A man has been jailed for rape after he punctured a condom before having sex with a woman. Andrew Lewis, 47, from Worcester, secretly used a pin to prick a hole in the condom and trick his partner, before raping her on March 10, 2018, a court heard. The victim discovered Lewis’ ‘devious’ act after […]
STOCKHOLM (AFP, REUTERS) – Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday (Oct 5) for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus, the Nobel jury said. The three were honoured for their “decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Princess Eugenie, 30, and husband Jack Brooksbank, 34, announced they are expecting a baby just a few weeks before their second wedding anniversary. The couple are likely to choose a private London […]
A dedicated farmer took her own life after an unfounded complaint about a sheep being covered in maggots was made to the RSPCA, an inquest heard. Emma Watson, 43, was found dead by her mother in a wooded area on the farm where they both lived in Oakamoor, Staffordshire, on August 10 last year. A […]
The Scottish government needs to display “bolder ambition” if it is to meet targets for tackling child poverty, a new report has warned. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said about a million people in Scotland were in poverty “living precarious and insecure lives” even before Covid hit. In many cases the pandemic will “have swept […]
An urgent drugs warning has been issued by police after the deaths of four young people in the North East over the weekend. Drugs were suspected to have contributed to the deaths of two 18-year-old women and a 21-year-old man in Newcastle, as well as an 18-year-old man in Washington, Northumbria Police said. Post-mortems are […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Norway’s palace, the Royal Court, announced in a brief press release King Harald V’s sick leave, originally meant to end yesterday, has been extended. The statement read: “His Majesty the King is […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Pictures show a number of emergency vehicles, including police, fire and ambulance, at the scene in north London. People took to Twitter to report a “major incident”. One said: “Judging from the […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The Duke – a known Villa fan – has complained in the past about struggling to tweet whatever he wants from the @KensingtonRoyal Twitter account. On the few occasions he does, William […]
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he accepts the public is angry with his handling of the pandemic, as officials confirmed thousands of positive cases had been missed from Covid-19 test results. After months of criticism and amid a slide in the polls, Johnson also warned that the country still faces a […]