Eight-month-old baby girl died in her cot after cord from a balloon got caught around her neck 

Eight-month-old baby girl died in her cot after cord from a balloon tied up within her reach got caught around her neck Baby Malaysia Kaylia Lamour died after a balloon cord wrapped around her neck  Bolton Coroner’s Court recorded the eight-month-old’s death as accidental  Coroner Dr Alan Walsh said he hoped tragedy leads others to be … Read more

Husband who strangled his wife with dressing gown cord five days into first lockdown is jailed

Anthony Williams, 70, told police he ‘literally choked the living daylights’ out of his wife Ruth, 67, at their home in Cwmbran, south Wales, on the morning of March 28 last year, after he ‘snapped’ following a period of feeling depressed and anxious A pensioner who strangled his wife days into the first UK lockdown … Read more

Husband who strangled his wife with a dressing gown cord is cleared of murder

A husband has been cleared of murdering his wife five days into the first lockdown after a jury heard how the pandemic caused him to ‘snap’.  Retired factory worker Anthony Williams, 70, strangled his wife Ruth, 67, with a dressing gown cord at their home in Cwmbran, South Wales, on March 28, 2020.  Swansea Crown … Read more

Apple patent reveals charging cable cord with ‘uniform thickness’

Apple is working on a charging cord for its iPhones that will make frayed cables a thing of the past, a new patent suggests.   The patent, filed to the US Patent and Trademark Office and dated Thursday, suggests the new cable will have a uniform thickness but different levels of stiffness. Either ends of the cable … Read more

Two-year-old boy accidentally hanged himself by getting entangled in cord from window blind

A two-year-old boy died after accidentally hanging himself from a cord for a window blind, an inquest has heard.  Cobie Grimshaw, who was described as a normal ‘boisterous boy’, became entangled on the beaded cord while playing on the sofa at home in Looe, Cornwall. His mother Lauren, 26, had stepped out of the room … Read more

Dr Fauci ‘sounds different’ after vocal cord polyp removal, Twitter users say

Dr Fauci is back in action, with a new, smoother voice after surgery to remove a polyp from his vocal cord – and Americans are taking note of his new sound.  Many took to Twitter to express their shock that ‘Dr Fauci’s voice is so different now!’ with some even saying it was nearly unrecognizable.  … Read more

Drug that ‘repairs damage to the brain and spinal cord’ has been created by British scientists

A drug created by British scientists could repair damage to the brain and spinal cord by improving messaging between cells.    Scientists led by Cambridge University created a synthetic version of a protein known as Cerebellin-1 that links brain messaging neurons together. The compound, called CPTX, acts like a ‘bridge’ where connections have been lost due … Read more