AN ELDERLY woman died after being left in agony on the freezing floor of a GP car park for more than two hours after falling over. Josephine Ellis, 76, had just attended an appointment at a mobile clinic adjacent to the Hoveton and Wroxham Medical Centre near Norwich, Norfolk. She lost her balance while walking to herContinue reading “A Woman, 76, Dies After Waiting 2 Hours For An Ambulance On The Freezing Floor Of A GP’s Parking Lot”
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GPs Get £20 For Avoiding Hospital Referrals
GPs will receive a £20 ‘bonus’ each time they dodge referring a patient directly to a hospital under a scheme aimed at cutting NHS waiting lists. Ministers say the cash incentives – totalling up to £80 million – will ‘stop masses of people’ being sent to hospital for ‘unnecessary appointments’. But patient groups warn endeavours to ‘massageContinue reading “GPs Get £20 For Avoiding Hospital Referrals”
Seventy Is The New 50! Boomers Urged To Work Well Into Retirement
Boomers are being encouraged to work well into retirement age after research by the International Monetary Fund delighted that ’70s are the new 50s’. The institution’s World Economic Report reported a strong rise in the ‘silver economy,’ with people ageing healthier. The IMF report, based on data from 41 countries, showed that ‘a person who was 70 inContinue reading “Seventy Is The New 50! Boomers Urged To Work Well Into Retirement”
Nazi Gestures Were Made At Auschwitz And Bergen-Belsen
In two different cases, German high school students incited uproar by singing a nationalist song at Bergen-Belsen and making neo-Nazi gestures at Auschwitz. Students from a school in the western city of Bielefeld, aged 14 and 15, were heard singing ‘Germany for the Germans, foreigners out’ at the Bergen-Belsen memorial. The chant is prevalent with neo-Nazis.Continue reading “Nazi Gestures Were Made At Auschwitz And Bergen-Belsen”
Corbyn ‘Disgusted’ By ‘Cruel’ Government Cuts
Rachel Reeves has received a letter from Jeremy Corbyn condemning her and the government for their proposed reductions in disability allowances. In her spring speech last month, the chancellor said that the government would be drastically reducing the welfare budget. The £4.3 billion cuts package, which included significant reform to Personal Independence Payment (PIP), isContinue reading “Corbyn ‘Disgusted’ By ‘Cruel’ Government Cuts”
Hair Transplants, Turkey Teeth, And A ‘Fake Six-Pack’ Worth £1 Million Were Stolen By A Military Clerk
A military clerk robbed almost £1 million from the Ministry of Defence to pay for hair transplants, Turkey teeth and cosmetic surgery for a fake six-pack in an expenses scam, a court has been told. Former corporal Aaron Stelmach-Purdie, 34, headed the scheme while working at Regent’s Park Barracks in central London. He cheated taxpayers of £911,677, ofContinue reading “Hair Transplants, Turkey Teeth, And A ‘Fake Six-Pack’ Worth £1 Million Were Stolen By A Military Clerk”
Diversity Drive Encourages People With No GCSEs And Limited English To Apply
A whistleblower has blasted Greater Manchester Police for encouraging people with little English and no GCSEs to apply through a diversity campaign. A former police recruiter from one of Britain’s biggest police forces has said its ‘Positive Action Team’ was told to go out in public to recruit people, regardless of language ability or qualifications. Continue reading “Diversity Drive Encourages People With No GCSEs And Limited English To Apply”
Police Chief Discriminates Against White Applicants To Hire Ethnic Minority Officers
According to a police chief, he wants to employ more policemen from ethnic minorities and discriminate against white job candidates. West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable John Robins has continuously advocated for legislative changes throughout the country to increase the proportion of ethnic minorities in his force. Mr Robins, an officer for West Yorkshire Police sinceContinue reading “Police Chief Discriminates Against White Applicants To Hire Ethnic Minority Officers”
Fish And Chips: The Owner Apologizes
A fish and chip shop owner has issued a heartfelt apology to customers after putting the price of a portion of cod and chips up to £15 but insists he had no choice as the cost of fish has soared in recent months. Brad-Lee Navruz, who runs The Nippy Chippy in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, said heContinue reading “Fish And Chips: The Owner Apologizes”
‘White People’ Under Threat?
Well over 50,000 years ago we were all rather much the same, but by spreading out across various climates we developed different biological traits because of climates that we adapted to. One was the loss of skin pigmentation of differing degrees, and various scenarios could have taken place, but they all stretched out over anContinue reading “‘White People’ Under Threat?”
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