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Nearly 6 MILLION Contigo kids’ water bottles recalled over choking hazard fears – including the replacement lids sent out after the 2019 versions were deemed dangerous Contigo is voluntarily recalling 5.7million of its Kids Cleanable Water Bottles The bottle’s clear silicone spout can detach, posing a choking hazard to children There have been 427 reports … Read more
Fecal transmission may explain why the new coronavirus has been spreading so rapidly, particularly in healthcare settings. Most people become infected after a sick person coughs or sneezes, spraying virus-carrying droplets into the air, which are inhaled by others. But Chinese researchers say they found live viral particles in stool specimens of those infected with … Read more
A brave mother had her lower legs amputated due to sepsis after a life-threatening labour during which she gave birth to her stillborn baby. Callie Colwick, 30, from McKinney, Texas, suffered from placenta accreta while pregnant with her son Quinn, a rare serious condition with major complications. At 15 weeks, she and her husband Kevin, 30, were … Read more
Cladding is the housing subject no-one wants to resolve, due to the potentially eye-watering costs involved. But it’s slowly suffocating those affected, namely flat owners living in blocks covered in cladding, who want to sell and move on with their lives. The issue is that the owners are unable to sell the properties until the … Read more
A mother came close to death after catching a flesh-eating bug through a paper cut on her hand. Heather Harbottle, 49, from Hawaii, drove to hospital in December 2017 after a rough two nights with progressing hand pain and a fever. The self-employed independent paparazzi consultant never expected a small wound on her left hand to … Read more
Billions of people could be at risk from droughts, as global warming threatens to shrink a tropical belt providing critical summer rain, warns a new study. Researchers say droughts in Central America result from the contracting of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a critical rainfall belt near the equator. An international team of scientists looked … Read more
Digital car rental service briefly strands customer in the California mountains after poor cell reception kept vehicle from syncing with servers A California woman rented a car through the sharing app Gig, which requires cell service to authenticate the rental every time the engine is turned on The woman had parked in a remote area … Read more
Saga cruise ship with 89 passengers suffering from diarrhoea, vomiting and fever is due to dock in Southampton – days after it was turned away from Gibraltar The ship, Spirit of Discovery, is due back in the UK on Wednesday morning The vessel, which had been sailing around Italy, had been due to stop in … Read more
Inflation SOARS to 1.8% – its highest level in six months – driven by an increase in petrol prices while energy bill and flights remain expensive at the start of 2020 The Consumer Price Index increased 0.5% from 1.3% to 1.8% in January Caused by higher prices at the pump and airfares falling by less … Read more
Justin Bieber kisses ‘my whole other half’ Hailey Baldwin after saying they will have children in ‘due time’ By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 05:09 GMT, 19 February 2020 | Updated: 05:09 GMT, 19 February 2020 Justin Bieber kissed his wife Hailey Baldwin in a romantic black-and-white snap he posted to Instagram on Tuesday. The … Read more