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Scottish pub faces potential criminal action over 'fake Smirnoff vodka'

North Ayrshire Council finds three bottles sold as Smirnoff vodka were fake, prompting licence reviews and a potential criminal investigation.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 23

New York air pollution fell as toddlers' mental development rose 26%

For more than two decades, Professor Frederica Perera and a team from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health tracked pregnant women's air pollution exposure and their children's development in disadvantaged communities of Northern Manhattan and the South Bronx. More than 1,100 children were assessed at ages one, two and…

The Times of India · Sep 23

Hackney Wick parents raise safety fears after 'very pungent' smell detected near school

A chemical smell has been detected at a construction site on Wallis Road

Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2024

UK street dubbed 'Sahara' with 'horrendous' dust clouds that make you 'itch all over'

Residents in Oldham say they can't hang their washing out or sit in their gardens because of the thick dust clouds that plague them daily - with some getting mysterious rashes as well

Daily Mirror · May 8, 2023

'I've not been able to go into my garden for years': Entire Greater Manchester street plagued by 'horrendous nightmare'

Residents of Oak Street, Shaw, say they have been left with mysterious rashes

Manchester Evening News · May 8, 2023

Industrial estate revamp approved despite air quality fears

Plans were submitted earlier this year

Liverpool Echo · May 2, 2023

Maggots pour from school canteen ceiling onto kids' lunch as headteacher issues apology

Pupils at the Winston Churchill School in Woking, Surrey were warned on Tuesday that the school’s canteen would be closed and they would need to bring food from home

Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2023

New-build nightmare as 'swamp garden' attached to house blamed on four-year-old and his dogs

Ellis Reid says her four-year-old son and two pet dogs have been blamed for the bog that has replaced her back garden, just seven months after they moved in to their new family home.

Glasgow Live · Apr 3, 2023

Young Scottish family gutted as dream new build home turns into a 'swamp'

Mum Ellis Reid, 31, and partner Douglas Horn, 42, watched on helplessly as the back of their new-build social house became nothing short of a swamp.

Edinburgh Live · Apr 3, 2023

Grandad says he's 'trapped' in 'stinky' rat infested home that he won't let family visit

Couple Tom and Sue Goulding have told how they feel "trapped" in their Liverpool home due to a major rat infestation and won't allow anyone over, including their young grandchildren

Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2023