"A year ago today a devastating earthquake and tsunami took the lives of over 300,000 people across South Asia and East Africa. The impact of this disaster is still felt today. Many people not only lost loved ones...

The Ministry of Defence has converted disused bunkers on a firing range in Dorset to save a rare species of bat.

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The Foreign Secretary has issued the following statement in relation to the first anniversary, on 26 December, of the Indian Ocean Tsunami: