But clothing expert Shadmaan Kader has issued an important warning to people receiving thrifted pieces. Mr Kader, a fabric expert and Director of the fabric supplier Pound A Metre, said: "Second-hand ...

The water sample from the well showed contamination with E. coli and coliform bacteria, with coliform bacterial counts exceeding 16 per 100 ml of water and that of E. coli being 9 per 100 ml.

It is a common gut bacteria that never normally sees the light of day, but now Chinese scientists have engineered E coli so that it ... into novel photosynthetic life forms”.