The woman that was accused of poisoning three members of her family with a Christmas cake has been found dead in her cell.

Researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides in lettuce and human intestinal cells, raising new safety concerns about plastic pollution.

Stacey Lynch, 24, admitted assaulting the man at a flat in Turquoise Terrace, Bellshill, on March 6 last year.