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A plastic surgeon who was stabbed at his home had a "95% chance of dying" when he arrived in hospital, a jury has heard.

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...