From the summit of Mount Everest to the deep depths of the Marianna Trench – and even our brains. Microplastics – tiny substances linked to cancer, infertility and a host of health issues – are found everywhere.
A new film, called ‘Plastic People,’ has tracked the particle problem to the 1950s when the plastic industry convinced the public to abandon their thrift and frugality in favor of disposable products more beneficial to their bottom line.
The documentary team zeroed
Ruthless IRA boss Martin McGuinness apparently helped set up a car bomb that later blew up in the Londonderry city centre, newly recovered video has revealed.
A documentary that was hidden away for nearly 50 years shows how a group of men, including McGuinness, seemingly packed explosives into a Volkswagen on a street in Londonderry, Northern Ireland before the vehicle was driven away.
The video then cuts to the moment a car bomb was detonated on Shipquay Street in 1972.
Kate Garraway’s final documentary made for emotional viewing as the presenter chronicled her late husband Derek Draper’s final year of life on Tuesday evening.
The presenter explained that it was Derek’s choice to make the final documentary, Kate Garraway: Derek’s Story, after Kate previously documented her husband’s illness since he was first diagnosed with long Covid back in 2020.
The former political lobbyist is one of the worst affected cases of Covid in the UK, and as the programme began,
A pregnant lawyer who plunged to her death after being thrown of a cliff at a picturesque tourist site by her abusive husband will be the subject of a chilling new documentary.
Fawziyah Javed, from Leeds, was thrown 50ft off Arthur’s Seat in September 2021, following a horrific campaign of abuse by her partner, Kashif Anwar.
The 31-year-old employment lawyer was 17-weeks pregnant with her first child when she fell to her death at the hands of ‘jealous, evil and
Alex Honnold first shot to fame back in 2018, when he became the first person in the world to climb the sheer face of Yosemite’s El Capitan with no rope.
Yet despite being joined by some of the world’s best climbers, and actually putting on a harness this time, his latest project is no less death-defying.
Alex has taken on Greenland’s Ingmikortilaq – one of the biggest unclimbed rock faces in the world.
During the risky mission, Alex was blinded
Detectives and journalists slammed Lancashire Police for its controversial statement revealing that Nicola Bulley had ‘suffered with some significant issues with alcohol which were brought on by her ongoing struggles with the menopause’ in a new documentary about the tragic case, one year after she initially disappeared.
Nicola Bulley: The Disappearance That Gripped Britain – which is airing on Channel 5 on February 2, at 9pm – spoke to crime experts who admitted they were baffled by the move.
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[Arlo] Economic justice
is actually having the opportunity,
a real opportunity.
How you create generational wealth.
How you teach others
to create generational wealth.
The racial wealth gap
is not a million dollar problem,
is not a billion dollar problem,
it’s a trillion dollar problem.
It’s been a never-ending story.
It is a challenge
when you can’t put gas in your car,
when you can’t buy food,
you can’t pay your light bill
or you can’t pay your
Wham! fans rejoiced when the band’s iconic hit Last Christmas made history by finally reaching Christmas number one on Friday.
The pop group – comprised of the late George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley – released the festive tune in 1984 but it had never managed to achieve the coveted top spot over the Yuletide period until yesterday.
Upon receiving the news, Andrew, 60, remarked that he and his bandmate – whom he nicknamed Yog – had always measured their success
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[Reporter 1] Medical history
is being made this week in New York State.
[Reporter 2] Over the last two weeks,
the New York Assembly spent more than 13 hours debating
the bill, which would make abortion legal
for any woman for any reason
up to the 24th week of pregnancy.
[Reporter 3] Advocates and enemies
of the bill brought tremendous pressures to bear
on legislators on the emotional issue.
We’re not gonna sit quietly any longer.
You are
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This is a doormat that Don sent us.
You know, normally people just send The Newharts,
but of course he had to have his name on it.
Best friends with the Rickles.
Even toward the end, the last, the last week
or 10 days, it was,
Keep my name alive.
And that’s what we’re doing today.
We’re keeping his name alive.
Somebody called me up and they said,
Look, Don Rickles is looking
