A disabled man says he was left with no food over the weekend after his Asda delivery driver was unable to carry his £270 shopping up a flight of stairs. James Doherty, 45, from Wythenshawe, Manchester, has a number of health conditions including sciatica and degenerative disease in his back. Due to the pandemic, he is … Read more
There used to a tradition that when you hit retirement age, you’d get a gold watch from the company and head off to relax full-time. However, money advisers now say more and more pensioners are happy to keep on working – especially as they can do so from home. Experts say the virus crisis means … Read more
A rapper who bragged on Instragram live video about how he would carry out a revenge petrol bomb attack on a rival has been jailed for 12 years. George Carpenter, also known as Carpo, carried out the revenge attack at a home in Grove Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool, on July 11 last year. A court … Read more
We’ll get you bark home: Heart-warming moment hikers carry freezing dog off snowy mountains where it had been lost for two weeks after chasing after a deer Ciara Nolan and Jean Francois Bonnet found dog in Wicklow Mountains, Ireland Duo wrapped the golden retriever named Neesha in a coat before carrying her Neesha, eight, had … Read more
Banks defy watchdog Financial Conduct Authority’s plea – and just carry on shutting branches By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 13:17 GMT, 31 January 2021 The City regulator’s call for banks to reconsider their decision to axe branches during lockdown has fallen on deaf ears. Barclays, … Read more
NHS worker whose sister died with coronavirus on same ward where she works vows to carry on coming in for shifts because ‘the fight needs to go on’ Healthcare assistant Andrea Haysman was with her sister Wendy Dennis, 60, when she died at Royal Cornwall Hospital Her brother-in-law Victor Dennis died with Covid-19 on same … Read more
A car manufacturer has left customers dumbfounded after it emerged the roof rails on one of its electric estate cars are unable carry any weight. If drivers ignore this detail it could ‘result in an accident or damage to the vehicle’. That’s despite the brand’s optional accessories for the model including roof bars for an … Read more
Sony offers first glimpse of its Airpeak drone that can carry an Alpha camera on an adjustable gimbal and capture footage and images from the air Sony unveiled its first Airpeak drone at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) The model features a quadcopter design, with two landing gear extensions It can be equipped with Sony’s … Read more
The advice was simple: one jab, and then another three weeks later. ‘It’ll only work properly if you come back for the second dose,’ is what Dr Helen Salisbury, an Oxford-based GP, had told her patients – all in their 80s and beyond – at the time of their first shot of the Covid vaccine. Doubtless, … Read more
Itching to show off their skills! Super-strong ants carry chilli peppers five-times their size back to their nest in an amazing show of pint-sized brawn Chilies looked enormous next to the weaver ants who carried them by their stems in Mataram City, Indonesia The two millimetre-long ants – who weigh just 5mg – navigated thin … Read more