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University of Plymouth scientists are working with the Eden Project in Cornwall to explore how recycled and waste material could be transformed and then reused in agriculture and other sectors

PC James Goodchild, 30, said he would stab them if they came round his house and said he would die before going to prison.

Brexit dithering has cost Labour some 150,000 members and £6 million, according to party insiders. The number of paid-up activists now stands at around 385,000 - down from a peak of more 500,000 in 2017 -  amid fury at Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit stance, the Sunday Times has claimed. Sinking numbers has hit Labour's coffers to the tune of around £6 million. Corbyn has been caught between a rock and a hard place over Brexit. While the majority of its members back a second...

Marketing consultant Ian Wivell exchanged messages with another man in which he discussed sexual activities he wanted to engage in with the other man’s son

The fortunes of the world’s richest people rose by £2 billion a day last year, while the wealth of the poorest dwindled by 11 per cent. Some 3.4 billion people were forced to survive on less than £4.27 a day each according to new Oxfam research. The 26 richest people globally now hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the population – compared with the richest 43 in 2017. According to the Public Good or Private Wealth? study...

A groundbreaking investigation into public sector pensions has revealed the 22 individuals who run UK government departments have an annual average pot of £907,273. The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has today revealed the details of some of the most generous unfunded pensions in Whitehall, with Sir Simon McDonald, head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, currently sitting on a pension pot valued at £1,858,000. Fourteen of the top government bureaucrats will also receive a huge lump sum payout in addition to their annual...

Men and women who use cigarettes are twice as old as non smokers - biologically

The tiny eggs that have fascinated schoolboys for decades have proteins very similar to human cells

The eight-strong gang who launched an unprovoked attack, which resulted in a number of people being sprayed with a noxious substance, were all jailed.