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Astronaut coffee and DIY heart surgery – Designs of the Year unveiled

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Ikea’s flat-pack refugee shelter, an online sexual health test and Taipei’s scooter share among ideas to go on show at London’s new Design Museum

Londoners back limit on skyscrapers as fears for capital’s skyline grow

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With more than 400 high-rises planned, major survey shows residents want numbers curbed

Microplastics should be banned in cosmetics to save oceans, MPs say

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Environmental audit committee calls for ban after hearing that microbeads harm marine life and enter the food chain

Robert De Niro gets go-ahead to open London hotel

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Actor’s third hotel, the Wellington, will be a luxury 83-bedroom boutique establishment in Covent Garden