A horrifying video shows the moment a man becomes unhinged while riding a New York City subway train and pummels an innocent bystander, whom the attacker blamed for starting the coronavirus outbreak. The footage of the April 23 incident shows the attack taking place on a Bronx-bound, No 4. train as it approaches the 125th … Read more
An Instagram star who shares terrifying videos of himself playing with lions is being investigated for alleged animal cruelty after he was filmed punching one of his cubs. Dean Schneider, 27, who quit his job as a financier in Switzerland to look after a pride of lions at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa, uploaded … Read more
A group of activists vandalized the road outside Jeff Bezos’s $23m home in Washington DC, demanding better coronavirus protections for Amazon workers. Protesters scrawled ‘Protect Amazon Workers’ in giant red, yellow and white paint in the middle of a street, with the hashtag ‘#ForUsNotAmazon’ alongside. The huge graffiti, which stretched across the width of the road, depicted Amazon employees … Read more
A funeral cortege for an NHS worker who died of Covid-19 stopped outside the hospital where she worked. Jane Murphy, 73, who worked as a clinical support worker at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, died of coronavirus on April 16. The ‘well-loved’ mum-of-two’s funeral took place this morning at Edinburgh’s Mortonhall Crematorium. Affectionately known as … Read more
A charity shop worker who laced a woman’s Canderel sweetener with a cocktail of drugs for two weeks in a bid to poison her has been jailed for four years after calling the police to confess he thought he had ‘murdered’ her. Christopher Connolly crushed up a variety of painkillers, anti-depressants and pills for anxiety … Read more
Blind key worker, 54, gets thrown out of Aldi for shopping with his partner while he is buying supplies for his elderly neighbours Liverpool City Council worker Christy Lynch was asked to leave Aldi in Thornton His partner was there because he is blind in one eye and partly blind in the other Lynch tried to … Read more
A ‘dedicated’ paramedic, a GP who ‘touched and enriched many lives’ and a ‘phenomenal’ mental health counsellor are among four of the latest NHS workers to die of coronavirus. Paramedic Charlie Goodwin, 61, who had worked for First 4 Care for more than 20 years, was rushed to the intensive care unit at King’s Mill Hospital, … Read more
An 84-year-old auxiliary nurse and 78-year-old hospital support worker who both refused to retire are among the latest NHS employees to die from coronavirus. Margaret Tapley, a grandmother-of-four, died at a hospital in Swindon on Sunday, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has said. She worked at Witney Community Hospital, Oxfordshire. And Sophie Fagan, who arrived … Read more
Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s pledge for more testing for workers and residents in care homes has been welcomed by those on the frontline of the crisis. But many say their calls for more specialist training and more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are still being ignored. Lindsay Marks, 39 – not her real name – has … Read more
NHS hospital worker, 41, dies from coronavirus after catching it while working on the wards Philippines-born Jenelyn Carter of Ammanford, South Wales has died of covid-19 whilst working for the NHS at Morriston Hospital Morriston Hospital have paid tribute to their colleague who will be missed Jenelyn Carter was treated by her own colleagues before … Read more