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Henshaw wins world gold 11 days after being in hospital
Britain’s Charlotte Henshaw won her 12th Para-canoe world title just 11 days after being hospitalised with cellulitis, a bacterial skin infection affecting her leg. The victory in Poznan, Poland, was particularly significant because illness prevented her from training on the water before the championships and she had doubted she would be able to compete. The…
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Norway’s new king Haakon VIII addresses nation for the first time after succeeding his late father – as tens of thousands of mourners continue to pay public tribute to King Harald V
King Haakon VIII has addressed Norway for the first time as monarch after the death of his father, King Harald V, at the age of 89, with tens of thousands of mourners continuing to lay flowers outside Oslo’s Royal Palace. Harald, Europe’s oldest reigning monarch and a cousin of King Charles III, died peacefully at…
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Mica Miller’s siblings allege pastor husband forced final hospitalization before her 2024 death
Mica Miller’s siblings allege that her estranged husband, South Carolina pastor John-Paul “JP” Miller, arranged her final involuntary admission to a mental-health facility before her death in April 2024. Their claims feature in Netflix’s *Death of the Pastor’s Wife* and form part of their allegation that Mica experienced coercive control during their marriage; authorities nevertheless…
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Middlesbrough mayor urges youth prevention after suspected gang violence
Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke has rejected claims that the town is “lawless” after a week of suspected gang-related violence, praising Cleveland Police’s response and arguing that prevention must accompany enforcement. The events have intensified concern about organised crime in the area, following the deaths of two police officers and five young people in a road…
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Hospitalised Goodwin to miss Dundee United’s Kilmarnock trip
Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin will miss Saturday’s Scottish Premiership match at Kilmarnock after being admitted to hospital with an ongoing medical matter. The club says he is in good spirits, but has asked for privacy and will not provide further medical details until an appropriate update. Assistant Lee Sharp led first-team training and handled…
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Rogue doctor struck off after he bashed wife, had a patient kill himself, botched Botox jabs, used his young son for fake prescriptions, gave drugs to chaperones and breached Covid laws 100s of times – but we can’t tell you who he is
A Victorian doctor, identified only as WLD under a tribunal suppression order, has been struck off and barred from applying for re-registration for six years after findings of extensive professional misconduct. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found that his conduct—including family violence, unsafe clinical practice, improper prescribing and breaches of COVID-19 restrictions—undermined public trust…
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Dutch institute issues ‘red alert’ over Trump-shaped ecstasy pills
A Dutch drug addiction and mental health institute has issued a red alert over ecstasy pills shaped like Donald Trump’s head after tests found they contained very high levels of PMMA, a potentially lethal substance. The warning matters because PMMA can take longer to have an effect than MDMA, increasing the risk that users take…
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‘In walked this big bundle of energy’: the day Dolly Parton came to Rotherham
Dolly Parton visited Rotherham in December 2007 to launch the UK version of her Imagination Library, a scheme providing free books to young children. The visit, remembered after her death, mattered because it brought a high-profile advocate for reading to a former industrial town and helped make books a familiar part of family life for…
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Drug debt firebomb attack left family-of-seven trapped in flames – thestar.co.uk
A firebomb attack linked to a drug debt trapped a family of seven inside their home, underlining the severe danger that debt-related intimidation can pose to relatives as well as the person who owes money. The incident has prompted concern over the use of arson as a means of coercion and the devastating consequences for…
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Hooters founders’ rise to inspire new feature film
Variety’s film-news round-up is led by plans for “Hooters: The Movie”, an independently produced feature based on the restaurant chain’s origins. The project follows two Iowa friends whose journey to Clearwater Beach, Florida, helps set in motion a national restaurant empire later threatened by federal action; it is being made with involvement from original Hooters…