Drug dealer named Jack SPEED, 21, is jailed for leading police on terrifying 100mph chase through residential streets and red light Jack Speed, 21, raced through streets of Birmingham in hope of evading police The 100mph pursuit was caught on dash cam and resulted in an eventual crash He admitted possession of drugs with intent to … Read more
A teenager has been charged after a boat owner was shoved into a canal after confronting thugs for hurling missiles at two fighting swans. Police say they have charged the 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, following the incident in Limehouse, east London, on Friday, June 26. The teenager, from Tower Hamlets, has … Read more
Dare we dream? Amid the flurry of tweets in response to our articles over the past fortnight that predicted the Government would soon strike a deal for a lifesaving cystic fibrosis drug, this simple sentence stood out. It summed up the hopes – and fears – of thousands of British families blighted by this horrible … Read more
Convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby reveals bizarre new career (and it’s a lot less stressful than her old one) By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:38 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 03:29 BST, 2 July 2020 After nine years in Kerobokan Prison, convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has become her own boss. … Read more
Britain will have to pay almost £2,000-per-patient for one of the only two approved Covid-19 drugs, it was revealed today. Gilead Sciences announced it would charge governments of developed countries $390 (£320) per vial of remdesivir. Most hospitalised patients will need six vials of the Ebola drug — equating to $2,340 (£1,900) for every patient, … Read more
Covid-19 treatment hopes dashed as trial of promising HIV drug given to infected patients reveals it does NOT work Oxford University scientists pull lopinavir/ritonavir from RECOVERY Trial today Head of trial said results ‘pretty clearly’ showed it didn’t work on any patients It has been used in hospitals around world to treat Covid despite no … Read more
Lucy, like most 18-year-olds, has been enjoying her new freedom as lockdown has eased. She has started gathering with friends in the park in North London. But unlike teenagers from a previous generation she doesn’t smoke, and only drinks occasionally. Instead, she is a frequent user of nitrous oxide — or laughing gas — which … Read more
Drug barons are paying DJs to organise illegal ‘festival-sized’ raves in various locations across the UK, police fear. Gangsters in the northwest want the large, drug-fuelled parties to go ahead because they create a crowded market of ravers who want to buy their class-A substances, a Greater Manchester Police source said. Several of the 13 … Read more
Thousands of men with advanced prostate cancer will be denied life-extending wonder drug because NHS watchdog says £30,000-a-year cost per treatment is too high The drug abiraterone cuts the risk of men dying within three years by a third Calls for the drug to be routinely offered to men have been rejected by NICE The … Read more
Could an old gout drug help treat coronavirus? Study suggests colchicine can fight inflammation and improve survival odds for COVID-19 patients by nearly 10-FOLD Researchers gave half a group of coronavirus patients colchicine, a drug commonly used to treat gout, and the other half a placebo Patients receiving colchicine had lower levels of proteins that are … Read more