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Jeremy Clarkson and David Cameron are credited with sparking huge rise in prostate cancer checks
Jeremy Clarkson and Lord David Cameron have been credited with driving a huge increase in men checking their risk of prostate cancer after both revealed their own diagnoses. Prostate Cancer UK reported an 11-fold rise in visits to its online risk checker following the disclosures, a surge the charity says has directly saved lives by…
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Deadly bacteria detected as NYC orders emergency cleaning of cooling towers
New York City health officials have ordered emergency cleaning and disinfection of ten rooftop cooling towers in the South Bronx, including one at Yankee Stadium, after tests detected traces of Legionella bacteria linked to a growing Legionnaires’ disease cluster. The outbreak has sickened nine people and killed one, prompting concern given the neighbourhood’s history of…
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Will Poulter to Be Honored at Heartland Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
Actor Will Poulter is to be honoured at the 35th Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis, where he will attend a special screening of his drama “Union County” on 17 October before being recognised at the festival’s awards brunch. The film, released by Oscilloscope Laboratories, stars Poulter alongside Noah Centineo as brothers navigating a court-mandated drug…
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British Columbia ends drug decriminalisation after study finds no overdose reduction
A pilot scheme in British Columbia that decriminalised small amounts of hard drugs, including fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and crack cocaine, has failed to reduce overdose deaths, according to a new study, and has since been scrapped. Launched in January 2023, the programme allowed people carrying under 2.5 grams of drugs to be directed towards support…
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Weight-loss drugs driving decline in Scottish pub trade
Pub landlords across Scotland say the growing use of weight-loss injections such as Ozempic and Wegovy is contributing to falling trade, as customers eat and drink less when they do go out. The Scottish Licensed Trade Association (SLTA) says the drugs, alongside persistent cost-of-living pressures, are reshaping customer behaviour and adding to the difficulties facing…
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TransUnion overhauls credit scores as Whyalla steelworks cuts 500 jobs
UK credit scoring shifts to a 999-point scale, Australia’s Whyalla steelworks axes hundreds of roles, and Altman warns AI could go badly wrong; plus Wizz Air’s mistaken-identity mix-up, NFL scoring records and Rangers’ Celtic rout.
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Husband sobs as he admits 60 charges of drugging and raping wife over 20-year period
A 64-year-old man broke down in tears as he pleaded guilty to 60 charges of drugging and raping his wife over a 20-year period, in a case heard at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court. The offences, which took place at the couple’s family home in Stockport, Greater Manchester, included rape, assault by penetration, sexual assault,…
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More than 200 Brit ‘drug mules’ are detained overseas in Thailand-linked smuggling cases, Foreign Office reveals as tourists are warned they face death penalty in some countries
More than 200 British nationals are currently detained overseas in cannabis smuggling cases linked to Thailand, according to new Foreign Office data. Recruits, often young people targeted via social media, are lured with promises of free holidays, easy money and “low risk” opportunities, sometimes being told their luggage contains clothes, gold or cash when it…
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Woman was told she had a terminal brain tumour and underwent 11 years of torturous chemotherapy – only to find out she never had cancer in the first place
Becky Jones was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour aged 21 and spent 11 years enduring chemotherapy, only to learn she never had cancer at all. Independent experts later concluded she had actually been suffering from tumefactive demyelination, a treatable inflammatory brain condition, meaning she endured over a decade of unnecessary toxic treatment, lasting side…
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Moment fake solicitor laughs as she gives drugs to inmate after smuggling them into prison
Leony Wilks, 26, posed as a solicitor from a Luton-based law firm to smuggle MDMA and cannabis into HMP Feltham for inmate Quentin Oyet-Ayella, 28, during two fake legal visits in March 2025. CCTV captured her laughing as she passed him drugs on both occasions, prompting suspicion from prison officers after cannabis was smelt in…