Britons with one of eight genes are at a much higher risk of dying from Covid-19

People with one of eight genes found on seven chromosomes are at much higher risk of dying from Covid-19, study shows Individual presence of super-variants slashes likelihood of survival  Having three of them sees survival likelihood plummet to as low as 60 per cent  Data comes from more than 1,700 cases of Covid-19 from the UK Biobank  … Read more

Shocking moment retirement village manager is filmed stealing money from a dying pensioner

Shocking moment retirement village manager is filmed stealing money from a dying pensioner just minutes after loading her into an ambulance Adam Brooks was jailed for 27 months after he was caught stealing money The retirement village manager took money from the drawer of a dying woman Jackie White, 83, died in hospital following a … Read more

Matt Hancock says travel abroad for assisted dying still allowed during lockdown

Health Secretary Matt Hancock says people can still travel abroad for assisted dying during the coronavirus lockdown as MPs call for the law to be changed in the UK MPs today raised concerns about impact of coronavirus rules on assisted dying Assisted dying is outlawed in the UK but it is legal for people to … Read more

Nice attack: Brazil-born terror victim staggered to café next to church before dying from her wounds

One of the three victims in yesterday’s terror attack on a Catholic church in Nice was a Brazilian mother whose final words were: ‘Tell my children that I love them.’  Simone Barreto Silva, 44, had lived in France for 30 years and had three children, the Brazilian Consulate in Paris confirmed last night. The mother … Read more

Nice attack: Brazil-born terror victim staggered to café next to church before dying from her wounds

One of the three victims in yesterday’s terror attack on a Catholic church in Nice was a Brazilian mother whose final words were: ‘Tell my children that I love them.’  Simone Barreto Silva, 44, had lived in France for 30 years and had three children, the Brazilian Consulate in Paris confirmed last night. The mother … Read more

Mother, 45, who left her 13-year-old daughter dying on the sofa to go to the pub is jailed

Mother, 45, who left her 13-year-old daughter dying on the sofa to go to the pub is jailed for three-and-a-half years Sharon Goldie, 45, failed to seek medical treatment for daughter, Robyn Goldie The 13-year-old died in July 2018 after suffering a perforated duodenal ulcer In week before she died, teenager tried to get treatment … Read more

Killer Mick Philpott ‘had to be dragged to bedside of his dying son’

Killer dad Mick Philpott didn’t want to visit his son, 13, on his deathbed as the teenager battled injuries from the fire started by his father, which killed his five siblings.  Revealing the harrowing detail for the first time in Channel 5’s 5 Mistakes That Caught A Killer, airing tonight at 10pm, retired Detective Superintendent Paul … Read more

Leading investigator reveals Mick Philpott had to be dragged to go to the bedside of his dying son

Killer dad Mick Philpott didn’t want to visit his son, 13, on his deathbed as the teenager battled injuries from the fire started by his father, which killed his five siblings.  Revealing the harrowing detail for the first time in Channel 5’s 5 Mistakes That Caught the Killer, airing tonight at 10pm, retired Detective Superintendent Paul … Read more

Detectives arrest two after heartless crooks stole purse and iPhone from dying woman, 84

Detectives arrest two after heartless crooks stole purse and iPhone from woman, 84, as she lay dying in bed after they lied to her blind husband, 87, that they were calling an ambulance Dorothy Crowther was dying in her bed in Brierfield, Lancashire, on October 16  Blind husband Ronald, 87, was desperately trying to get … Read more

Detectives arrest two after heartless crooks stole purse and iPhone from dying woman, 84

Detectives arrest two after heartless crooks stole purse and iPhone from woman, 84, as she lay dying in bed after they lied to her blind husband, 87, that they were calling an ambulance Dorothy Crowther was dying in her bed in Brierfield, Lancashire, on October 16  Blind husband Ronald, 87, was desperately trying to get … Read more