Angela Lloyd

On Strike Day, A 55-Year-Old Woman Dies From Weight-Loss Surgery

A coroner’s court has heard that a lady passed away following problems during her weight-loss operation on the first day of a junior doctors’ strike. Susan Evans, 55, returned to Queen Alexandra Hospital, in Portsmouth just two days after she underwent gastric bypass surgery – suffering from stomach pains. The hospital has recently come underContinue reading “On Strike Day, A 55-Year-Old Woman Dies From Weight-Loss Surgery”

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Earthquake Shakes San Francisco

Northern California residents started the new year with a rumble, as a 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit the region Wednesday night. The earthquake came at about 6.34 pm Pacific time, with an epicentre approximately 70 miles north of San Francisco, the United States Geological Survey said. It struck a depth of just over one mile beneath the Earth’s surface and wasContinue reading “Earthquake Shakes San Francisco”

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King’s Honour Makes Sadiq Khan’s Children Think He Sold Out

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said his children believe he has ‘sold out’ by accepting a Knighthood and becoming ‘part of the establishment’. Sir Sadiq was awarded the gong in the New Year Honours list – but has come in for serious criticism from his political adversaries as a consequence. And it appears like the backlash also extends toContinue reading “King’s Honour Makes Sadiq Khan’s Children Think He Sold Out”

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Council Plans ‘Cruel’ Tourist Tax

A council has been criticised for cruel plans to introduce a ‘tourist tax’ that could see expectant mothers charged when they have to journey to hospital from remote areas to give birth. Patients in northern Scotland must travel hundreds of miles for hospital care. Pregnant mothers living in Caithness, where local services have been drasticallyContinue reading “Council Plans ‘Cruel’ Tourist Tax”

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The Rebuilding Year Is 2025, Says Keir Starmer

So, it was the season of good cheer, loving each other and just making merry. Everybody was happy and laughing and then Sir Keir Starmer came along with his New Year transmission with all his assurances that he would transform Britain for the better, despite the threat posed by his political rivals and an opportunityContinue reading “The Rebuilding Year Is 2025, Says Keir Starmer”

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A Woman Disappeared In 1972, Finally Solved

A woman who disappeared in 1972 has finally been discovered after it took police 52 years to release a photograph of her. Sheila Fox mysteriously disappeared from Coventry city centre when she was only 16 amid suspicions she may have been in a relationship with an older man. West Midlands Police said at the timeContinue reading “A Woman Disappeared In 1972, Finally Solved”

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Better Lives Attract Britons To Australia

Britons are flocking to Australia in enormous numbers to earn an income while enjoying the famously laid-back Aussie lifestyle. Almost 50,000 Brits arrived Down Under on working holiday visas this year out of more than 200,000 applicants overall, a new record high. The spike in ‘Poms’ heading Down Under has been boosted by a loosening ofContinue reading “Better Lives Attract Britons To Australia”

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There Has Been An Outcry Over Moves To Weigh Passengers On Flights

It is seen as the future of green air travel. As millions put Christmas behind them and begin looking for summer sunshine, airlines are looking to ask flyers to step on the scales before stepping on board. The first study into the controversial idea has shown that more than half of tourists are against it. But perhapsContinue reading “There Has Been An Outcry Over Moves To Weigh Passengers On Flights”

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The Boy In The Bubble

This is the moment a boy was discovered inside a bubble drifting in the Brazilian sea. Video footage showed a person on a boat strapping a rope around the bubble and dragging it to the shore at Lázaro Beach in Ubatuba, São Paulo, where the child, who is about eight years old, was reunited withContinue reading “The Boy In The Bubble”

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Britain’s Shopping Centres Are Boarded Up And Crime-Ridden

Shoppers have claimed that Britain’s abandoned ghost shopping centres would be improved ‘by a zombie apocalypse’. Residents of Dartford, a commuter town in Kent, claim that since the construction of the expansive Bluewater Shopping Centre in 1999, the town has declined. Now they say it is in need of life support economically, socially and from aContinue reading “Britain’s Shopping Centres Are Boarded Up And Crime-Ridden”