Afghanistan braces for widespread CHOLERA following earthquake

Afghanistan braces for widespread CHOLERA following worst earthquake in 20 years: UN readies to prevent outbreak after half a MILLION cases of diarrhoea were linked to tremor that killed 1,000 UN humanitarian office said cholera outbreaks are common after earthquakes Preparations are already underway to prevent an epidemic after the disaster Villagers are still digging […]

Woman sacked after claiming her boss was inappropriate wins claim

Bar worker who was sacked over Facebook post claiming her ‘creepy boss’ asked staff for a ‘threesome’ and bought underage girls drinks wins claim for unfair dismissal Damaris Trench was fired after liking and sharing a post from her boyfriend  The Facebook post made a series of claims against the owner of the student bar […]

U.S. FDA halts sales of Juul e-cigarettes

By Chris Kirkham (Reuters) -The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday blocked e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc from selling its nicotine products in the United States, potentially dealing a fatal blow to the once high-flying San Francisco company. Following a nearly two-year-long review of scientific and public health data submitted by the company, the FDA […]

British passenger reveals he and five F1 colleagues ordered off plane

Second British passenger reveals he and five F1 colleagues were ordered off Air Canada flight by armed police ‘along with 25 others’ after being wrongly accused of ‘being drunk or flouting mask rules’ Jordan Conlan, 28, from Williams Formula 1 team ordered off an Air Canada flight He and five others from the team were […]

'Jeopardy!' spelling error does not go unnoticed by fans

Jeopardy! has a long history of punishing contestants for small mistakes, but on Wednesday, it was the show itself which made the mistake. Less than a week after contestant Sadie Goldberger was disqualified for an illegible answer which seemed pretty legible to quite a few viewers, the show's production team made a typo in the […]

Williams out of Eastbourne because doubles partner injured

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Serena Williams’ competitive preparation for Wimbledon will amount to two doubles matches. A right knee injury to Williams’ doubles partner, Ons Jabeur, led to them withdrawing from the grass-court event in Eastbourne, the WTA said Thursday. They were scheduled to play Magda Linette and Aleksandra Krunic in the semifinals after winning […]

Family pay tribute to schoolboy after he collapsed and died in class

Family pay tribute to ‘perfect’ schoolboy, 14, who collapsed and died in class 30 minutes after telling grandmother ‘I love you’ Ted Sanderson collapsed while at school in County Durham on Tuesday The aspiring teacher had planned to go to university to study history or RE Friends and family have described him as a ‘perfect, […]