PARAMEDICS trying to save a critically ill boy tried to take him to a hospital three minutes away but were told it was not properly equipped, an inquest heard. Callum Cartlidge, eight, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest, was driven to another hospital 23 minutes away. But a clinical director of paediatrics told a […]
TWO lifeboat crewmen were sacked and four are said to have quit in a row over naked women on mugs. The men, all unpaid volunteers, swapped various “jokey” designs as Secret Santa gifts. One featured a photo of a nude woman with the head of one crewman superimposed on top. A female boss visited the […]
ARSENAL face a daunting task as they travel to Atletico Madrid fighting for a place in the Europa League final. Arsene Wenger’s side will be hoping to make their first European final since 2006 if they can overcome their Spanish opponents. Alexandre Lacazette gave Arsenal the lead at the Emirates but his strike was cancelled […]
CORONATION Street fans are convinced that Eva Price won’t give over her newborn baby Susie, ahead of next week’s shocking departure of ex fiancé Aidan Connor. Tonight’s episode saw Eva (Catherine Tyldesley) prepare to hand the baby over to Toyah Battersby and assure her that she has no regrets over being a surrogate. After Toyah makes […]
THE Tour de Yorkshire is about to get underway as riders from around the world descend on God’s own country. They will be looking to follow Belgium’s Serge Pauwels who won the third edition of the race last year. Here is all you need to know about the fourth Tour de Yorkshire. When does the Tour […]
LIVERPOOL broke the Champions League goal scoring record with their two against Roma. Strikes from Sadio Mane and Georginio Wijnaldum not only confirmed the Reds’ place in the final despite the 4-2 defeat, but also saw them overtake Barcelona‘s landmark tally with goal No 46. The figure includes qualifying matches and is just another marker […]
A BRITISH man who opened his own safari park in South Africa and hand-reared a lion which would eventually maul him faces a long road to recovery. Mike Hodge, 72, from Wilmslow in Cheshire, moved from the UK with his wife Chrissy and her daughter Emma in 1999. Mike hand-reared the male lion named Shamba […]
BENIDORM fans tonight threatened “to riot” after the show was brought to a close after ten years. ITV aired the final episode of the hit comedy, and viewers were not impressed that this was their last ever Benidorm fix. The comedy series – which follows the lives of Brits abroad at an all-inclusive Spanish resort – […]
Liz is a typical 50-something woman, fit, 70 kg, 30% body fat. She goes to the gym every day, and runs for 35 minutes on the treadmill at 10km/h. But, as she tells me rather often, she can’t lose weight. So what’s going on here: is it Liz, or is it the universe conspiring against […]
A BRITISH tourist has died after being knocked off his motorbike by a suspected drunk driver in a horror smash in Brazil. Christopher Peck, 34, was just two weeks into the four month dream holiday when he was mowed down by the car, which had pulled out to overtake a truck near the Bolivian border. […]
EX-footballer Mark Dennis was yesterday cleared of chasing a woman and threatening to burn down her house. The former Southampton defender, 57, was said to have clenched his fists at her before allegedly making the threat if she went to police after a row in November. He had drunk six pints after watching a Saints […]
ITALY have failed for the first time to reach a World Cup finals – but there will be some Azzurri presence in Russia. Referee Gianluca Rocchi is amongst the 36 officials chosen by Fifa for the finals and will be a familiar face to Champions League and Europa League clubs. CLAIM YOUR FREE £30 BET […]
A SLEAZE probe into shamed Labour MP Keith Vaz who was accused of paying for rent boys has been reopened by Parliament’s new Standards Commissioner. The investigation was dropped 18 months ago due to Vaz’s ill health but it has now been referred back to the Met Police. Here’s everything we know about the allegations […]
YOUNGSTERS cannot read maps as they are too reliant on their phones for directions, a leading academic says. Sir Anthony Seldon said there was a risk that technology designed to make our lives easier was “infantilising” people. He told an artificial intelligence conference in London: “Too many young people cannot read maps — they just […]
THERESA MAY’s promise of a housing revolution was ridiculed last night amid claims a £1 billion ‘Starter Home’ scheme hasn’t built a single house. Labour’s Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey accused the Government of “betraying” of young Brits promised help to get on the housing ladder. The flagship Starter Homes fund was announced in a […]
TORY PARTY chiefs last night warned that Jeremy Corbyn was within “hundreds of votes” of taking control of key councils today in an eve of election rallying cry. Tory chair Brandon Lewis said turnout would be crucial in local elections that will prove a huge test of Theresa May’s standing. And he urged Brits to […]
