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Major NHS food review after deaths of five people from listeria in sandwiches

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 […]

Assange's extradition hearing is set for 2020

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 […]

Moscow fatal crash plane 'lost autopilot after lightning hit'

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 […]

Black hole: 'Insurance claims leave us facing crazy costs'

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 […]

Tories sink to fourth place in humiliating poll as Farage soars

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 […]

Huge artwork graces Eiffel Tower park

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 […]

‘NOT EXEMPT!’ Anger after embassies stack up £119million in unpaid motoring charges

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. […]