Jeremy Hunt has been awarded a Humanitarian Award for patient safety despite overseeing the biggest crisis in the history of the National Health Service. The Health Secretary was awarded the accolade for his global leadership on patient safety at the World Patient Safety Summit this weekend. According to Nursing Notes, previous...
A homeless man has been found dead behind the shutters of an empty shop in Chelmsford following a night of sub-zero temperatures. Police and paramedics were called to the scene around midday today after one of the coldest nights of the year. Temperatures in Chelmsford dipped to a low of -1.7...
An 84-year-old Brit has been hailed as the world's oldest BOBSLEIGHER and is still sliding - on his own personal track. Grandfather-of three Bruce Ropner was crowned the 1962 British two-man bobsleigh champion just three years after jumping in a toboggan for the first time. The octogenarian has the only...
Suspicions that the "Leeds salute" badge was nothing more than an elaborate marketing ploy have been raised by fans who say the re-design was simply a move to drive shirt sales. Leeds have announced they will be releasing a new badge after fans reacted with dismay to a design which...
A Facebook glitch yesterday sent hordes of traffic away from the profiles of brands and celebrities to the personal accounts of some of the earliest adopters of Facebook. Businesses and celebs that have names starting with a number saw their traffic redirected to corresponding accounts that were set up under...
A sharp rise in the number of bets placed on George Clooney becoming the 46th President of the United States of America has been reported by bookmakers. The Hollywood A-lister is now just 20/1 (from 50/1) to win the Democrat nomination for the 2020 election, with the leading online bookmaker accepting...
Stephen Fry has announced that he has prostate cancer in a video posted on his site. The celebrated comedian, actor, writer and presenter posted a video entitled "something rather mischievous" online, explaining that doctors discovered the tumour during a routine check-up. Fry, who appears upbeat in the video, said he had...
The Smoking Goat in Shoreditch has been crowned champion at the eighth Scotch Egg Challenge at The Canonbury in Islington. In a fiercely contested competition between 23 chefs, Robert Juer and Meedu Saad came out on top for their Thai spiced fermented crab with Tamworth pork egg. The illustrious panel...
Kylie Jenner inadvertently wiped a billion pounds off Snapchat's stock market value yesterday after she tweeted that she doesn't use the app anymore. The reality TV star is followed by 24.5 million people on Twitter, and added to the unease around Snapchat's re-design when she tweeted: "sooo does anyone else...