Family photo Matthew’s father, pictured as a baby in the late 1940s Matthew’s dad had brown eyes and black hair. His grandparents had piercing blue eyes. There was a running joke in his family that “dad looked nothing like his parents”, the teacher from southern England says. It turned out there was a very good […]
GSTT UK doctors are attempting to clear dangerous superbug infections using “poo pills” containing freeze-dried faeces. The stool samples come from healthy donors and are packed with good bacteria. Early data suggests superbugs can be flushed out of the dark murky depths of the bowel and replaced with a mix of healthy gut bacteria. It […]
Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, was surprised when a team of Newsportu journalists asked to talk. “If you told me I’d be on Newsportu and in a political leaning podcast like five years ago, I’d be like: You’re crazy,” he said during a conversation in a podcast studio near his home in Miami. […]
Almost 350,000 nursing staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be asked to vote from Monday on a 3.6% pay increase. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has already dismissed the award as “grotesque” and says the vote will be crucial in determining the next steps which could include a ballot for strike action. […]
Powerful thunderstorms are expected to pop up in the Plains on Sunday, with forecasters warning that storms could produce hail larger than 5 inches, 80-100 mph wind gusts and even some tornadoes in portions of Texas and Oklahoma. FOX Weather Meteorologist Jane Minar breaks down the latest on Sunday, June 8, 2025. Welcome to the […]
The NHS has warned that it continues to face a “challenging” blood shortage, as it calls for 200,000 new donors to come forward. Concern over blood stocks prompted the health service to issue an “amber alert” last year, meaning supplies were running low enough to have an impact on patient treatment. Supplies have remained low […]
Dean McLaughlin and Teresa Craig BBC News NI BBC Dean Blackwood, pictured at the Campsie site, wants a public inquiry Some politicians and environmental activists are calling for a public inquiry after two men were jailed last week for their roles in one of Europe’s largest illegal dumps outside Londonderry. The judge at Londonderry Crown […]
For the past three decades, Vipan Kumar has been importing Himalayan pink salt from Pakistan to sell in India. However, New Delhi banned the import of all Pakistani goods, including those routed through third countries, after the killing of 26 people, mostly Indian tourists, in Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir in April. Kumar, the 50-year-old trader […]
Tropical Storm Barbara has begun to form off the southern coast of Mexico, and the storm is expected to become a hurricane by tomorrow. Tropical Depression Three-E strengthened into Tropical Storm Cosme in the Eastern Pacific on Sunday. Newsportual Hurricane Center (NHC) said the maximum sustained winds associated with this system have reached at least 40 […]
National Guard soldiers and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Police officers clash with demonstrators outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, MDC, in downtown Los Angeles, California on June 8, 2025. Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images National Guard soldiers and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Police officers clash […]