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Hero bus driver who narrowly prevented crash during Beast from East meets Nicola Sturgeon
A hero bus driver who averted tragedy by pulling off a Fast & Furious-style manoeuvre to avoid a stuck Mini met with the First Minister today. Charmaine Laurie was filmed steering her double-decker bus away from a car that had veered onto the wrong side of the road. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon meets Lothian Bus driver Charmaine Laurie who steered her double-decker to avoid a car which lurched into her path in the snow. March 5 2018 The Lothian Buses...
Hotel chain turned away homeless people during arctic weather, it has been claimed
Last Friday night as the country was dealing with the worst weather for a number of years, a Premier Inn turned away homeless people who had been gifted a room for the night, reports The Evening Standard. 19 rooms has been hired for the evening for a young farmers groups at the Weston-Super-Mare East branch, at a cost of three thousand pounds. Due to the adverse weather conditions the group couldn’t make the trip and decided to offer the rooms...
Mum fundraising for son NHS says isn’t deaf enough so he can hear before he develops language
He only has 25 per cent hearing
Patient given failing kidney from 25-a-day smoker calls for disclosure of donors’ history
Janice Richardson, 55, had two friends willing to donate a kidney to her when she accepted the organ from a dead patient, who was a heavy smoker in October 2013.
Tens of thousands of dead starfish washed up after temperatures dropped
Spectacular scene in Kent, "like the armageddon" wildlife enthusiast said
Islamic State fanatic tried to recruit boys for “death squad” while teaching
Umar Haque, 25, was convicted of plotting a terror attack
Tributes paid after body of 75-year-old woman found in sub-zero temperatures
Tributes have been paid after the body of a 75-year-old woman was found near her home in sub-zero conditions during a blizzard. The pensioner, believed to have been confused shortly before her death, was discovered lying partially under a car at 6am on Thursday (Mar 1) as temperatures plunged during Storm Emma. Police said there is nothing to suggest her death is suspicious and enquiries are continuing. Floral tributes on the street in Farsley, West Yorkshire where the body of...
Women are on week two of a hunger strike over their indefinite detention
Dozens of women have been on hunger strike since Monday at the notorious Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre. Some have been on hunger strike since last week. Last week we reported that over 100 women detained by the Home Office with no time limit on administrative grounds has gone on hunger strike over “inhumane” conditions at the facility on Wednesday. The hunger strikers were urging the Home Office to end “offensive” practices which they said leave people “breaking down psychologically.”...
Petition calling for an end to cash payments for non-referrals gets 140k signatures
A petition calling for an end to the practice of rewarding GPs with cash incentives to cut the number of patients they refer to hospital has reached 140,000 signatures. With the NHS cash-strapped and struggling to provide beds this winter, bosses are looking for any opportunity to save money. That means that in some cases GPs have been offered cash rewards to cut the number of patients they refer to hospital - including people who might have cancer. Campaigners say this practice...