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Watch – 76-year-old gran’s 62hr wait for bed in crisis-hit heatwave A&E
Shocking images show a 76-year-old gran being forced to sleep on chairs in a crammed A&E department. Jacqueline Hickson, 76, waited a staggering 62 hours for a bed after she was rushed to hospital with breathing problems. Bosses at Glan Clwyd Hospital, in Rhyl, north Wales, say the heatwave has caused a spike in patient demand. Mrs Hickson's daughter Janine Foden was so outraged she filmed her mum struggling to get some rest in the packed A&E department when she...
Stunning pics by homeless people – capturing life on streets of London
The photos taken over five days in June show Brits watching the World Cup and making most of the scorching weather in the capital.
Lad, 18, fatally stabbed in south London
The victim is the eighteenth teenager to be murdered in the capital since Christmas
Bulletproof school backpacks go on sale in America
Bulletproof school backpacks have been spotted on shelves at American retailer OfficeMax amid growing security concerns. According to the description the backpack provides "security and convenience" and has the look and feel of an everyday backpack. It is constructed with nylon fabric and armoured to be bulletproof, manufacturers Guard Dog Security note. The backpacks go on sale as demand for bulletproof clothing grows exponentially in America. So this is what back-to-school shopping has come to pic.twitter.com/iVEEf0Tazg — September Downing (@SeptD) July 22, 2018 According to Washington...
United Utilities shareholders make £1.2billion as billion of litres wasted
Dividends and interest worth £263 million were accrued by shareholders in 2017 alone, GMB Union figures show An investigation by GMB, the water union, has revealed United Utilities shareholders have made more than £1.2 billion in just five years. The privatised water company showered shareholders with a total of £263 million in 2017 alone. As millions in the North West face life under a hosepipe ban, GMB revealed United Utilities waste 400 million litres of water every single day through...
Hundreds of species face extinction as scientists warn of ‘global biodiversity collapse’
They say that a failure to act quickly and decisively will greatly increase the risk of 'unprecedented and irrevocable' species loss in the most diverse parts of the planet
Watch – Farmers falling foul of summer heatwave after two expensive combine harvesters on fire
Two £140,000 machines were left completely burnt out as farmers - in different counties - struggled to tend their crops in the heat.
Aerial view of Howden Reservoir lays bare the stark landscape of Britain’s parched land
The baked mud floor can be seen as water levels continue to fall in many of the Uk's reservoirs,
Huge lake detected under surface of the Red Planet
Scientists say the dramatic discovery increases the chances of finding biological signs of life on the Red Planet