Verizon joins list of US companies to boycott Facebook over its failure to crack down on hate speech

Verizon has joined the growing list of US companies boycotting Facebook over its failure to crack down on hate speech, after one of its ads was reportedly posted next to a video ‘drawing on hateful and antisemitic rhetoric’ on the platform.  The telecomms firm announced Thursday it will pull ads from Facebook until the social … Read more

Will Smith admits divorce from first wife was the ‘ultimate failure’ during Red Table Talk interview

Jada Pinkett-Smith, 48, isn’t afraid of having tough conversations with her husband Will Smith, 51, when cameras are rolling for the sake of her digital talk show.   In a teaser clip for an upcoming episode of Red Table Talk, Will revealed that his 1995 divorce from his first wife was the ‘worst thing in [his] … Read more

Snooker star Willie Thorne, 66, dies after suffering respiratory failure

Snooker star Willie Thorne, 66, dies after suffering respiratory failure By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 08:35 BST, 17 June 2020 | Updated: 08:38 BST, 17 June 2020 Former snooker star Willie Thorne has died after suffering respiratory failure. The 66-year-old, who announced he was battling leukaemia in March, was taken to hospital last week … Read more

Willie Thorne placed in induced coma in Spain after former snooker star suffers respiratory failure

Snooker legend Willie Thorne, 66, placed in induced coma in Spain following respiratory failure as his carer confirms he’s battling three infections after having treatment for leukaemia Willie Thorne had been taken to hospital with a dangerously low blood pressure The 66-year-old snooker legend announced he was battling leukaemia in March Now his carer has … Read more

Covid-19 treatment hope as heart failure drug will be trialled on 60 critically-ill patients

A drug designed to stop blood clots could be a life-saving treatment for Covid-19, according to scientists who are now trialling it in the UK. The British Heart Foundation has begun a study to test the effects of a medication called TRV027. It has already worked for heart failure by keeping a healthy balance between … Read more

Peter Andre says the thought of Princess, 12, dating boys gives him ‘heart failure’

Peter Andre says the thought of Princess, 12, dating gives him ‘heart failure’ – and tells her to maintain two-metre distance from boys ‘for life’ By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 11:37 BST, 15 June 2020 | Updated: 11:39 BST, 15 June 2020 Peter Andre joked the thought of his daughter Princess dating is giving … Read more

Tory fury at Boris Johnson over ‘pitiful’ failure to downgrade two-metre rule

Boris Johnson is facing a Tory backlash for failing to downgrade the two-metre social distancing rule, amid warnings it is causing ‘economic devastation’. The PM is coming under growing pressure to relax the instruction, which is hampering the return of schools and crippling swathes of he economy. Senior Conservatives are increasingly furious, with some branding … Read more

DAVID BLUNKETT: The failure to get all children back to school is a betrayal of young lives

Every parent and teacher knows that a child who misses just a couple of weeks from school can fall rapidly behind his or her classmates. Which somehow puts into perspective the crisis facing a generation of children who have now gone without school for three months because of the coronavirus lockdown. I find it astounding … Read more

Leave It To Beaver’s Ken Osmond died of heart and lung failure

Leave It To Beaver actor Ken Osmond died of heart and lung failure, death certificate reveals The star died May 18 in his Los Angeles home with family around him  He was best known for starring on Leave It To Beaver from 1957 until 1962 Osmond played troublemaker Eddie Haskell who had a sly side … Read more

German teacher, 25, is held after child, 3, dies of respiratory failure

German kindergarten ‘murder’ probe: Teacher, 25, is held after three-year-old dies of respiratory failure – as cops examine similar near-fatal incidents at her former workplaces Sandra M. was arrested on 19 May on suspicion of murdering the child in Viersen The 25-year-old teacher told police the child stopped breathing during nap time  ‘Doctors ordered a … Read more