Ronilza Johnson 46, from Britain, has died in hospital after a Brazilian botched bum lift operation which costt her £1, 194 believed to have been injected with polymethyl methacrylate – known as PMMA, the plastic compound resin which is also used to make shatterproof windows. It can cause blood clots or infections if accidentally injected…
The fee to apply for a gender recognition certificate has been cut from £140 to £5, according to Liz Truss Equalities Minister who said she was making the process fairer, simpler, and more affordable as part of the efforts to ensure transgender people are free to live and prosper in modern Britain. Elizabeth Mary Truss, known…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…