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Giant 200-ton dumper truck reverses off a 80ft cliff and erupts into flames – but driver somehow escapes alive A truck reverses off cliff at the Kachkanarsky Ore Mining and Processing Plant BelAZ dumper truck overturned in at the plant in Sverdlovsk region of Russia The unnamed driver managed to escape the vehicle alive … Read more
White van driver reverses into Muslim woman in a hijab after ‘giving her a dirty look’ in hit-and run caught on video that witnesses claim was a deliberate racist attack’ The woman was crossing the road in Ilford, East London on Tuesday morning Person who shared clip said victim recalled receiving a ‘dirty look’ from … Read more
Victoria Beckham REVERSES her decision to furlough 30 fashion label staff during Covid-19 lockdown saying ‘the welfare of my team means everything to me’ Victoria Beckham Ltd had planned to place 30 staff members on furlough The company was seeking up to £150,000 in taxpayer funds for two months The former Spice Girl, whose family … Read more
Victoria Beckham REVERSES her decision to furlough 30 fashion label staff during Covid-19 lockdown saying ‘the welfare of my team means everything to me’ Victoria Beckham Ltd had planned to place 30 staff members on furlough The company was seeking up to £150,000 in taxpayer funds for two months The former Spice Girl, whose family … Read more
NS&I axes planned brutal rate cuts for 21m Premium Bond holders and other easy-access savings accounts – but fixed-rates will still plummet More than 21m people hold Premium Bonds which were due to be less generous The odds on a £1 Bond winning a prize were due to lengthen to 26,000 to 1 The number … Read more
A morbidly obese man who feared he wouldn’t live to see his 50th birthday revealed how he lost nearly half of his body weight and reversed his type 2 diabetes in just over a year. Ian Atkinson, 48, from Brechin, Angus, who once tipped scales at more than 22 stone, shed ten stone after being … Read more
Scientists say that scorpion venom could one day be used to treat arthritis. A protein within scorpion venom was found to help deliver steroid medication in a safer way, reducing its side effects. Testing on mice, the US researchers found the protein reversed joint inflammation but wasn’t toxic to other parts of the body. The … Read more
British Gas reduces the minimum top-up for prepayment energy customers back to £1 after backlash British Gas initially changed the minimum top up limit to £5 from £1 Customers complained about this and the change to Payzone terminals The change back to a £1 minimum top up is expected to be in place by March … Read more