A ‘root and branch’ review of NHS food has been ordered by the Health Secretary after two more patient deaths were liked to a listeria outbreak. Matt Hancock said he was ‘incredibly concerned’ after it emerged the patients were suspected of dying after eating pre-packaged sandwiches and salads linked by the same supplier, The Good […]
Both Prince Harry and Prince William trained at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst in the early 2000s. However, only Prince Harry saw the military path as a long-life career which could grant him a “normal” life, while Prince William considered his years in the army nothing “more than window dressing” and part of his […]
Mr Johnson has become the outstanding favourite to win the contest since Theresa May announced her resignation last month. The former Foreign Secretary received 114 votes in the first round of voting on Thursday ahead of Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove. Speaking on BBC Newsnight, Tory MP, Robert Buckland praised Mr Johnson as the right […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a British court yesterday that “175 years of my life is effectively at stake” as a judge ruled he would face a full extradition hearing in early 2020. At a largely procedural hearing, Assange appeared via video link from Belmarsh, a maximum-security prison on the outskirts of London. Assange sported […]
A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft which crashed in May, killing 41 people, lost autopilot after a lightning strike and came in to land at excessive speed, according to crash investigators, Russian news agencies have reported. A preliminary report did not conclude pilot error was to blame, the agencies reported. The plane, operated by Russia’s […]
The owner of a family-run convenience store says that in his 40 years of business he has never seen anything as bad as Ireland’s current insurance crisis. Martin Mulligan, who also runs a petrol station and post office in Athlone, Co Westmeath, recently had his insurance premium hiked by 428pc. He was notified by his […]
The plight of the Conservatives has been laid bare as a fresh Westminster election poll shows the party in a humiliating fourth position – trailing Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party. The survey, suggesting many Tory MPs are at risk of losing their seats in a snap election, comes as the party’s leadership contest rages on, with […]
A vast artwork showing a line of clasped hands at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris will be formally unveiled on Saturday. The spray-painted fresco stretches for more than 600m (1,970ft) along the French capital’s Champ de Mars park and is best viewed from the top of the tower. It is the work […]
GARDAÍ and the Air Accident Investigation Unit have launched a full investigation into the deaths of two men in a light aircraft crash in Co Kildare. The men, aged in their 50s and 70s, died when the two-seater ‘BRM NG5’ light aircraft they were travelling in crashed after leaving Kilrush airstrip in Kildare at around […]
A grand total of £118.5million has been revealed in motoring and car parking charges owed from embassies and foreign diplomats, the Mail Online reports. British allies America owes the most, with Japan coming in second owning £8.6million, followed closely by Nigeria with just one £7million. Russia owes £5.7million, China owes £5.2million and Poland owes £4.4million. […]