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An original Apple computer with a wooden case is up for sale for £1.1 million ($1.5 million) on eBay — some 2,250 times more than its original price tag in 1976. The ‘Apple-1’ was the first product to be developed under the Apple name by company co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and launched in … Read more
An original Apple computer with a wooden case is up for sale for £1.1 million ($1.5 million) on eBay — some 2,250 times more than its original price tag in 1976. The ‘Apple-1’ was the first product to be developed under the Apple name by company co-founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and launched in … Read more
A nursery nurse is unable to recognise herself or her family after a cold sore left her with the UK’s worst case of face blindness. Hannah Read, 22, fell into a coma caused by brain inflammation encephalitis – which was triggered by a cold sore – aged just eight years old. When she woke up, Ms Read, from … Read more
Harry Dunn’s mother says she hopes the new US President Joe Biden will empathise with her situation because he too tragically lost a child. Mr Dunn, 19, died after his motorcycle crashed into a car outside the US military base RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August 2019. The suspect, 43-year-old Anne Sacoolas, had diplomatic immunity … Read more
Tory Lanez seeks right to speak on Megan Thee Stallion shooting case after judge ordered his silence The 28-year-old rapper reportedly filed new documents seeking the ability to publicly discuss shooting allegations waged against him by Megan Thee Stallion Lanez said it’s ‘unfair’ that Megan can speak on the July incident but he can’t He … Read more
He has amassed a £100 million fortune and owns a country house with its own vineyard, not to mention a string of star racehorses. But that doesn’t mean that the aptly named financier Rich Ricci is prepared to turn a blind eye to a late payment — even if it’s only a few days overdue. … Read more
Covid-19 carriers ‘are refusing to get checked over fears they will have to stop working’ claims testing tsar, days after Downing Street ruled out plan to pay £500 to anyone who is positive Baroness Dido Harding said that fewer than six in ten members of the public are self-isolating when told to do so She … Read more
New Zealand records its first local coronavirus case in two months as residents anxiously wait to hear if they will go back into lockdown New Zealand has recorded its first local coronavirus case since November The woman, 56, arrived in Auckland from Europe around the beginning of 2021 She left 14-day mandatory quarantine after twice … Read more
Recycling worker wins unfair dismissal case after being sacked for failing a drugs test while taking cannabis for his bad back Recycling worker Carl Pamment wins unfair dismissal case against employer Pamment had been taking cannabis to help deal with his severe back pain Renewi UK Services fired him claiming he posed safety risk ‘under … Read more
Nichola Salvato, 49, brought a legal challenge against the ‘proof of payment’ policy of only reimbursing the money to parents once it has been spent A single mother who found herself £2,000 in debt trying to pay for childcare has won a landmark Universal Credit court case to get the costs paid upfront. Nichola Salvato, 49, … Read more