Day: March 12, 2024
Woman forced to wait over a month to claim Lotto jackpot
March 12, 2024Jasper KingPublished Mar 12, 2024, 5:34pm|Updated Mar 12, 2024, 6:41pm A woman has been left waiting more than a month for her £800 Lotto win and was even turned away when she tried to collect her winnings at the Post Office. Amelia Barnham, 69, from Hammersmith, London, won the prize on a £1 HotPicks ticket. […]
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Woman accused of punching brother, 9, at school says she’s had death threats
March 12, 2024Tom SandersPublished Mar 12, 2024, 2:55pm|Updated Mar 12, 2024, 5:30pm A woman who was arrested after being falsely accused of punching her younger brother outside his school says she still receives death threats about the event. Rebecca Riley, 28, was led away from Ravensworth Primary in Bromley, south-east London in cuffs last June after teachers […]
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Wizz Air flight lands in London with an extra passenger on board
March 12, 2024Sarah HooperPublished Mar 12, 2024, 12:06pm|Updated Mar 12, 2024, 4:54pm Passengers onboard a Wizz Air flight from Jordan to London disembarked the aircraft with a brand new traveller: a newborn baby. Two hours into the flight from Amman to Luton Airport, a woman went into labour, prompting junior doctor Hassan Khan to leap into action. […]
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Rich people warned of Rolex rippers and told to watch their wrists
March 12, 2024Jen MillsPublished Mar 12, 2024, 9:31am|Updated Mar 12, 2024, 5:05pm For years, if (men, mainly) wanted to show off how rich they were, they would buy themselves the most expensive watch their wallet would stretch to. The whole point was for it to be conspicuous and tell people ‘look, I can afford this’. But now, […]
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London’s cheapest commuter towns now rail fares have increased
March 12, 2024Ella GloverPublished Mar 12, 2024, 6:00am|Updated Mar 12, 2024, 6:54am With rail fares going up by 4.9% this month, long gone are the days of cheap train tickets. In the four years since the pandemic, London has seen a mass exodus of people moving further out and choosing to commute into the city, a move […]
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World Party frontman and former The Waterboys member Karl Wallinger dies
March 12, 2024World Party frontman and former The Waterboys member Karl Wallinger has died aged 66. The Welsh-born musician formed World Party in 1986 and wrote the track She’s The One which featured on the band’s 1997 album Egyptology. She’s The One was covered by Robbie Williams in 1999 and reached number one on the UK singles […]
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Rogue conspiracy theories aside – Kate’s edited image raises genuine questions about trust and transparency
March 12, 2024It’s not a time that any of them want to be thinking of a damage limitation strategy – neither the Prince and Princess of Wales or the team around them. The priority has been allowing the princess the space to get better after she spent time in hospital for abdominal surgery in January. But this […]
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Fruit flies could help scientists stop the growth of brain tumours
March 12, 2024Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Scientists believe fruit flies could help them stop the growth of brain tumours. Experts at the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at the University of Plymouth have been able to identify […]
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Home Office food provision leaving some asylum seekers malnourished – report
March 12, 2024Food provided to asylum seekers by Home Office contractors is of such poor quality that some people are ending up malnourished in hospital, a report has found. The paper found that it was difficult or impossible to meet nutritional needs and some people ended up in hospital with nutrition-related conditions. Cases of malnutrition among children […]
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