The European Parliament has voted to ban single-use plastic items including straws, food containers and cotton bud sticks in a n effort to tackle marine litter. 560 lawmakers voted in favour of the agreement however, 35 were against. Frans Timmermans, the First Vice President of the European Commission, said: “Today we have taken an important…
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd is to be sent back to the UK after agreeing to his extradition from Georgia. The 31-year-old went on the run before his trial where he was found guilty of the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown. After months of hiding in Tbilisi, he handed himself into police and was jailed for three…
MPs are to launch an inquiry into the record number of children missing from care in England. Ann Coffey, who heads the all-parliamentary group for runaway and missing children and adults, is inviting people from this area to give their views about the risks faced by children who go missing after being sent miles away…
A body has been found in the search for Liam Smith who has been missing since mid November. The 16-year-old from Aberdeen was reported missing from the Queen’s Road area of Aberdeen on November 18, after not been seen since Saturday November 17. He was captured on CCTV entering Union Square later that afternoon and…
Researchers have produced images of a baby’s heart whilst it is still in the womb. Pregnant women were scanned in an MRI machine and powerful computers built 3D models of the tiny beating heart inside their unborn children. The team at King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’s said it will improve the care…
Police searching for Libby Squire have confirmed a body recovered from the Humber estuary is the missing student. Humberside Police said the body was discovered near Grimsby docks on Wednesday afternoon. Flowers and messages have been left on the bench near Ms Squire’s student house. Detectives said she could have been killed but “would not…
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