Andy Burnham has pledged to be the prime minister for the North. But volunteers cleaning up a major plastic spill on the north-east of England coast say his government's ...

One litter picker says he has seen a huge increase in the amount of plastic washing up on Sanday this year. Source link

Janine MachinEast of England technology correspondentBBCPhysical AI is a "hot topic" according to Tim Ensor at Cambridge Consultants Walking robotsIn a dark room on Cambridge Science Park, two humanoid ...

Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondentGetty ImagesA seal pup entangled in plastic on a beachScientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death.The study found ...

MaryLou CostaTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesThere's no shortage of plastic to recycleIn the plastic recycling industry, the casualties keep coming.Waste management company Biffa's Sunderland plant closed in February after opening in ...

Zoe CorbynTechnology Reporter, San FranciscoGetty ImagesE. coli has been used in many discoveries in genetics and molecular biologyEarlier this year an extraordinary new way of using waste plastic made ...

Esme Stallard and Mark PoyntingBBC News Climate and ScienceJames Wakibia/Getty ImagesGlobal talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution have once again failed.The UN negotiations, the sixth ...

Liam BarnesBBC News, NottinghamReporting fromLoughborough CourthouseYouTubeJonathan Peter Brooks was convicted of attempting to murder fellow plastic surgeon Graeme Perks A plastic surgeon has been found guilty of attempting to ...