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Drugs raid on barracks just yards from Windsor Castle: Troops from elite Coldstream Guards undergo body searches as they return to base after weekend… but no illegal substances are found and no arrests made Troops from Coldstream Guards were subjected to body searches on Monday The anti-drugs operation was conducted as they returned to Victoria … Read more
Drugs, music speakers and a weapon were all seized after police busted an illegal rave in a Merseyside wood. Around 20 brazen coronavirus rule breakers turned up to the secluded party which ran into the early hours on Valentine’s Day. Police stormed the rave at Whiston woods, near Cumber Lane, after a tip-off just before … Read more
A coroner has called for Oxford University to overhaul its drugs policy after a gifted physics student died from an overdose. Daniel Mervis, 23, from Finchley in north London, died in October 2019, after a ‘battle with drug misuse that began whilst studying at Oxford’s St John’s College’. An inquest was told that the college … Read more
Generation cocaine: One in ten teenagers has tried hard drugs as use by under-17s hits a peak… and boys are more likely to experiment, new figures show One in ten young people has tried hard drugs by the age of 17, research finds The study by UCL found youngsters using more cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine … Read more
Coronavirus is ‘oiling the wheels of violence’ and putting young people at risk of turning to crime and becoming unemployable, according to David Jamieson, police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands Coronavirus is ‘oiling the wheels of violence’ and putting young people at risk of turning to crime and becoming unemployable, a police chief … Read more
Chinese celebrities have been warned that they could be blocked from performing for life if they break one of the 15 rules in a new moral guideline. Stars could face a life-long ‘industry boycott’ for harming national interests, promoting drugs or fooling audience with lip-syncing, according to the regulation. Entertainers will also be punished for … Read more
A barrister who dealt in the chemsex pills that killed his teenage boyfriend went on a drugs binge after he was suspended from the profession, a tribunal has heard. Henry Hendron, 40, is facing 18 charges of professional misconduct brought by the Bar Standards Board in relation to behaviour which followed a previous suspension. In … Read more
GlaxoSmithKline slumps as it diverts dividend cash to feed drugs pipeline amid profits warning By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 3 February 2021 Shares in Glaxosmithkline sank by Matt Oliver after it warned profits would fall and that it plans to cut the dividend … Read more
Antibody cocktail drugs that offered ‘great hope’ in treating Covid-19 are ineffective against worrying new variants of the virus, research suggests. Lab tests found the experimental treatments, known as monoclonal antibodies, failed to neutralise strains which emerged in Kent, South Africa and Brazil. The drugs are derived from cloning a single antibody, a virus-fighting protein, found … Read more
Antibody cocktail drugs that offered ‘great hope’ in treating Covid-19 are ineffective against worrying new variants of the virus, research suggests. Lab tests found the experimental treatments, known as monoclonal antibodies, failed to neutralise strains one or more of strains which emerged in Kent, South Africa and Brazil. The drugs are derived from cloning a … Read more