A health firm is investigating claims a world renowned surgeon kept the bones of patients he operated on. Derek McMinn, the inventor of a pioneering hip resurfacing technique used on tennis star Sir Andy Murray, was suspended from Edgbaston Hospital in Birmingham where he carried out most of the surgeries. Dr McMinn allegedly kept the … Read more
Summer is officially behind us as parts of the UK recorded the coldest September night on record, the Met Office confirmed. Large waves battered the coastline around the UK and chilly temperatures gripped the nation. The village of Katesbridge, in Northern Ireland’s County Down, fell to a teeth-gritting -3.7C (25.3F) – a new September minimum temperature … Read more
Summer is officially behind us as parts of the UK recorded the coldest September night on record, the Met Office confirmed. Large waves battered the coastline around the UK and chilly temperatures gripped the nation. The village of Katesbridge, in Northern Ireland’s County Down, fell to a teeth-gritting -3.7C (25.3F) – a new September minimum temperature … Read more
The acceptable daily commute has always been 60 to 90 minutes. But what if you have to make that trek into town only twice a week? It means you can live further from your work and get more house for your money. Since lockdown hit in March, rail usage has slumped to just 23 per … Read more
House price growth stood at the strongest level since 2016 last month, a new closely-watched survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors today revealed. ‘Virtually all parts of the UK are now seeing prices increase’ to some extent, with buyers facing a ‘sharp acceleration’ in prices up and down the country in August, the … Read more
Woman who considered surgery on her vagina after a lover made her feel insecure launches a crusade to photograph other women’s private parts to prove they are beautiful A photographer has launched a campaign to prove that all vaginas are beautiful Ellie Eggwick, from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, will capture 500 vaginas A sexual partner made … Read more
Woman who considered surgery on her vagina after a lover made her feel insecure launches a crusade to photograph other women’s private parts to prove they are beautiful A photographer has launched a campaign to prove that all vaginas are beautiful Ellie Eggwick, from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, will capture 500 vaginas A sexual partner made … Read more
A hospital in Gloucester had to be evacuated after it was hit by flash flooding as thunderstorms are expected to batter large parts of the UK today before the heatwave finally eases tomorrow. Part of the hospital’s ceiling was damaged after the region was hit with a torrential downpour and firefighters were forced to pump … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has banned households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors from midnight tonight. He claimed the new lockdown measures – set to affect around four and a half million people – were put in force after repeated rule breaches led to a spike in new coronavirus cases. The councils going back … Read more
New lockdown for the north: Matt Hancock BANS households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors from TONIGHT after repeated rule breaches led to spike in new Covid cases Councils going back into partial lockdown are Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle Mr Hancock said it is ‘with a heavy heart’ that the measures were … Read more