A simple hour-long operation could be ‘life-changing’ for thousands of Britons left permanently disabled due to damaged nerves. The procedure can banish the crippling, constant pain which sufferers describe as being like lying on broken glass, scorched by a flame or stung by bees. The surgery repairs nerves or replaces them with transplanted ones but … Read more
Next will be shutting down its online operations from tonight amid the nation’s coronavirus outbreak. The high-street fashion chain confirmed it would be closing down its online stores after workers raised concerns at being asked to come into shops and warehouses to pick goods during the coronavirus lockdown. A statement from the company said it … Read more
One million Britons stranded: Dominic Raab reveals ‘massive’ operation has been launched to arrange aid flights for people stuck overseas Up to a million stranded Britons are facing extortionate air fares to get home Dominic Raab said there was a ‘massive’ repatriation operation under way He is in talks with airlines on operating new routes … Read more
A pensioner behind a £53million smuggling ring has been spared jail as his lawyer claims he is vulnerable to the coronavirus. Gilbert Khoo, 67, made a fortune smuggling critically endangered elver eels from a barn in Gloucestershire to the Far East. Khoo would import the live baby eels from Spain, hide them under hauls of … Read more
Filming for Colin Firth’s new World War II drama Operation Mincemeat began in Devon on Thursday. The war epic, which is being directed by John Madden, will present the true story a British deception operation that helped to disguise the 1943 Allied Invasion of Sicily. Extras dressed in soldiers uniforms could be seen filming action-packed … Read more