Day: December 2, 2020
Former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing dies aged 94
December 2, 2020V aléry Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981, has died at the age of 94. Mr Giscard d’Estaing had recently been taken to hospital in Tours, in central France. his office and the French presidency announced his death but provided no further details. Born in 1926, Mr Giscard d’Estaing served in […]
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Widowed otters find ‘fairytale love story’ during lockdown
December 2, 2020A pair of otters have found a “fairytale love story” under lockdown after losing their former partners. Pumpkin was lonely after her partner Eric passed away and the sanctuary decided to reach out to other otter sanctuaries to find her a partner. Harris, who lost his partner four years ago, was moved from the Cornish […]
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Emotional support animals banned from US airlines after system ‘abused with unusual pets’
December 2, 2020E motional support animals have been banned from US airlines after customers started to bring unusual pets on board, authorities have said. Airlines argued that passengers abused the system by bringing a menagerie of animals on board under the guise of “emotional support” including cats, turtles, pot-bellied pigs and, in one case, a peacock. The […]
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Digitally-aged David Beckham appears in malaria campaign video
December 2, 2020D avid Beckham has appeared as an older version of himself in a campaign video calling for action to help prevent deaths from malaria. The technologically-altered footage of the former footballer, which is meant to show him in his 70s, sees him delivering a speech hailing the defeat of our “oldest and deadliest enemy”. The […]
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Some students not expected back at university until February next term under coronavirus guidance
December 2, 2020S tudents will have staggered starting dates in their return to universities after the festive period, with some not expected back until as late as February 7. Medical students and those on placements or practical courses with a need for in-person teaching in England should return to university between January 4 and January 18. Other […]
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Family reunited after COVID patient has emergency C-section and is put into a coma
December 2, 2020A man from Manchester has told Sky News about how he couldn’t see his partner for five weeks after she was given an emergency caesarean and put in an induced coma while suffering from coronavirus. Craig Thomas, 30, tested positive for COVID-19 in early October and it was not long before Lura Savage was also […]
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Bonmarche re-enters administration just months after rescue
December 2, 2020Fashion retailer Bonmarche has tumbled into administration again, little over a year since its last collapse and just months after it was bought up. The failure represents the third major high street brand to throw in the towel in as many days – with Debenhams being wound down and Sir Philip Green’s Topshop empire calling […]
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Waking the dead in a Dickensian workhouse
December 2, 2020I n 1856, after an outbreak of cholera had decimated his general practice, 36-year-old Joseph Rogers took a job as the medical officer at the Strand Union workhouse on Cleveland Street in Camden. He had been practicing medicine for 14 years but had never once stepped foot in a workhouse. “Could I have foreseen what […]
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