Rhian Mannings Nurse Andrea (right) cared for Rhian’s (left) one-year-old son George the day he died Rhian Mannings and Andrea Evans have been the best of friends for 13 years – but the circumstances that brought them together could not be more tragic. Nurse Andrea was the last person to hold Rhian’s one-year-old son George…
US Marshals escort Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in 1960 Screaming protestors surrounded the building as federal marshals escorted a brave six-year-old girl on her way to making history. In first grade. It was November of 1960 when Ruby Bridges became the first black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New…
Yolande Knell Middle East correspondent Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent EPA Armed members of Hamas’s military wing took part in hostage handover ceremonies during the recent ceasefire Hamas is said to have rejected an Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza which called for the armed group to give up its weapons. A senior Palestinian…
@tamie.lynn via Instagram An 81-year-old restaurant server named Betty in Pittsburgh must have been smiling the rest of her shift: a woman had given her an outsized, $40 tip. She might have thought that was the end of their interaction, but Betty could not have imagined what that $40 tip would lead to. Tamie Konzier,…
Despite these new burdens, PSG insiders have been hugely delighted with Doue’s dedication and professionalism. “The club have been very impressed with his fitness work, gym work,” said Laurens. It was the same at Rennes, former coach Bruno Genesio saying: “Away from the pitch he’s a dream: easy, calm, with a streak of leadership while…
credit – Towfiqu Barbhuiya on Unsplash Reprinted with permission from World at Large. In a fascinating new study, several dozen participants were separated into groups and fed either a fish oil supplement or fish itself, and the supplement proved more effective at delivering omega-3 fatty acids into the body than the actual fish. It was…
Rob Mayor BBC Political Reporter, Birmingham Aida Fofana BBC News, West Midlands Reuters The council declared a major incident at the end of last month A strike by bin workers in Birmingham is set to continue after the latest pay offer by the city council was “overwhelmingly” rejected. It follows a month-long stand-off between members…
Photo by Isaac Quesada on Unsplash A woman has spoken to the media for the first time after becoming a mother to the UK’s first child born from a transplanted womb. Grace Davidson was able to have that opportunity thanks to her sister, who donated her womb in what Davidson called “a huge act of…
Alex Pope BBC News, Bedfordshire Lloyd McDonagh The Lost Lionesses is being performed in Bedford after a successful run in London A theatrical production about the rebellious, unofficial England side that competed in the 1971 Women’s World Cup was “coming home”, its playwright said. Nicole Lockwood-West was inspired to write The Lost Lionesses by her…
Andria Alania painting on canvas (via SWNS) Meet a talented boy who is creating impressionistic paintings of natural scenes from memory. Now three-and-a-half years-old, Andria mixes his paints by himself and applies them to canvases, but his natural talent became clear when he recreated a seaside scene after a family holiday. Despite never taking any…
