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    Serena Williams says her greatest fear is 'not being around enough' for her 3-year-old daughter

    The tennis pro answered very honest questions about her personal life.

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    America’s 'recycled' plastic waste is clogging landfills, survey finds

    Many facilities lack the ability to process ‘mixed plastics’, a category of waste that has virtually no market as new productsMany plastic items that Americans put in their recycling bins aren’t being recycled at all, according to a major new survey of hundreds of recycling facilities across the US.The research, conducted by Greenpeace and released on Tuesday, found that out of 367 recycling recovery facilities surveyed none could process coffee pods, fewer than 15% accepted plastic clamshells –

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    Teenagers' sleep quality and mental health at risk over late-night mobile phone use

    Teenagers’ late-night mobile phone use is harming their sleep and potentially their mental health, say researchers who advised that “physical boundaries” be set over use of such devices in the bedroom. A longitudinal study of 1,101 Australian high school students aged between 13 and 16 found poor-quality sleep associated with late-night texting or calling was linked to a decline in mental health, such as depressed moods and declines in self-esteem and coping ability. Lead researcher, Lynette V

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    Cruz Beckham’s workout: should 12-year-olds be hitting the gym?

    Muscle man … a child fitness fan, definitely not Cruz, whose gymwear is probably more stylish. Pictures of a Beckham working out would normally be cause for celebration, but when 12-year-old Cruz (the third child of David and Victoria) posted a clip of himself at the gym on Instagram this week, there were disapproving tuts from a certain sort of internet user. British children are some of the world’s least active, with a recent study finding that just 15% of girls and 22% of boys do the recomm