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Nin Pandit, the Prime Minister's principal private secretary (PPS), has only been in her job for 10 months but is now moving to another role in Downing Street.

Passenger car manufacturing rose 5.6% year-on-year to 69,127 units, with domestic demand up 13.6% and exports growing 3.7% on the back of the UK-US tariff agreement.

It could bring some flooding in wetter areas

The owner, named Justas, was left devastated after his 2016 Yamaha MT10 was stolen at night by an armed gang.

Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape relating to the underage girl in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, as well as two counts of sexual assault and one count of abduction.

Teacher Liz Hopkin, who was one of three people stabbed by a teenage pupil has said she 'can't imagine' return to work - adding there 'isn't enough action' to tackle knives being brought into class.

On Tuesday, the Reform UK leader announced 'Operation Restoring Justice' - his party's plan to deport all illegal immigrants and leave the ECHR.

Affordable restaurants still exist in certain towns and cities, spelling good news for staycationers and savvy foodies alike.

The ugly video clip from a Dundee housing estate in which a schoolgirl brandished a knife and an axe soon went viral.

Labor group says new technologies could increase inequality if we're not careful

AI-Pocalypse  Over half of the British public are worried about the impact of AI on their jobs, according to employment unions, which want the UK government to adopt a "worker first" strategy rather than simply allowing corporations to ditch employees for algorithms.…

The former Hear'Say popstar, 47, looked incredible as she showcased her toned physique in an album of pictures shared to Instagram on Thursday.

Experts have come up with a formula for the ideal getaway - which might help those looking to make last-minute bookings before summer draws to a close.

It's difficult to imagine a more horrific crime than killing children as they pray in church, so it will be a particular challenge trying to understand the sort of person prepared to do it.

When the sun is shining, there's nothing better that sitting the garden with an ice-cold beer. Now, it seems younger drinkers are taking this concept a bit too literally - by adding ice cubes to their pints.

A U.S.-China research team has developed the world's first one-step process to convert mixed plastic waste into gasoline and hydrochloric acid with up to 95-99% efficiency, all at room temperature and ambient pressure. InterestingEngineering reports: As the authors put it, "The method supports a circular economy by converting diverse plastic waste into valuable products in a single step." To carry out the conversion, the team combines plastic waste with light isoalkanes, hydrocarbon byproducts available from refinery processes. According to the paper, the process yields "gasoline range" hydrocarbons, mainly molecules with six to 12 carbons, which are the primary component of gasoline. The recovered hydrochloric acid can be safely neutralized and reused as a raw material, potentially displacing several high-temperature, energy-intensive production routes described in the paper. "We present here a strategy for upgrading discarded PVC into chlorine-free fuel range hydrocarbons and [hydrochloric acid] in a single-stage process," the researchers said. Reported conversion efficiencies underscore the potential for real-world use. At 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius), the process reached 95 percent conversion for soft PVC pipes and 99 percent for rigid PVC pipes and PVC wires. In tests that mixed PVC materials with polyolefin waste, the method achieved a 96 percent solid conversion efficiency at 80 degrees Celsius (176 degrees Fahrenheit). The team describes the approach as applicable beyond laboratory-clean samples. "The process is suitable for handling real-world mixed and contaminated PVC and polyolefin waste streams," the paper states. SCMP points to an ECNU social media post citing the study, which characterized the achievement as a first, efficiently converting difficult-to-degrade mixed plastic waste into premium petrol at ambient temperature and pressure in a single step.

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The Home Office’s bid to challenge the decision to temporarily block the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers is due to be heard at the Court of Appeal today.

The Home Office’s bid to challenge the decision to temporarily block the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers is due to be heard at the Court of Appeal today.

Rylan Clark hit out at undocumented migrants entering Britain during an impassioned speech on ITV's This Morning which he accepted was 'going to upset someone'.

He was there on the other side of her salon chair for decades and listened to her woes.

Last week, Anne and Stanley Tucci - another returning cast member from the first film - sent fans into a frenzy when they were seen filming a funeral scene.