A wife was given just 15 minutes to offer a heartbreaking final goodbye to her husband of 15 years as he lost his life to coronavirus. Joanna Parker, from Romford, was able to make the journey to Queen’s Hospital in east London to visit her dying husband Keith Parker after doctors told her the father-of-four … Read more
JANE FRYER: By the time he was 23, Ronan O’Rahilly had fled his native Ireland for London, was running a successful club in Soho, The Scene and set up a record label.
There is much speculation about the long-term ramifications of Covid-19: will it end globalisation, increase state surveillance, cause isolationist policies? But all I can think about at this moment, frankly, is: how do I get the shower screen smear-free, how tiny can I cut up my recycling to fit it in the box — and … Read more
‘Road-rage’ driver who ran woman over is charged with murder after his ‘victim’ caught coronavirus in hospital months later and died Robert Barrow, 54, allegedly drove over Tahereh Pirali-Dashti, 40, on January 20 The incident happened on the North Circular Road in Finchley, North London Injured Mrs Pirali-Dashti died in hospital on April 10, after … Read more
A man who lost his partner to secondary breast cancer told how he is ‘glad’ she died before the coronavirus pandemic. Gary Powell, 54, from Bradford, revealed he is experiencing the complexities of grieving in isolation after his partner Tina Hudson, aged 54, died in Bradford hospice on 12 February following a long battle with … Read more
A man developed kidney failure after taking 12 times the recommended amount of vitamin D every day. The unnamed 54-year-old, from Canada, had been taking the bumper dose drops for two-and-a-half-years after being advised it by a naturopath. But his health took a turn for the worse when he took a two week holiday and … Read more
It looks like something straight out of a sci-film. But this ‘gelatinous’ mass protruding from a man’s eye is not a special effect in the latest zombie movie. The unnamed 74-year-old was referred to a cancer clinic when a 10x10mm white lump formed where his right pupil should be. The mass appeared two years after … Read more
Policeman seen threatening to ‘make something up’ so he could arrest a man for breaching lockdown laws is SUSPENDED from duty Incident happened on Friday afternoon in Accrington and was caught on video Officer threatened man who said he was out collecting a quad bike in the area Tonight Lancashire Police announced they suspended him … Read more
Armed police swarm around Bognor Regis seafront hotel to reports of a ‘man in distress carrying a knife’ Armed officers were snapped around the Royal Norfolk Hotel on The Esplanade The ‘ongoing incident’ in West Sussex involves a man in distress, police have said Part of seafront has been cordoned off and drone is being … Read more
Oregon’s annual UFO festival is just the place to channel your inner green man UFO Fest, in McMinnville, Oregon, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in May In 1950, the small town was the location of an alleged UFO sighting by a farmer The highlight of the wacky festival is a parade where people dress … Read more