A woman who drank nearly 1.5 gallons of soda a day has managed to lose a staggering 280lbs. Student Erika Olson, 26, from Clearfield in Utah, weighed 420lbs at her heaviest after gorging on a diet of fast food and pastries, all washed down with sugary soft drinks. But, after undergoing a gastric bypass, Erika now tips … Read more
An Army general tipped to assume command of Britain’s Armed Forces has revealed how his battlefield experiences in Iraq left him suicidal and drinking alone at two o’clock in the morning. General Sir Patrick Sanders, 54, who could become the next Chief of the Defence Staff, made the shocking admission in a bid to persuade … Read more
The leader of the Welsh Conservatives has stepped down after admitting he downed alcohol on Welsh parliament grounds days after a pub alcohol ban was enforced. Paul Davies was accused of drinking alcohol with former Welsh Government minister Alun Davies, Tory chief whip Darren Millar and the party’s chief of staff Paul Smith in a licensed Senedd tearoom … Read more
An alcoholic Belgian anaesthetist accused of downing drinks before a fatal caesarian on a British mother has gone on trial in France. Expat Xynthia Hawke, 28, from Somerset, died shortly after giving birth to her baby son Isaac at the Orthez maternity hospital in southwest France, in September 2014. Ms Hawke went into cardiac arrest … Read more
Britons drank alcohol more than usual during lockdown but there was a rise in the number of people who gave up cigarettes, research has revealed. One in six people admitted binge drinking at least once a week in April, during the darkest days of the crisis, up from one in 10 before the pandemic reached … Read more
Two men in Georgia and one man in Kansas drank liquid cleaning products ‘to ward off COVID-19’ after Trump suggested injecting disinfectant into the lungs to combat the virus The Georgia Poison Center on Tuesday revealed that two men guzzled cleaning solution over the weekend in misguided attempts to prevent catching COVID-19 GPC Director Gaylord … Read more