NHS is facing ‘ticking time-bomb’ of claims from families of dead Covid-19 patients

Grieving families of patients who have died after contracting coronavirus are exploring the possibility of taking the NHS to court, as unions warn litigation threats are piling added pressure on already stressed medics. At least 17 families whose loved ones have died during the Covid-19 pandemic are considering legal action, according to support charity Action … Read more

Man, 51, arrested on suspicion of murder after woman in her 40s was shot dead inside Suffolk house

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the wife of a gun dealer was shot dead at her 17th century farmhouse in the early hours of the morning. The victim was named locally as corporate solicitor Silke Hartshorne-Jones, in her early 40s and the mother of twin sons aged eight. She was … Read more

Man, 51, arrested on suspicion of murder after woman in her 40s was shot dead inside Suffolk house

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the wife of a gun dealer was shot dead at her farmhouse home in the early hours of the morning. The victim was named locally as corporate solicitor Silke Hartshorne-Jones, in her early 40s, who had twin sons aged eight. She was shot at her … Read more

NHS is facing ‘ticking time-bomb’ of claims from families of dead Covid-19 patients

Grieving families of patients who have died after contracting coronavirus are exploring the possibility of taking the NHS to court, as unions warn litigation threats are piling added pressure on already stressed medics. At least 17 families whose loved ones have died during the Covid-19 pandemic are considering legal action, according to support charity Action … Read more

Child’s Play co-screenwriter John Lafia dead at 63 by suicide 

Child’s Play co-screenwriter John Lafia dead at 63 by suicide By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 21:05 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:05 BST, 2 May 2020 Beloved screenwriter John Lafia has died at age 63. The co-writer of iconic horror films Child’s Play and Child’s Play 2 died by suicide April 29 at … Read more

Horrific stabbing rampage through a Kmart at a South Hedland shopping centre leaves one man dead

A tradesman has been shot dead after a terrifying stabbing rampage through a shopping centre which left five people in hospital. The crazed man in a hi-vis went on a rampage at South Hedland Square shopping centre, in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, just before 10am local time on Friday.  Eye-witnesses described the knifeman, believed to be … Read more

Top COVID-19 model predicts 100,000 dead by end of summer

A top coronavirus model is predicting that 100,000 Americans will have died from COVID-19 by the end of the summer – as the US death toll surpasses President Donald Trump’s best case scenario of 60,000 deaths.     The MOBS model from the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University also estimates that there will be about … Read more

Is the FTSE seeing a V-shaped recovery or a dead cat bounce?

The day Britain’s lockdown was announced, a message pinged on my phone with a rhetorical question: ‘Is 5,000 some form of chart point?’ That text, on 23 March, referred to the FTSE 100 having closed below that waterline at 4,993.9 – down 35 per cent on its peak of 7,675. Things were looking about as … Read more

The Gentle Touch actress Jill Gascoine dead

The Gentle Touch actress Jill Gascoine dead: British actress, 83, loses 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease as family say they are ‘relieved she is not suffering anymore’ The British actress played Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in 1980s TV series The Gentle Touch, and starred in spin-off show C.A.T.S. Eyes   Her son Adam confirmed her death, … Read more

The Gentle Touch actress Jill Gascoine dead

The Gentle Touch actress Jill Gascoine dead: British actress, 83, passes away after 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 14:29 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 14:39 BST, 29 April 2020 Jill Gascoine has died aged 83. The British actress, best known for her TV roles in The Gentle Touch … Read more