More Britons have been killed by flu and pneumonia than coronavirus for seven weeks

More Britons have been killed by flu and pneumonia than coronavirus for seven weeks in a row, new data reveals Influenza caused more deaths in UK than Covid-19 between June 19 and July 31  Flu and pneumonia killed 6,626 Britons compared to 2,992 coronavirus deaths  Influenza killed almost five times as many people as Covid-19 … Read more

Woman, 91, arrested over Edinburgh car crash that killed boy, 3

Woman, 91, is arrested over car crash that killed three-year-old boy as he walked with his mother An elderly woman was arrested in connection with the crash that killed Xander Xander Irvine was walking with his mother on Morningside Road in Edinburgh A red Kia mounted the pavement, crashed into a shop front and into … Read more

Woman, 91, is arrested over car crash that killed three-year-old boy as he walked with his mother 

Woman, 91, is arrested over car crash that killed three-year-old boy as he walked with his mother An elderly woman was arrested in connection with the crash that killed Xander Xander Irvine was walking with his mother on Morningside Road in Edinburgh A red Kia mounted the pavement, crashed into a shop front and into … Read more

Lebanese Prime Minister ‘resigns over explosion that killed 160’

Lebanon’s prime minister and his cabinet are set to resign in the wake of the devastating Beirut explosion, reports in the country claim.   PM Hassan Diab will address the nation tonight and one of his own ministers told MTV News that the Hezbollah-backed leader is expected to quit.   The government is under mounting pressure to step … Read more

Australian killed in Beirut horror blast is revealed to be two-year old little boy

Two-year-old boy Isaac Oehlers has been identified as the Australian who was killed in the massive explosion which rocked Beirut on Tuesday.   The horror blast tore through large sections of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, killing at least 157 people and injuring nearly 5,000.  Little Isaac is thought to be one of the youngest victims … Read more

Lockdown ‘killed two people for every three that died of coronavirus’

Lockdown killed two people for every three that died of the coronavirus, shocking new government figures have revealed.  It is thought that as many as 16,000 people died because they didn’t get medical care between March 23 and May 1.  In the same period, 25,000 Britons died of the virus.  The new figures were presented … Read more

HGV driver who killed two while texting jailed for almost 9 years

James Majury, 33, (pictured) was today jailed for eight years and 10 months after killing two people in a multi-vehicle collision on the M58 in Lancashire in January 2019 while checking his Facebook An HGV driver who killed a boy, 14, and a teaching assistant, 50, after ploughing into a minibus while checking Facebook has … Read more

4 killed in Arizona and New Mexico drinking toxic hand sanitizer

Eleven people were hospitalized in Arizona and New Mexico, and four died, after drinking toxic hand sanitizer, a new report reveals. The cleaning products contained methanol, a type of alcohol that can be poisonous if it is absorbed through the skin or ingested.  Health officials say exposure to methanol-based hand sanitizer can cause side effects … Read more