May 2021 – Page 5 – The Saturn Herald

Kind hearted Hero

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole (20) was going home after work, died trying to save a woman from the Thames has been nominated for a bravery award that has been given previously to Alexander I of Russia and Bran Stoker. Olubunmi-Adewole popularly known as Jimi was on his way from work at a restaurant on April 23, when…

Singh Purewal twins make Wembley Cup final

British Asian twins Amar and Arjun Singh Purewal set to play against one another at Wembley Stadium in FA Vase Final, Amar set to lead the line for Hebburn Town with Arjun set to captain Consett AFC, watched by the twin’s mum Kelly. The Sikh Punjabi from Sunderland have played alongside one another for much…

NHS England written to Instagram for promoting unlicensed Apetamin

NHS England had urged Instagram to clamp down on accounts selling Apetamin, an unlicensed “ dangerous” drug especially targeted at younger women and girls. Doctors say misuse of the appetite stimulant can cause severe fatigue, jaundice and even liver failure. Social media influencers promoted Apetamin as a quick way to gain weight and develop an…

Brazilian healthcare workers attempting to deliver coronavirus vaccine to Amazon

Brazil accelerates vaccine programme

Brazil is trying to speed up its slow vaccination programme after it recorded over 400, 000 deaths the world’s second highest toll of the coronavirus pandemic. The government of Jair Bolsonaro is accused by critics of failing to buy and roll out vaccine doses early enough. Brazil’s health care works are beginning to deliver vaccines…

Mamata Banerjee wins West Bengal Assembly elections

West Bengal home to 90 million people and the city of Kolkata Trinamool Congress Party ( TMC) returned to power with 200 seats out of 294 as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party failed to win a key state in the assembly elections held amid record Covid-19 deaths and cases. Despite the defeat, West Bengal…

Manchester United fans' protest at Old Trafford

Manchester United fans’ protests at Old Trafford

Manchester United fans’ protest at an entrance to Old Trafford round the back of the Stretford End and those who made it onto the pitch, coming down the hill in wave after wave, which trigged the match between Manchester United and Liverpool to be postponed. Supporters of the other five big six clubs, Manchester United’s…

Scent of iconic perfumers

The turmoil of the Russian Revolution brought the formula for a fragrance, which had been created for the 300th anniversary of the Romanovs, to France. German academic specialising in Russian history, Karl Schlögel writes “In the beginning was a scent – a somewhat sweet, heavy aroma” that once filled the air on festive occasions in…

OxyContin the wonder drug which found eager audiences

Three generations of the Sackler dynasty and their roles in the stories of the opioid Valium, and Opioid OxyContin, revealing misery, greed and pliant regulators and the abuse of philanthropy. Patrick Radden Keefe, a New Yorker writer and prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing, reveals the inside story. In 1980s, a small UK drugs company…