1. Savar is a commercial area 20 miles from Dhaka
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  1. On April 23rd Police ordered the building to be evacuated as large cracks were found in the walls

  1. The Bangladesh government employs 18 inspectors to inspect 100,000 factories in Dhaka.
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  1. The building was mainly full of female workers who work on the clothing

  1. The building had planning permission to have 5 floors but 8 were built.
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  1. The Rana Plaza building was built over 8 floors and contained lots of heavy clothing machinery.

  1. A total of 5 different factories operated within the building
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  1. Bangladesh is a much poorer country than the UK

  1. Primark (Irish) and Loblaw (Canada) have agreed to pay compensation to families of the workers killed
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  1. People in China have lost jobs in the last 5 years as factories have closed and gone to Bangladesh

  1. In April 2005 75 workers were killed as a factory collapsed, 2006 18 died in another collapse at a factory, In June 2010 another collapsed killing 25
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  1. In June 2012, thousands of workers striked over poor pay and poor working conditions closing over 300 factories- the police were sent in and people arrested

  1. Mr Rana was arrested near the Indian border as he was trying to escape out of Bangladesh
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  1. At least 700 workers were killed in the collapse and more are still unaccounted for

  1. Protesters held demonstrations outside the main Primark store in London on Saturday 26th April 2013
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  1. The factory owners ordered people to work into the building on April 24th- the day the building collapsed

  1. The minimum wage in the UK is £6.70 an hour- the average monthly wage is £1600
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  1. A major fire at a textile factory in November 2012 killed over 100 people in Dhaka

  1. The owners of the factory appeared before a judge on Monday 29th April 2013 where large crowds of people chanted “hang hanghang”
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  1. Over half of Bangladeshis live off 75p a day

  1. Bangladesh is a low lying country and is prone to flooding
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  1. Lauren is 14 and lives in Leytonstone

  1. Building codes in Bangladesh are rarely followed
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  1. Bangladesh is one of the world’s most cramped countries

  1. 2500 were rescued alive from the building
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  1. Bangladesh has an £13bn textile business

  1. The average price for a T Shirt at Primark is £4.50
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  1. The minimum monthly wage in Bangladesh is £22

  1. The owner Mr Rana entered court wearing a police helmet and a bullet proof vest
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  1. Many people pay bribes to get buildings built without proper checks from engineers

  1. 8 people were arrested, 4 factory managers, 2 engineers, the building owner and his father.
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  1. Lauren says she shops at Primark as “its so cheap and the clothes look good”

  1. The average price of a T-shirt made in the UK is £12
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  1. In 2011 Primark had revenues of 2.5 billion pounds