Nicola Sturgeon makes thinly-veiled attack on Alex Salmond as more defect from SNP to Alba party

Nicola Sturgeon fired both barrels at her former boss Alex Salmond today as she blasted those ‘who treat politics like a game’ amid a wave of defections to his new party. The First Minister launched a thinly-veiled attack on her predecessor after several of her MPs and councillors defected to his new Alba nationalist group. … Read more

North Korean in diving gear swims to the South and crawls through drain pipe to defect 

North Korean in diving gear swims to the South and crawls through drain pipe to defect A man in his 20s swam for six hours in an attempt to defect from North Korea Diving gear and a metal helmet were discovered on beach in Goseong, Gangwon The man also crawled through a drainage pipe underneath … Read more

Ulrika Jonsson reveals delight after daughter Bo, 20, who has congenital heart defect is vaccinated 

Ulrika Jonsson has shared her delight and relief after her eldest daughter received a Covid vaccine on Sunday. The TV presenter, 53, shared a snap to Instagram of Bo, 20, who has a congenital heart defect, holding her vaccination card after getting the jab. Clearly overjoyed with the news, the doting mum-of-four said the selfie … Read more

Heart defect that kills thousands without warning could be spotted early by a blood test 

A heart defect that kills thousands of young adults without warning every year could be spotted early, thanks to a newly developed blood test. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which causes the heart muscle to abnormally thicken and beat out of control, is the leading cause of cardiac arrest and sudden death in under-40s.  The condition, which causes … Read more

China’s ‘Bat Woman’ Shi Zhengli denies ‘trying to defect with confidential files’

China’s infamous ‘bat woman’ coronavirus scientist has denied reports circulating on social media that she attempted to defect from the Chinese regime. Rumors had begun to spread across social media over the past 48 hours that Shi Zhengli had escaped from China, and brought hundreds of confidential documents to the U.S. embassy in Paris.  Shi, … Read more