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Strathclyde University bosses send email ordering scholars to stop pooing in bins and showers

Bosses at Strathclyde University’s state-of-the-art Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC) have told scholars to stop pooing in bins and showers.

About 400 students and 250 staff at the £89million science hub have been warned over disgusting toilet habits.

An email was sent by the facility’s operations management team warning that WCs must be used to dump waste.

Chiefs believe the centre’s multicultural population may have caused the problem, which has left the building’s cleaning staff kicking up a stink.

A Strathclyde University spokeswoman said: “We’ve apologised for any offence caused to colleagues.

“The email contained sentiments completely contrary to our institutional values and should not have been sent.

“It was recalled as soon as it came to our attention and we swiftly issued an apology to staff. »

The girl who gets gifts from birds

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Eight-year-old Gabi Mann sets a bead storage container on the dining room table, and clicks the lid open.

"We keep it in as good condition as we can," she says, before explaining this object is one of her favourites.

There's a miniature silver ball, a black button, a blue paper clip, a yellow bead, a faded black piece of foam, a blue Lego piece, and the list goes on. »

Glasgow murals leave Billy Connolly 'flabbergasted'

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Billy Connolly 'overjoyed' with Glasgow murals.

Comedian Billy Connolly has said he is "flabbergasted" by three giant murals in his honour.

The tribute portraits have been created in his native city of Glasgow to mark the Big Yin's 75th birthday. »

Puerto Rico holds referendum on US statehood

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Photos: What you should know about Puerto Rico Puerto Rico's first governor, appointed in 1509, was Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León.

Hide Caption 1 of 10 Photos: What you should know about Puerto Rico People fill pails with water at the Christopher Columbus Fountain in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, in 1920.

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Xbox One X is Microsoft's next games console, arriving on November 7th for $499

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Microsoft is planning to launch the Xbox One X on November 7th worldwide, priced at $499.

All existing Xbox One accessories will work on the new Xbox One X — which we got to see first-hand at E3 today — alongside all existing Xbox 360 backwards compatible titles and Xbox One games.

Microsoft says the new Xbox One X is the "smallest Xbox ever," and the black design looks very similar to the existing Xbox One S model. »