wednesday night, a spokeswoman said: “What we do know is that many of our school buses were out this morning taking children to schools including Lanark Grammar. “The roads had been gritted throughout the night and the traffic was moving. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Lanark and the surrounding community and in particular with everyone associated with the school.” This article is from the BBC News website . © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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Police have confirmed they are making fresh inquiries into the death of Dame Shirley Bassey’s daughter. Samantha Novak, 21, was found face-down in the River Avon near Bristol in 1985. The death was believed to be suicide. An Avon and Somerset Police spokeswoman said it was investigating a claim that convicted killer Michael Moffat, 47, was involved in the death. She said the mother of Moffat’s victim had written to police saying that her daughter had alleged he was involved. Moffat, originally from Edinburgh, was jailed for 11 years for killing his lover Penny Beale, 31, in Hastings, East Sussex in 2001. He is alleged to have claimed he was in a relationship with Ms Novak when she died. Moffat is currently held in a Scottish prison. Mother’s letter In 2009 Dame Shirley said she was suspicious of the death. The police spokeswoman told the BBC: “The mother of Moffat’s victim wrote to us with some information in the last couple of weeks. “Her daughter had said that Moffat told her he was involved in the murder of Samantha Novak. “We looked at the circumstances surrounding the death six months ago after comments made by Dame Shirley Bassey. “There was nothing from the coroner’s report to suggest it was murder rather than suicide. “This information is obviously additional so we are making fresh inquiries.”
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A second man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was pulled out of the River Thames. The body of 20-year-old Ibrahim Gharib was recovered from the river at Shadwell Basin on Friday. Metropolitan Police officers said a 22-year-old man was being held at an east London police station. Police are investigating whether Mr Gharib was involved in a confrontation with a group of people on Thursday night before ending up in the water. Officers have already arrested and bailed another 20-year-old man on suspicion of murder. Girl injured Police, paramedics and a marine unit were called to the river at Wapping on Thursday night, after reports that a man had fallen into the Thames. Mr Gharib, who was from the Shadwell area, was on the waterside with a 17-year-old girl when the reported confrontation is thought to have taken place. The teenage girl suffered a head injury during the incident. It is not known if she was Mr Gharib’s girlfriend. Witnesses have told officers they saw a group of people in “some kind of altercation” with Mr Gharib and the girl. Detectives, who are treating Mr Gharib’s death as suspicious, have been focusing on whether he suffered any injuries, and whether he fell into the water or was pushed and are appealing for further witnesses. Shadwell Basin, part of London’s docks and on the north side of the river near Tower Bridge, is surrounded by housing and popular with walkers, joggers and cyclists.
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A nuclear submarine commander whose vessel ran aground in the Red Sea has been reprimanded by a court martial. HMS Superb damaged its bow and sonar equipment, resulting in it having difficulty diving, in the incident in May 2008. Cdr Steven Drysdale admitted an offence of neglecting to perform his duty at a court martial. Officers Lt Cdr Andrew Cutler and Lt Lee Blair were also reprimanded for their involvement. Cdr Drysdale pleaded guilty to “failing to ensure the safe direction” of the submarine, while officer of the watch Lt Cdr Cutler pleaded guilty to “failing to supervise the plot officer adequately”. Lt Blair, the submarine’s navigation officer, pleaded guilty to “failing to take into account all the dangers in or near the planned movements of HMS Superb”. The submarine, which came into service in 1976 and had been based at Faslane on the River Clyde, was decommissioned in September 2008. The Ministry of Defence said the accident had not led to the submarine being taken out of service earlier than already planned. The sentencing took place at the HMS Nelson court martial centre at Portsmouth Naval Base.
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