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Adam J Woodward has revealed he has become a father for the first time after his partner gave birth to their baby boy.

Anna Turley defended plans for 1,200 migrants to be housed near an Oxfordshire village with a population of just 400.

Andy Burnham says middle class areas will have to take in more migrants, adding that he will ensure arrivals were not only placed in the 'poorest communities'.

alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Scientists from the Czech Republic have created microscopic cleanup robots that successfully removed microplastics from both soil and aquatic environments in the lab. Details of their work are published in the journal npg Asia Materials. To build the robots, researchers started with microscopic MXene particles made of ultrathin, stacked layers. The material has a large surface area and surface chemistry that help it attract and hold plastic. They then coated the particles with magnetic nickel nanoparticles so rotating magnetic fields could drive the tiny robots. Then came the testing phase. The team placed swarms of these microbots into water and soil samples contaminated with plastic. The externally generated magnetic fields made the robots spin and tumble through the liquid and squeeze through tiny water-filled gaps in the soil. "In soil environments, the microrobots can navigate through water-permeated soil microenvironments, actively disrupt microplastic entrapment within soil matrices, and extract them," the study authors commented in their paper. As they moved, their sticky surfaces collided with microplastics, binding to them and dragging them along. The researchers then used a magnet to pull the microrobots, along with their trapped plastic cargo, out of the samples. They performed well. In water, they removed about 94% of test polystyrene particles and 89% of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) in around an hour. In the model soil, they removed about 81% of the polystyrene and 72% of PET. This outperformed the same MXene material used without magnetic motion, which relied on passive adsorption rather than actively moving through soil and water.

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Look into my eyes, not around my eyes, and tell me the truth: if you like a beer, a gin or a glass of wine, have you ever admitted exactly how much you drink to a medical professional?

Desperate Britons have queued for hours through the night in a bid to get their hands on solar eclipse glasses.

Staff at Flying Food Group have reported seeing 'maggots, mould and cockroaches' inside facilities - and the catering company is used by 75 airlines.

AI gave hyperscalers first dibs on scarce kit, and business buyers may have little choice but to rent it back

Lauren Silverman has shared a sweet video with her eldest son Adam's girlfriend Sydney Arrandt.

In the show, Mourinho was asked about his relationship with Casillas, who he had originally labelled as the 'captain and best player' upon his arrival.

Special solar eclipse glasses are being sold in Essex for as much as £150 amid high demand.

Special solar eclipse glasses are being sold in Essex for as much as £150 amid high demand.

While we will have to wait until October 28 for all the awful nitty-gritty contained in John Healey's inaugural Budget to be made public, Labour's attack on the strivers and the prudent is already in overdrive.

The 21,000 sq ft flagship will open on November 4 at The Ribbon development at 134-140 Oxford Street, creating what Warner Bros says will be the UK's largest official Harry Potter shop.

London Stansted Airport is set to begin construction on new Skylink passenger walkways as part of a major transformation programme.

Seddik Belmadani was set to be deported after stealing £40,000 worth of 'sentimental' items from a 'vulnerable' woman, an immigration tribunal heard.

The Essex resort has been thrust into the spotlight by this week's by-election, but beyond the political drama are sandy beaches, a famous pleasure pier and plenty of old-school seaside charm.

Liverpool supporters group Spirit of Shankly have asked the club to offer clarity on what a proposed investment by a group of billionaires including Jeff Bezos would mean for fans.

Anthony Jones, known as Tony, died after being found face down in an alleyway following the fight in Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, south Wales on August 6.

Forget jetting off on a dreamy island getaway and save money by heading to similar mainland destinations instead.