The boy is reported to have initially collapsed by the side of a swimming pool at the holiday chain’s “Subtropical Swimming Paradise” in Longleat, Wiltshire. According to one eyewitness, the boy’s mother was heard “screaming” for her son to wake up whilst people were desperately trying to revive him. Emergency services were called to the…
A study shows that a daily pill containing four medicines can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third. The polypill contains blood-thinning aspirin, a cholesterol-lowering statin and two drugs to lower blood pressure. The researchers said the pill had a huge impact but cost just pennies a day. They suggest giving…
A Mexican judge has granted two people the right to recreational cocaine use; the first ruling of its kind. The court said it would allow both claimants to “possess, transport and use cocaine” but not sell it, according to Mexico United Against Crime. MUCD called the ruling a “historic step”. Despite this, the decision still…
The Prime Minister is ordering urgent action to make sure children and young people in Britain are vaccinated against measles. The UK has lost its measles free status, three years after the virus was cleared from the country. The disease can be stopped through two doses of the MMR vaccine, but immunisation rates have been…
Over $240 million in proceeds from the alleged crypto scheme PlusToken have reportedly moved through four Bitcoin (BTC) transactions. Whale Alert, a Twitter account, that is definitely worth a follow, dedicated to reporting large cryptocurrency transactions, posted on the 17th of August that four transactions adding up to 22,923 BTC were likely the transactions of…
Ten people have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a police officer killed while attending a reported burglary. Police said PC Harper was “killed while performing his duties”, but haven’t confirmed any further details. PC Andrew Harper of Thames Valley Police died at about 23:30 BST on Thursday in Berkshire. The force said the 10…