Les Winwood had served as a Conservative councillor for 39 years A Conservative councillor died from suffocation after placing a plastic bag over his head and tying himself to a chair, an inquest ...

The book, Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters, which is edited by Helena Cobban and Rami Khouri, was launched on Monday afternoon at the London School of Economics amid widespread outrage ...

On her arm, of course, was another delectable bag. Hinting at her next destination ... of which presumably housed her current rotation of books and a travel-sized Orébella perfume.

PHNOM PENH: The Ministry of Environment is encouraging supermarkets in Phnom Penh to use mesh bags instead of plastic bags. The initiative aims to reduce plastic usage and its environmental and ...

That law went into effect July 1. The law requires a book be removed from all public schools in the state if at least three school districts (or at least two school districts and five charter ...

Read the original article here. A bill that would give parents more power over which books their children can read in public school libraries will soon go before Texas senators for a full vote.

children have turned up to class dressed as their favourite book characters. But this year, an entire school in Essex was transformed into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. We bring you a true grab bag of recommended books this week, united by little besides excellence and interest. There’s a ...

In one of my favourite examples this week, a UK startup is working to make plastic eating enzymes to help deal with fast fashion. TechCrunch recently profiled Epoch Biodesign, a company that's ...

Other significant sources include plastic tea bags, which can release millions of micro and nano-sized particles per brewing session. Heating food in plastic containers — especially in the ...

It would give school boards, rather than librarians, the final say over new books. A bill authored by state Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, would create advisory groups largely made up of parents ...