Canadian town of Asbestos changes its name to Val-des-Sources because connotations ‘harmed tourism’

The Canadian town of Asbestos has officially changed its name to Val-des-Sources (Valley of the Springs) after connotations with the cancer-causing mineral resulted in ‘harmed tourism.’ Approximately half of the town’s 6,800 residents (2,796) turned out for a parking lot-based car vote or directly voted at the council offices last week in the municipality, located … Read more

Julian Assange withheld 15,000 Afghan war documents to ‘protect innocents from being harmed’

WikiLeaks withheld 15,000 documents about the Afghanistan war to ‘protect innocents’ from harm, the Old Bailey heard today Former Der Spiegel reporter John Goetz told Julian Assange’s extradition hearing that WikiLeaks was ‘removing bad stuff’ to ensure no one was put at risk. Assange, 49, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army … Read more

Russian businessman tells High Court that ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele harmed his reputation

Russian businessman tells High Court that ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele harmed his reputation by claiming he was involved in Moscow hack on Democrats in ‘dodgy’ dossier that linked Putin and Trump Aleksej Gubarev is suing the former MI6 operative Christopher Steele in London  Mr Steele’s intelligence report alleged ties between Trump’s and the Kremlin Lawyers … Read more

Matt Hancock apologises to thousands of women harmed by vaginal mesh, primodos and sodium valproate

Matt Hancock today apologised to thousands of women harmed by three avoidable health scandals after a damning review into vaginal mesh implants, pregnancy test drug Primodos and epilepsy treatment sodium valproate. The Health Secretary said sorry ‘on behalf of the NHS and the entire health service’, saying ‘voices had now been heard’ and acknowledging the … Read more

A generation of women betrayed: Thousands were harmed by THREE health scandals

Tens of thousands of women and children were ‘catastrophically’ harmed by three avoidable health scandals, a damning report concludes today. It says crippling symptoms were dismissed as ‘women’s problems’ by intimidating or arrogant doctors and surgeons. Patients who complained faced an ‘unresponsive and defensive’ healthcare system. The inquiry said lives were ‘catastrophically affected’ by mistakes … Read more