93-year-old former nurse honoured with an MBE for her services to the NHS spent SIX DAYS in hospital corridor with spinal fracture due to bed shortage

A 93-year-old former nurse honoured with an MBE for her services to the NHS spent SIX DAYS in a hospital corridor with a spinal fracture due to a bed shortage. After a six-hour wait at A&E, former theatre sister Enid Stevens was left in a cubicle on her own for another five hours - in soaking wet clothes after becoming incontinent. The great-grandmother-of-five was unable to move on the trolley and had no way of alerting nurses so she was...

Changing times

A new watchmaker has vowed to make the most of his time, after learning a vital life lesson in time management from his great grandfather he only met as a baby. Ryan Cusack fell in love with watches when he was given a family heirloom by his grandad Gilbert, for his tenth birthday. The watch, which had belonged to his great grandfather, was handed over as a birthday present by electrician Gilbert, 84. Now, 21 years later, Ryan is still...

New report links South African government to commercial lion body part trade

A new report has revealed shocking insights into the development of South Africa’s controversial captive lion breeding industry. Despite widespread international condemnation, South Africa’s controversial lion breeding industry has grown year-on-year and has links to wildlife trafficking, according to a new report Cash Before Conservation: An Overview of the Breeding of Lions for Hunting and Bone Trade, published today by international wildlife charity Born Free. Born Free’s President and Co-Founder, Will Travers OBE, said: “As many as 8,000 lions languish in...

Investing in UK-based property

The recent Brexit vote may have been a bit of shock to markets, with the pound taking a 10% hit against the dollar, but it may prove to be a golden opportunity for many property investors. As the UK government is forced to renegotiate trade deals with more than 40 countries, uncertainty is set to dominate markets for the next couple of years. Uncertainty usually spells trouble for investors, with traditional sectors such as the real estate market suffering the...

TesseracT debut video for ‘King’ ahead of new album Sonder release

Ahead of the release of TesseracT’s highly anticipated new studio album Sonder the band have revealed their first official video, for their new single “King”. The emotive and viscerally challenging clip, was directed by Kyle Kadow & Steven Cleavland and shot in a snowy Wisconsin following a brutal storm, which all added to the atmospheric footage as bassist Amos Williams explains "We have been very lucky to work with two cinematographers of such vision and quality as Kyle and Steven. We gave...

Watch – Boris Johnson says Putin is “overwhelmingly likely” to have sanctioned Skripal attack

Vladimir Putin is "overwhelmingly likely" to have ordered the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal according to Boris Johnson. The foreign secretary said "our quarrel is with Putin's Kremlin, and with his decision" over the nerve agent attack. Russia denies ordering the attack and has said that the accusations against Putin are "shocking and unforgivable". Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia Skripal, 33, remain critically ill in hospital. Speaking alongside the Polish foreign minister, Mr Johnson said...

ICA Digital Ltd (“ICA”) joins forces with Automated Systems Group Ltd (“ASL”)

ICA Digital Ltd., based in Surrey, has now become part of the Automated Systems Ltd (ASL) Group of companies. Established 25 years ago, ICA is a strong and successful MPS reseller, providing document management solutions to over 650 businesses in Surrey, London & the South East. Commenting on ASL’s 9th acquisition in 9 years, Mark Garius, Managing Director of ASL, said: “ICA is a very strong business that has built a loyal customer base in the south of England and...

Top tips on how the UK’s SME’s can prepare for GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation, otherwise known as GDPR, is a European order that comes into power on May 2018. GDPR is set to ensure that the way in which personal data is collected, stored and used aligns with the evolution of the digital industry since the EU Data Protection Directive in 1995. Cybercrime cost businesses 29 billion pounds in the UK alone in 2017. The implementation of GDPR will see consumers obtain more control of their personal data and...

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