Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny must serve his sentence in a penal facility where ‘torture-like’ conditions are so horrific inmates have severely injured themselves to avoid being sent there, a former prisoner has claimed. Navalny, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was jailed this month over alleged parole violations related to an embezzlement … Read more
Balmy Britain as hot as Barcelona: 55F spring sun will get lockdown-weary Britons into the Great Outdoors again today – with warm weather to continue into weekend England and Wales are enjoying temperatures on a par with Malaga and Barcelona this week Suffolk got up to 65.1F (18.4C) yesterday which was even above the average … Read more
Balmy Britain as hot as Barcelona: 55F spring sun will get lockdown-weary Britons into the Great Outdoors again today – with warm weather to continue into weekend England and Wales are enjoying temperatures on a par with Malaga and Barcelona this week Suffolk got up to 65.1F (18.4C) yesterday which was even above the average … Read more
A video of a seven-year-old girl who is battling three rare conditions has gone viral as she performs an adorable dancing routine while waiting for a bowel transplant. Isabella Thompson, from Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, has been living in the hospital since birth. She is severely immunocompromised and has a form of a dwarfism, and … Read more
An interactive tool is using 360-degree images to show how iconic tourist spots look to those with eye conditions including cataracts, glaucoma and tunnel vision. Users can, for example, see ‘floaters’ over the Sydney Opera House, experience Times Square dimmed by night blindness and view Dubai with ‘Deuteranopia’. According to the developers at contact lens retailer … Read more
Britain’s latest coronavirus deaths include 16-year-old with no underlying health conditions NHS England said 307 people who tested positive for Covid had died in hospital Patients were aged 16 to 100 with all except four having underling conditions This brings the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 81,046 By Raven Saunt For … Read more
NHS bosses today insisted no-one in their fifties without an underlying medical condition should be getting invited to have their Covid jab yet, even if they live in a region storming ahead with the roll-out. Health chiefs say only over-65s and adults deemed at risk should be invited for their first coronavirus vaccine. Any appointments … Read more
Britain’s vaccine postcode lottery was laid bare today after it emerged parts of London have jabbed fewer than two-thirds of their elderly residents – even though some parts of the UK have already moved onto over-50s. Wales widened their jab roll-out on Monday to include everyone in the next phase at the same time – … Read more
Some of the best businesses find success through filling a gap in the market and offering something that nobody else does – or at least not successfully. Often, the founders of are inspired by their own experience of needing a product or service and finding out it did not exist. This gives them a strong, … Read more
‘I can’t help. I’m knackered’: Moment Royal Mail postman LEAVES pensioner lying in the snow amid freezing conditions as vulnerable 72-year-old’s family blast ‘disgusting’ footage Royal Mail postman left Patricia Stewart, 72, lying in snow after fall this week He told the pensioner he was ‘too knackered’ to pick her up in Falkirk Royal Mail … Read more