GP surgery’s staff speak a record 15 languages to deal with four out of five appointments where patients have no English The Thistlemoor Medical Centre in Peterborough has hired multi-lingual staff  As many as 80 per cent of their patients do not speak English as first language  In recent years the clinic has taken on more GPs and nursing staff […]

In appearing to realise their dream of having a private birth at home, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have once again reminded the world that they are determined to carve their own royal path. The Duchess of Sussex has given birth to a boy.Credit:ninevms Although Buckingham Palace refused to confirm that the 7lb 3oz baby boy had been born […]

‘Credible threat’ is behind U.S. sending the Abraham Lincoln carrier battlegroup AND a bomber strike force to the Persian Gulf, says Pentagon chief The Pentagon cited ‘indications of a credible threat by Iranian regime forces’ National Security Advisor John Bolton said it sent a ‘clear and unmistakable message’ to Iran The Navy dispatched the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to the […]

HI-TECH facial recognition cameras used by police can lead to innocent ethnic minorities and women wrongly being arrested, MPs have warned. Forces around the country are using the sophisticated CCTV systems to scan faces in crowds and see if they match wanted criminals in mugshot databases. The devices have been used to look out for suspects and troublemakers at big […]

A Texas church pastor and his wife, both armed with guns, shot and killed an alleged burglar they caught breaking into their parsonage, police said. The pastor, identified by the United Methodist Church as the Rev. Jeff Powers, and his wife, who has not been identified, heard someone breaking into their west Houston home just before midnight on Saturday, and […]

The Russian plane that burst into flames during a dramatic emergency landing in Moscow — killing 41 people — was struck by lightning moments before the crash, the pilot and surviving passengers said. Fliers said that the lightning strike happened right at the start of the flight, the BBC reported. One passenger, Petr Egorov, said that the Aeroflot jet “had […]

‘He wanted me pregnant’: Haunting blog emerges about backpacker’s ‘open-minded and amazing trip’ before she was kidnapped and raped by an evil predator in terrifying outback ordeal It was meant to be the trip of a lifetime around Australia for young Elisha Greer But she was kidnapped and subjected to a horrific ordeal by Marcus Martin  Martin forced her to […]

Mother claims her daughter and a group of teen girls were ‘drugged’ and ‘unable to walk or talk’ after attending YouTube star Jake Paul’s massive Los Angeles mansion party The allegations came to light in the Facebook group ‘Moms of Conejo Valley’  Mom claimed her daughter and 8 other girls had to be hospitalized from party Said they were ‘incoherent’, ‘half […]

SUPERHERO movies could be good for your mental health, psychologists say. Not only does watching Spider-Man and Ant-Man help fight phobias of creepy crawlies but films like them show how important support networks are. Last month a study by Professor Menachem Ben-Ezra and Dr Yaakov Hoffman, of Israeli universities of Ariel and Bar-Ilan, found those scared of insects experienced up […]