By Angella Johnson PUBLISHED: 16:04 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:04 EST, 31 March 2012 It may be almost four months away, but Thusha Kamaleswaran is already eagerly anticipating her seventh birthday on July 20. Her excitement is heightened by the tragically unrealistic expectation that she will be able to enjoy the only present […]
Archive for March, 2012
How can we tell Thusha that the doctors all say she will probably never dance or walk again?
Bubbly tax: After furore over VAT on hot pasties, Osborne puts a ‘green’ levy on champagne drinkers
‘Thermal Reduction Initiative (Champagne) would add 9% duty to all chilled champagne sold in public places Chancellor to present it as an environmental measure By Pru Cremier PUBLISHED: 16:10 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:10 EST, 31 March 2012 The Government is planning to mitigate the damage caused by adding VAT to pasties by […]
Cyber-sleuth Noel traces ‘he needs to die’ Facebook troll and offers to pay for his studies
By Lara Gould PUBLISHED: 16:57 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:57 EST, 31 March 2012 Noel Edmonds has told how he tracked down and confronted a man who waged a vicious Facebook hate campaign against him – urging other internet users to kill the star. The Deal Or No Deal presenter took action after […]
SPECIAL REPORT: Are the police really fit for purpose?
By David Rose PUBLISHED: 16:08 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 16:57 EST, 31 March 2012 Critical delays: The IPCC has not interviewed any officer over the death of Mark Duggan At nine minutes past seven on the evening of March 3, Anthony Grainger was sitting in a car park in the Cheshire village of […]
Stephanie O’Keeffe: The radio girl with a perfect face for television
By Chris Hastings PUBLISHED: 16:03 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 17:19 EST, 31 March 2012 Glamorous: But Stephanie only lasted two broadcasts at Radio 5Live She is the young, glamorous freelance presenter who seemed to be a star in the making for the BBC. Stephanie O’Keeffe, 24, was so keen to impress her bosses […]
Terg, fape, ulf? Pupils made to read fake words in initiative to test six-year-olds’ literacy levels
Officials ensuring none of them are offensive in mother tongues of pupils whose first language is not English By Mail On Sunday Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:51 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 17:51 EST, 31 March 2012 Fape? Six-year-olds are being asked to read the words to test their literacy levels in tests carried out this […]
Police probe five deaths at care home: Funerals are halted for bodies to be examined
By Fiona Mcwhirter And Adam Shergold PUBLISHED: 16:44 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 18:02 EST, 31 March 2012 Police have launched an investigation after five elderly residents died in 24 hours at a care home. The funerals of three of them were halted after officers ordered that all of the bodies should be taken […]
Union demands 27 per cent hike in driver pay
By Christopher Leake PUBLISHED: 17:27 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 18:09 EST, 31 March 2012 Myth: Unite’s general secretary Len McCluskey has claimed the dispute is over health and safety The salary of fuel-tanker drivers will soar 27 per cent to £54,000 if employers give in to the militant Unite union. On the eve […]
The woman with THREE identities who could hold key to death of the body-in-the-bag spy
American Missa Elizabeth Guthrie claims to be an international businesswoman linked to a wealthy American family By Robert Verkaik, George Arbuthnott and Sharon Churcher PUBLISHED: 17:24 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 18:13 EST, 31 March 2012 The Mail on Sunday can today identify a mysterious new witness who could hold the key to the […]
Plenty of space for a jerry can, Mr Maude? Minister who sparked fuel panic puts £1.5m mansion on market
By Jo Macfarlane PUBLISHED: 17:05 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 18:10 EST, 31 March 2012 Downsizing: Francis Maude and wife Christina have put their sprawling home on the market With its elegantly landscaped gardens, butler’s pantry and tennis court, there is certainly plenty of space on this 12-acre estate to store a spare jerry […]
7,000 drivers’ names sold to criminals: How DVLA made £21m selling details of 4.85m motorists
The number of personal records sold has tripled since 2006 Sensitive data on 85,0000 drivers went missing after parking firm went bust Another company sold on details for profit By George Arbuthnott, Andy Whelan and Martin Delgado PUBLISHED: 16:37 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 17:06 EST, 31 March 2012 The Driver and Vehicle Licensing […]
Huawei to buy Sydney Tower, Harbour Bridge
Following the Federal Government’s decision to ban Huawei from tendering for National Broadband Network contracts, it looks as if the Chinese giant may have decided to retaliate by attempting to snap up two of Sydney’s most iconic landmarks. In a leaked memo, ASIO agents have purportedly uncovered a plot by the hardware maker to purchase […]
How Wall Street Manipulates & Manufactures Atrocities
Case Study: Thai Police Politically Exploit Death of Italian Journalist by Tony Cartalucci March 31, 2012 – An attempted color revolution backed by Wall Street unfolded in Bangkok, Thailand in 2010, leaving 91 dead. Since then, Wall Street as well as its proxies inside of Thailand have attempted to blame all 91 deaths on […]
Man shot in Sydney’s west
A man has been shot during an argument in Sydney’s west, police say. Police said two men were in a white Toyota Camry in Auburn around 1am (AEDT) on Sunday when they became involved in a fight with one, or possibly two, men. Shots were fired at the Toyota with one of the bullets hitting […]
Man stabbed in neck in Sydney
A woman has been arrested after a man was stabbed in the neck during what is believed to have been a domestic-related incident in inner-Sydney. Police were called to a Glebe home on Saturday night following reports of a 49-year-old man being stabbed. He has been taken to hospital, but his condition isn’t considered life-threatening. […]
Clive Palmer plans another casino for Qld
Queensland’s richest man Clive Palmer wants to build a casino on the Sunshine Coast. The mining magnate, who last month removed Hyatt as manager of the Regency Coolum resort which he bought last August, registered the name as the Coolum Resort and Spa a day before the March 24 state election. In renaming the resort, […]
Unraveling the myth of ‘bad’ cholesterol
Tweet Pin It (NaturalNews) Scratch what you think you know about the supposed ill effects of cholesterol. Turns out, it’s not the villain it’s been made out to be, says one notable expert. Writing for the online medical journal PreventDisease.com, Dr. Ron Rosedale, M.D., a noted international authority on nutrition and metabolic medicine, says that […]
Foodborne disease outbreaks linked to imported foods on the rise
Tweet Pin It (NaturalNews) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says foodborne illness outbreaks are on the rise among imported foods, with nearly half of these outbreaks originating in foods sourced from Asian countries. According to a CDC report recently presented at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta, Ga., […]
Study finds LSD has beneficial effects for treating alcohol dependency
Tweet Pin It (NaturalNews) It might seem like trading one destructive dependency for another, but once upon a time, 40 years ago, scientists and doctors used the hallucinogen LSD to treat alcoholism. These days, that treatment modality is being reconsidered. A new analysis of that decades-old research “provides a clear and consistent beneficial effect of […]
Why do we take supplements? (opinion)
Tweet Pin It (NaturalNews) Why do we take supplements? For the answer to this question we have to go back in time. We are generally raised in a family that was raised in a family that lacked sufficient information to eat properly. Upon growing up, in my formative years in the 40s and 50s, not […]