The victim, who was widowed in 2017 after 64 years of marriage, was previously described by her family a "wonderful, beautiful woman" who remained self-sufficient despite her advancing years. … [Read more...] about Burglar admits killing 89-year-old widow in her home but denies rape
23 year old woman dies in car accident
Patients condemned to die – by NHS ban on leukaemia lifeline: Funding denied for second stem cell treatment if first fails
‘Without a second transplant, the small percentage of patients considered suitable for one will die of their underlying disease,’ said Professor David Marks, former president of the British Society of Bone Marrow Transplantation and one of 18,000 signatories, including dozens of specialists in blood disease, to a letter handed last week to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. … [Read more...] about Patients condemned to die – by NHS ban on leukaemia lifeline: Funding denied for second stem cell treatment if first fails
Saved By The Bell moves ahead with a cast of both old and new players… but missing Tiffani Thiessen (who played the popular Kelly Kapowski)
The reboot for Saved By The Bell, the teen sitcom that aired from 1989 to 1992 and spawned a few spin-off series and TV movies, is set to again see the light of day with OG cast alums Mario Lopez, Elizabeth Berkley and Mark-Paul Gosselaar reprising their roles of A.C. Slater, Jesse Spano and Zack Morris, respectively, along with a new cast of younger students led by Champions' Josie Totah, according to The Hollywood Reporter. … [Read more...] about Saved By The Bell moves ahead with a cast of both old and new players… but missing Tiffani Thiessen (who played the popular Kelly Kapowski)
Gluten-free bread, pasta and BISCUITS on the NHS: £25m of food for special diets was handed out in prescriptions last year
'Simple switching to alternative carbs such as rice and potatoes risks malnutrition with bread alone providing between 10 and 20 per cent of our most important nutrients such as protein, calcium and iron but potatoes and rice only providing a fraction of this.' … [Read more...] about Gluten-free bread, pasta and BISCUITS on the NHS: £25m of food for special diets was handed out in prescriptions last year
The Observer’s books of the year
Charlotte Higgins produced another remarkable British travelogue, Under Another Sky (Cape), about Roman Britain that was at once thoughtful, learned, witty and superbly written. My favourite book this year was, however, the final, unfinished and posthumous volume of Patrick Leigh Fermor's walking trilogy, The Broken Road (John Murray). While the book is certainly uneven, and contains some jottings that are little more than raw data, overall it is every bit as masterly as Between the Woods and the Water (John Murray), while some passages – such as his marvellous account of a love affair in the old Bulgarian city of Plovdiv – are the match for some of the great passages of A Time of Gifts (John Murray). All the old enthusiasms are there: the love of language and languages, the long historical and literary digressions, the perfect recollection of a lost, Ruritanian prewar and mostly pre-industrial world. Here, too, is the same exquisite prose. A real treat, especially for … [Read more...] about The Observer’s books of the year
