10 h. ago Online fashion retailers to deliver 6.9 billion plastic bags by 2030

Online fashion retailers delivered 941 million plastic bags to UK shoppers last year alone, equating to 2.6 million bags every day, widening the gap between high-street and online retail in efforts to move away from plastic bags.

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18 h. ago Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen | Nesrine Malik

The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stakeGraphic images. Distressing footage. Blurred-out posts that only clicking a consent button will reveal. For a year and a half now, disclaimers have hung over what the world sees from Gaza. Sometimes, the scenes stop me in my tracks as they are suddenly recalled, like a nightmare forgotten but then vividly remembered. Except without the relief that it was all a dream. Last week, I watched footage that showed what appeared to be the shattered, headless corpse of a baby. I have seen shredded body parts collected in plastic bags. Heard the screams of the dying and the silence of the dead, as cameras capture them piled together, some in entire families. Israel’s assault on Gaza defies inurement. As time goes by, even as the threshold for what is seen as intolerable increases, the graphic and varied forms of killing continue to scale the hurdle of numbn...

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3 d. ago Pictured: The new airport scanner that's done away with the need to put your liquids in a plastic bag

Passengers will no longer need to put their liquids in a clear plastic bag or remove electronics, such as laptops, from their bags at security at some of the UK's major airports.

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4 d. ago Say goodbye to the plastic bags! Major UK airport completely scraps 100ml liquid rule in favour of major change

Passengers will find new security rules at one of the UK's biggest airports in time for the Easter holidays.

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5 d. ago Online shopping producing 2.6m plastic bags a day as high street goes green

Plastic bag use has fallen by 95% since 2015 on the high street

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6 d. ago ‘I cried like a little boy’: pigeon fanciers in Belgium relive agony of stolen prized birds

Suspected criminal gangs are leaving pigeon racers bereft after a spate of thefts in aviaries across the countryWhen champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver walked into one of his lofts one morning last November, he immediately knew something was wrong. Part of the door had been smashed from the inside. He soon realised it was no accident: thieves had broken into his aviary in Moortsele in Flanders and stolen five birds, including Finn, one of his most renowned breeders. Father and grandfather to many champions, Finn was “the Mona Lisa of the pigeon world”, Van Gaver said.The five birds, he estimates, were worth €750,000 (£625,000), but like da Vinci’s masterpiece, it is hard to tell, because he had no plans to sell. He had ordered a retirement loft so his oldest birds could live out their days under more sun. Instead, CCTV footage shows one of the thieves snatching Finn and bundling the delicate jade-necked dark bird into a plastic bag. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Wilko: homeware, garden furniture, paint retailer makes UK return with Deliveroo service

The retailer is back and expanding across the UK, offering home essentials 🏡

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7 d. ago Dead baby found inside M&S bag near Notting Hill church as woman arrested

The dead newborn baby boy was found in a plastic bag outside a church in Notting Hill in west London as a woman in her 30s was arrested on Saturday and taken to hospital for treatment

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7 d. ago Palestinians must have the final say in Gaza’s reconstruction | Ahmad Ibsais

Rebuilding is more than reconstruction: it is resistance. It is our refusal to be erased, our determination to remain and exist on our landOn the 17th night of Ramadan – a time meant for prayer, reflection and mercy – Gaza burned. Once again, our screens fill with images too harrowing to describe: tiny bodies wrapped in bloodstained cloth, fathers carrying their children’s remains in plastic bags, mothers screaming into skies that rain death instead of mercy. In less than an hour, Israeli airstrikes killed over 350 Palestinians, including 90 children. Entire families wiped out as bombs fell on areas Israel itself had designated as “safe zones”, turning supposed sanctuaries into mass graves.This was not merely a resumption of violence. This is the continuation of a genocide that never truly paused, only ebbed enough to vanish from headlines while Palestinians continued to die by the dozens daily. The heaviness of this moment is unbearable, bringing back the brokenness of the past yea...

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1 week ago Marcin Majerkiewicz: Monster who cut up housemate & dumped genitals in plastic bag jailed for life

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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1 week ago Meghan Markle's hidden detail on new online fashion shop doubles down on major change

Meghan Markle has started her own brand new online shop where she can post items she's worn for shoppers to buy - and it seems there is one hidden detail on her new account that has raised eyebrows

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1 week ago What’s the secret to cooking with frozen seafood? | Kitchen aide

Whether it’s to be poached, baked, fried or turned into stew, frozen seafood needs to be defrosted correctly to net yourself a tasty mealWhat’s the best way to cook frozen seafood, and do you have to treat it differently from fresh?As with most things in life, preparation is key. “It’s all about how you defrost it,” says Emily Scott, author of Home Shores (out in May). “Frozen seafood, for example, should be thawed overnight or in a plastic bag under running water.” Fish destined to be fried, meanwhile, is best removed from its packaging and left on a rack in the fridge overnight, advises Rick Toogood of Prawn on the Lawn in Padstow and London. “You don’t want it sitting in the liquid that comes out of it, because you won’t get a nice bit of colour on a piece of soggy fish.” Patting it down with kitchen roll before frying will also help with that, he adds.Once defrosted, it’s not only about frying, says Ed McIlroy, one half of Four Legs, the chef duo behind Tollington’s fish bar in ...

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1 week ago Meghan Markle just launched an online shop featuring her key fashion pieces

The Duchess of Sussex has launched a ShopMy storefront

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1 week ago A new £1 billion data centre at Park Royal "will power London's digital growth."

The 30,000 sq m three storey centre is being built on the site of a former online fashion warehouse in west London

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2 w. ago Fashion influencer sued British fitness brand Gymshark for $1million after it axed her sponsorship deal 'over pro

British fitness brand Gymshark has settled a claim for $1million from a US fashion influencer after it allegedly axed her sponsorship deal over online criticism of her pro-Israel views.

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2 w. ago AI and US tariffs expected to fuel fresh surge in secondhand fashion sales

Use of hi-tech search tools enables shoppers to find items they want, while trade war pushes up prices of new clothesArtificial intelligence will spur on sales of secondhand clothing, according to the boss of one of the biggest online resale sites, after global sales rose 15% last year – more than four times faster than the wider market.Pre-loved clothing items now account for $227bn (£175bn) or 9% of total fashion sales, according to a report by analysts at GlobalData for online the clothing reseller ThredUp. The figure represents a big leap over the past five years and has led to resellers eating into the market share of major clothing retailers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago London Fashion Week through the eyes of fashion and textiles students

London Fashion Week through the eyes of fashion and textiles students  N.C. State University Technician Online

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3 w. ago Tory councillor died with plastic bag on head for sexual pleasure in crack den

Les Winwood, a respected local politician and former mayor, was found dead at a property in Wolverhampton back in 2022 as a coroner ruled 'it was likely was seeking sexual pleasure' at the crack den

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3 w. ago Europe's deepest garbage dump: Scientists discover plastic bags and cans littered across the Calypso Deep

Scientists have captured photos of litter at the bottom of the Calypso Deep, a trench 16,771ft (5,112m) below the surface of the Ionian Sea.

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3 w. ago Former Tory mayor, 67, died in a crack den after putting a plastic bag over his head and tying himself to a chair while seeking sexual pleasure, inquest hears

The body of Les Winwood, 67, (pictured) who was the former mayor of Bridgenorth, Shropshire, was found at a property in Bilston, Wolverhampton, on July 17, 2022.

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