{"id":129,"date":"2026-09-22T14:55:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/williams-lab\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:55:35","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/williams-lab\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 2026 &#8211; Archie Youngs joins the group!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to new PhD student Archie! 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