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9 h. ago Visa grants to live in UK drop while asylum applications hit record high

Home Office data comes as government weighs options for further policy changes to cut net immigration

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14 h. ago Gatwick Airport expansion: Decision day looms for runway plan

If approved, there could be 100,000 more flights every year

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35 h. ago Ruud van Nistelrooy offers Leicester City future update as second Man United reunion nears

Manchester United icon Ruud van Nistelrooy is under pressure at Leicester City

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39 h. ago Ruud van Nistelrooy confirms Leicester quit stance as two coaches SACKED

Ruud van Nistelrooy insists he plans to remain with Leicester regardless of whether or not they're relegated from the Premier League with his contract committing him to the club for two more years

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5 d. ago Plastic bags and chicken bones: the fossils scientists believe will become our eternal legacy

Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientistsAs an eternal testament of humanity, plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones are not a glorious legacy. But two scientists exploring which items from our technological civilisation are most likely to survive for many millions of years as fossils have reached an ironic but instructive conclusion: fast food and fast fashion will be our everlasting geological signature.“Plastic will definitely be a signature ‘technofossil’, because it is incredibly durable, we are making massive amounts of it, and it gets around the entire globe,” says the palaeontologist Prof Sarah Gabbott, a University of Leicester expert on the way that fossils form. “So wherever those future civilisations dig, they are going to find plastic. There will be a plastic signal that will wrap around the globe.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones

Fast fashion and drinks cans among technological-age matter most likely to endure as fossils, say scientistsAs an eternal testament of humanity, plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones are not a glorious legacy. But two scientists exploring which items from our technological civilisation are most likely to survive for many millions of years as fossils have reached an ironic but instructive conclusion: fast food and fast fashion will be our everlasting geological signature.“Plastic will definitely be a signature ‘technofossil’, because it is incredibly durable, we are making massive amounts of it, and it gets around the entire globe,” says the palaeontologist Prof Sarah Gabbott, a University of Leicester expert on the way that fossils form. “So wherever those future civilisations dig, they are going to find plastic. There will be a plastic signal that will wrap around the globe.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Boden's £130 dress reduced to £44 may be comfortable, but 'skims flatteringly over'

"Beautiful material weight and drape, so lovely to have this option again amongst all the more recent jersey (which I'm not keen on). Dress fits so well, enhances where I'd like it to and skims flatteringly over other areas."

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7 d. ago Prince Harry's visa battle reaches crunch date as decision about application looms

The long-running issue of whether the Duke of Sussex’s application should be made public will reach a milestone today.

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7 d. ago APG Weighs Options for London’s The Other House Hotels and Club

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8 d. ago Man United reach 'verbal' agreement for Ruben Amorim favourite as transfer decision looms

Manchester United are planning on making new additions to their squad after a quiet January transfer window

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1 week ago All the sports stars retiring in 2025, those weighing up their options, and those playing on

Geraint Thomas says 2025 will be his last year in the UCI pro peloton

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