Contributed Ronnie, 11, pictured in January this year before he was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive brain tumour A boy is not eligible for specialist drug treatment because his rare and incurable tumour is a millimetre too small, his parents have said. Ronnie Hood, 11, from Sudbury, Suffolk, was diagnosed with a diffuse midline […]
EPA Bayesian was carrying 12 passengers and 10 crew when the boat sank British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter are among the six people missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of the Italian island of Sicily in the early hours of Monday morning. The 56m (183ft) vessel was carrying […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. IG Group has named Ricardo Ghiglino as the Head of Europe and Emerging Market Tech Delivery. Ghiglino shared the news in a LinkedIn post. Before this new position, he was the Head of […]
BBC More than 100 women who experienced pain and complications from transvaginal mesh implants have received payouts from three manufacturers of the products. The financial settlement offered by companies Bard, Boston, and Johnson & Johnson has not been disclosed. This is the first successful group claim in England after some 10,000 women were injured by […]
Maybe we should have known right from the start that this was going to take a while. Panathinaikos’ Argentinian midfielder Daniel Mancini stepped up to take the first penalty of their shootout against Ajax, the Greek side having scored a late equaliser to force the Europa League qualifying tie on Thursday night to go to […]
Nottinghamshire Police Valdo Calocane was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three years before the killings The critical report into the mental healthcare given to Valdo Calocane – a paranoid schizophrenic who fatally stabbed three people in Nottingham last year – is damning. In the lead-up to the attack, mental health assessments document how he often stopped […]
Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerAug 18, 2024, 08:22 PM ET Venezia captain Francesco Zampano in action wearing the new kit from Nocta. (Photo by Danilo Di Giovanni/Getty Images) Venezia literally kicked off their season in style on Sunday by taking to the pitch wearing their new home kit for the 2024-25 campaign, which is designed by […]
Fraser Jones Thousands of cows are now kept on farms which do not allow them out to graze More cows could be kept indoors for the whole of their productive lives, animal welfare campaigners have warned, after the BBC found a rise in “megafarms”. Freedom of Information (FOI) requests by the BBC show the number […]
BBC Sarah Cook was threatened with huge fines and jail over a train ticket It should have been a quick, simple rail journey. Nearly two years ago, Sarah Cook hopped on a train at Wombwell Station, just outside her pet shop in South Yorkshire, to travel one stop to Barnsley. A mere six minutes. “I […]
Firefighters tackle blaze at London’s Somerset House A fire at Somerset House in central London has been contained after around 125 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze. In a joint press conference with the arts venue, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said firefighters are now working to “extinguish the final pockets of fire” located […]