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Pollution may have entered human food chain, here’s why
Ingesting them can damage lungs, poison kidneys, interfere with hormones - and even travel across a mother's placenta, research has shown.
Property transactions in Prime Central London lowest on record due to Brexit uncertainty
Figures from London Central Portfolio show annual transactions in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea have fallen to 3,606 - fewer than 70 sales per week.
Rare sight of a locust in UK brought on strong winds to Devon
It was the first ever recorded in Devon
Special needs carer desperately tried to save London boy’s life after he was stabbed
Man was murdered after getting into argument with three moped riders in Greenwich
Thieves in Essex ripped out cash machine with digger this morning
The shop front of the Budgens in Hullbridge, Essex appears to have been completely destroyed in the raid.
Thousands of low paid women are striking over equal pay dispute
Hundreds of schools and nurseries are shut as low paid women in Glasgow stirk over equal pay. Around 8,000 members from UNISON and GMB trade unions - including learning support workers, home carers, cleaners - are taking part in the industrial action. It will be the largest industrial action of its type since the Equal Pay Act was passed in the wake of the Ford sewing machinists strike in 1968. Picket line outside the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Widespread...
Tommy Robinson’s contempt of court case has been referred to the Attorney General
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was freed from a 13-month prison sentence in August after a contempt of court finding at Leeds Crown Court was quashed.
Creatures could be living beneath the surface of Mars
Salty subterranean lakes on the Red Planet are capable of producing enough oxygen to support microbes - and even simple animals, say scientists.
Brexiter Dyson decides to build new electric car in Singapore
Prominent Brexiter Sir James Dyson has chosen to build the firm’s first electric car in Singapore in a blow to UK manufacturing. The UK-based company has committed £2 billion to the project that will take roots in one of the most expensive territories in the world where space for manufacturing is at a premium. Dyson said the decision was based on the availability of engineering talent, regional supply chains and proximity to some key target markets, and had “nothing to...