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Pill Carnival Committee organising Christmas event For the first time this year, the Pill Carnival Committee is organising a Christmas event. The event will feature a street parade, food stalls and presents gifted to children from Santa who will make an appearance. There will be a parade from Commercial Road to Mendalgief Road in Pill on Sunday December, 8. At the Pill Harrier’s Sports Club’s field there will be food stalls selling festive food and drink from local suppliers as well as arts and crafts. This is will be from 2pm to 7pm on Sunday. There will also be fairground rides…

Elderly patient dies after 52-hour A&E wait without medication Report highlights ‘shocking’ example of man left unable to swallow after waiting over two days mostly on a bed in a corridor without regular medication An elderly man was left unable to swallow after waiting over two days in A&E without being given regular medication, and died four weeks later.In a “shocking” case that has raised fresh concerns over the state of urgent NHS care, the 85-year-old was sent to a hospital emergency department after a routine appointment. Amid massive delays, his A&E wait went into a third day, with most…

Boris Johnson cuts short Australian book tour to return to UK citing ‘unforeseen circumstances’ Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has cancelled a Melbourne event on his Australian book tour due to unforeseen circumstances, his publicist said. The cancellation means he will return to the UK earlier than scheduled. The Melbourne event, part of the promotion for his memoir Unleashed, was set to follow a Sydney programme on Friday. “Due to unforeseen circumstances, Mr Johnson has to travel back to the UK a day earlier than planned, therefore, regrettably, the Melbourne event has had to be cancelled,” Australian publicist Max…

John Torode breaks silence on Gregg Wallace hours after BBC axes Masterchef Christmas special MasterChef co-host John Torode has said allegations surrounding Gregg Wallace are ‘truly upsetting’ as he addressed the reports of on-set misconduct for the first time. The Australian TV host, who has presented the show alongside Wallace since 2005, said he “loves being part of” the programme and “will continue to be a part of it” after his long-time co-host stepped back amid an investigation into his behaviour. Torode, who was best man at Wallace’s wedding in 2016, said in a statement on Instagram he found the…

FOR many decades, South Korea has had a stable democracy and its society has thrived. It is ranked as the 14th largest economy in the world, based on nominal GDP, with a figure of 1.7 trillion US dollars All of that positivism was turned on its head this week when President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law” – effectively suspending all kinds of political activity and banning any forms of strikes or protests. His sudden directive also ordered the nation’s media to adhere to military control. Mr Yoon’s justification for such draconian measures – not seen since military…

  Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest US health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk, then disappeared into Central Park. UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, 50, died in a dawn ambush on Wednesday as he walked to the company’s annual investor conference at a Hilton in Midtown, blocks from tourist draws like Radio City Music Hall and the Museum of Modern Art. The killing, and the gunman’s movements in the minutes before and afterwards, were captured on some of the multitudes of…

video On April 15, 2019, the roof and spire of the famous Paris monument went up in smoke. It was a disaster, but one that could have been far worse. Using exclusive 3D modeling to reconstruct the fire, Le Monde identified the crucial decision that saved the monument. Notre-Dame could have collapsed in April 2019. Here’s how firefighters saved the cathedral from total destruction

An unexpected consequence of Donald Trump’s election as US president was the return to public debate of an old American public health measure: Water fluoridation. Robert F. Kennedy Jr, set to become the health secretary, is not only a notorious anti-vaxer but also a fierce opponent of adding fluoride to drinking water. He claimed that the practice is “associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.” While some of these claims are unsupported by scientific evidence – notably the link between fluoride exposure and cancer – a growing number of scientific studies and official…

At the beginning of November, the National Police arrested three local police officers from Santa Susanna (Barcelona) and the PP councilor of the municipality, Inmaculada Casilla, suspected of being part of a network dedicated to the regularization of foreigners. The police accuse the four involved of simulating contracts for a criminal organization that allegedly fraudulently processed residence permits for forty people, according to sources in the case. Those investigated allegedly pretended to employ various people as domestic workers in exchange for money so that the group could legalize their situation in Spain. The detention of the four accused was voided…

French authorities rescue 85 migrants trying to cross Channel Authorities say ‘numerous’ boats set out to sea and that one called for help after hitting a sandbank off the Pas-de-Calais regionThe French navy rescued 85 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England on Wednesday, maritime authorities said, the latest in a deadly series of dangerous crossings.One of “numerous” migrant boats that set out to sea called for help after hitting a sandbank off the Pas-de-Calais region, France’s Channel and North Sea maritime prefecture said in a statement. Continue reading… French authorities rescue 85 migrants trying to cross…