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Manslaughter charge for US mum after unborn baby shot
27Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Manslaughter charge for US mum after unborn baby shot

    An Alabama woman has been charged with manslaughter in connection to a shooting where her unborn child was killed. The indictment for 27-year-old Marshae Jones was handed down Wednesday by a grand jury following the December 2018 shooting outside of a Dollar General in Pleasant Grove, Alabama. According to AL.com, Jones was taken into custody in Jefferson County on Wednesday and is being held on a $50,000 bond. The altercation between Jones and the alleged shooter, 23-year-old Ebony Jemison, was reportedly related to the father of Jones' unborn child, the Washington Post said. At the time, Jones was five months pregnant. The argument between the two women led Jemison to shoot Jones in the stomach, and though officers were called to scene and expecting to discover ...
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Boris would not rule out suspension
27Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Boris would not rule out suspension

    Boris Johnson has given his strongest signal yet that he could suspend parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit against the will of MPs. The Tory leadership front runner insisted that he was not attracted to the idea of ‘proroguing’ parliament, and that he believed the “common sense” of MPs would bring about a deal all sides could agree upon by the October 31 deadline. But asked to categorically rule out proroguing parliament, he said: “I’m not attracted to the idea of a no-deal exit from the EU but, you know, I think it would be absolutely folly to rule it out. I think it’s an essential tool of our negotiation. I don’t envisage the circumstances in which it will be necessary to prorogue parliament, nor am I attracted to that expedient. When asked if it’s stil...
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Japan in rare plea to UK over Brexit
27Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Japan in rare plea to UK over Brexit

    Japan’s foreign minister has pleaded with Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt not to lead the UK out of the EU without a deal when one of them becomes prime minister. In an unusually blunt warning, Tarō Kōno suggested Japanese companies operating in the UK would relocate to other countries in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit. There are over 1,000 Japanese companies operating in the United Kingdom, so we are very concerned with this no-deal Brexit, Kōno told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday. Both Johnson and Hunt have said they would be prepared to take the UK out of the EU without an agreement if they become prime minister. Kōno said he had asked both of them to avoid a no-deal Brexit. Whenever we had a meeting that was one of the major issue[s], please ...
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Germany vows to fight to the last hour to avoid no-deal Brexit
25Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

Germany vows to fight to the last hour to avoid no-deal Brexit

    Germany will fight to the last hour to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal and is willing to hear any fresh ideas for the Irish border backstop, the country’s ambassador to the UK has said. Speaking at a car manufacturers’ summit in London, Peter Wittig said Germany cherished its relationship with the UK and was ready to talk about solutions the new prime minister might have for the Irish border problem. My country is ready to talk and the chancellor [Angela Merkel] once said she would be willing to talk to the last hour not to have a no-deal scenario, he said. “It’s a mindset. We are not giving up in achieving an orderly Brexit. Germany has been a very pragmatic voice in this whole tortuous Brexit process and we will continue to be that. Even if ...
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Johnson rules out Brexit delay
25Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Johnson rules out Brexit delay

    Boris Johnson has categorically ruled out extending Article 50 and delaying Brexit should he become prime minister. In an interview with TalkRadio on Tuesday morning, the frontrunner in the Conservative Party leadership contest said he would take the UK out of the EU on October 31 “come what may” and “do or die”. Johnson had appeared to avoid a firm commitment to that date in recent comments including during the first hustings with Tory members on Sunday. Jeremy Hunt has said while he would be willing to take the UK out of the EU without an agreement on October 31 - it would be a mistake to do so if a deal was close to being reached. Johnson said today he would use “positive energy” to deliver a Brexit deal. Asked if he could “categorically rule out an extension” ...
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Common medications may increase risk of dementia
25Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, Life Style

Common medications may increase risk of dementia

    Certain commonly-prescribed medications have been linked with an increased risk of dementia among older adults, new research has found. A study, published on Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, discovered a strong association between a high risk of dementia and a type of medication known as "anticholinergic" drugs, CNN reported. This describes any drug that blocks the chemical acetylcholine from its function in the nervous system  and anticholinergic drugs can be used to treat a variety of conditions, from dizziness and insomnia to epilepsy and mental disorders. In particular, the study found that certain types of anticholinergics including antidepressants, antipsychotics, and antiepileptics were associated with a particularly high risk of de...
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Relative of NHS founder died after mistake by two NHS trusts
24Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Relative of NHS founder died after mistake by two NHS trusts

    A relative of the man who founded the NHS died after a "life-threatening mistake" made by two NHS trusts, an inquest has heard. Roderick Bevan, the great-nephew of Nye Bevan, died last year after doctors at two hospitals failed to notify him about a lung tumour, the family's solicitor said. The tumour was identified during a PET scan at Boston Pilgrim Hospital in October 2016. Despite further appointments at that hospital, as well as the University Hospitals of Leicester Trust, Mr Bevan was not told he had lung cancer until January 2018. By that time, the 66-year-old's condition had deteriorated such that he was no longer a candidate for active treatment, according to the narrative verdict recorded at his inquest. The verdict added that Mr Bevan could have been t...
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Debate cancelled after Boris refusal
24Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Debate cancelled after Boris refusal

    The televised Tory leadership debate has been cancelled because Boris Johnson refuses to take part, Sky News has announced. In a development that could represent a fresh blow to the frontrunner’s hopes of becoming prime minister, the broadcaster said he had so far declined the invitation to go head to head with rival Jeremy Hunt who has accused his opponent of bottling it. A spokesman said: Sky News has been planning to hold a debate tomorrow between the two remaining candidates in the Conservative leadership election. Jeremy Hunt has agreed to take part but Boris Johnson has so far declined the invitation. We stand ready to host a debate tomorrow evening if both candidates make themselves available. Without both candidates, tomorrow's debate will not take place. B...
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Johnson poll leads vanish after row
23Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Johnson poll leads vanish after row

    Boris Johnson’s poll ratings have suffered a major slump following the loud altercation with his girlfriend, as voters say his private life does matter in the race for No 10. The favourite’s lead among Conservative voters has more than halved since the incident on Thursday night and rival Jeremy Hunt has snatched the lead among the wider public. More than half of voters said Mr Johnson's private life was relevant to his ability to be prime minister and three-quarters said a candidate's character was relevant to the contest. It is unusual to see a politician's private life having this level of salience among voters, said Damian Lyons Lowe, chief executive of pollsters Survation. Mr Johnson has refused to give an explanation for the banging and screaming heard at th...
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NHS hospitals using temporary escalation beds all year round
22Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

NHS hospitals using temporary escalation beds all year round

    Hospitals are having to treat patients on makeshift wards in places such as corridors because they are so relentlessly busy, research shows. They are using temporary wards created to ease winter pressures throughout the year to cope with the rising demand for care, and patients are having their surgery cancelled at the last minute because hospital managers have commandeered their bed for an emergency admittance. Hospitals have begun routinely deploying thousands of escalation beds, which are meant to help ease a temporary spike in demand, because they so often run out of normal beds, official NHS figures show. On 3 March, NHS hospitals in England were using 3,428 escalation beds for patients, even though winter pressures had eased by then, according to data obtaine...
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