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Steve Cohen shows up to no-show Barr hearing with bucket of KFC

Rep. Steve Cohen showed up at the House Judiciary Committee where Attorney General William Barr was a no-show munching on a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. “The attorney general is here,” Cohen (D-Tennessee) said, pointing at the bucket and a ceramic chicken he brought with him. After the hearing, which featured an empty chair where Barr was supposed to sit, […]

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Widow tells inquiry how nurses ‘assumed I was a prostitute’

‘Nurses assumed I was a prostitute’: Widow tells haemophilia inquiry how she contracted HIV from her unwitting husband who was given contaminated blood and later died aged just 34  Clair Walton married husband Bryan, who was a severe haemophiliac, in 1983 She was diagnosed with HIV in 1987 and went to hospital when health declined  Told Infected Blood Inquiry that nurses […]

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Student, 19, took his own life after being kicked out of college

‘Struggling’ fresher, 19, leapt to his death from bridge after being thrown off course at University of Bristol where 12 students killed themselves in three years, inquest hears Benjamin Murray, 19, died in May 2018 while studying at the University of Bristol Some 12 students at the university have taken their own lives in last three years  University chose to […]

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Dundee woman ordered to chop down trees after feud with neighbour

Interior designer is ordered to chop down 65ft Cypress trees at her £500,000 mansion after losing two-year fued with neighbour who claimed they block light, are dangerous and ruin her TV signal Interior designer Juliet Rathbone-Tulleth has been ordered to chop down 65ft Cypress trees on her property  She has been feuding with neighbour Irene Moncur over the tall trees […]

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Bali governor to negotiate with bombing site owners over memorial

The new Bali governor supports turning the Sari Club bombing site where scores of Australians were killed in 2002 into a Peace Park, a survivor says. Governor I Wayan Koster has told victims that he will help negotiations with the land owner, who plans to redevelop it into a five-storey restaurant. Thiolina Marpaung walks through the Sari Club site, now […]

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Mother wins battle for fresh inquest into the death of daughter

Mother wins her battle for a fresh inquest into the death of her nine-year-old daughter whose fatal asthma attack ‘was linked to air pollution’ Ella Kissi-Debrah lived 25 metres from South Circular Road in Lewisham, London  Died in 2013 after 3 years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital for asthma attacks Lawyers said inquest in 2014 did not investigate […]

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