Several days of sub-zero temperatures caused icicles up to 1.5 metres long to form in tunnels across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria.

But in 2012, his career as an investigative journalist in the mainstream media was temporarily ended: he, together with his investigative reporting team and the chief editor of the China Economic Times were dismissed.

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They were contracted to shovel test only within the proposed pipeline's right of way.