Month: August 2024

A £15,000 payout for former pupils who were infected with HIV and other viruses while being unwittingly experimented on by clinicians at a specialist school is “derisory and insulting,” a victim has said. Richard Warwick described the figure as a “kick in the teeth” and, along with other survivors of the trials, is considering taking legal advice on whether to seek a review. Victims of the contaminated blood scandal, which […]

A lion with “psychological issues” is to travel 1,400 miles from Ukraine to an animal sanctuary in the UK as part of a project rescuing the animal from the war-torn country. African lioness Yuna suffered “shell shock”, “psychological issues” and lost her sense of co-ordination, according to The Big Cat Sanctuary, a Kent-based charity behind the Big Cats in Crisis campaign raising funds to rescue the lions from Ukraine. Yuna […]

Swedish health officials have identified the first case of a person with the more infectious form of mpox first seen in eastern Congo, a day after the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak to be a global emergency. The Swedish public health agency said in a statement the patient recently sought healthcare in Stockholm. “In this case a person has been infected during a stay in the part of Africa […]

Victims of the infected blood scandal can receive support scheme payments for life, while those who were subjected to unethical research will get up to £15,000 extra under changes to a multibillion-pound compensation plan. Some affected people will also be given an increased “social impact” award recognising of the consequences of stigma surrounding the disaster. Support scheme payments – including for bereaved partners – will continue for life as part […]

Foreign Secretary David Lammy is to visit Israel with his French counterpart Stephane Sejourne to advocate for a ceasefire in the war in Gaza. They said they will use the visit to stress “there is no time for delays or excuses from all parties on a ceasefire deal”. The pair will meet Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz and the minister of strategic affairs of Israel, Ron Dermer. This week, officials […]

Matthew Perry’s live-in assistant has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine connected to the death of the US actor. Kenneth Iwamasa, 59, of Toluca Lake, admitted to “repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine without medical training”, including performing multiple injections on October 28 2023 – the day he died, the Department of Justice said. He previously pleaded guilty on August 7 “to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing […]

Donald Trump has said that Americans are struggling with massive price hikes that he blamed on vice president Kamala Harris, looking to saddle his new Democratic rival with the unpopular economic record of President Joe Biden. Mr Trump stuck close to his scripted economic message, reading from a binder in front of him in a news conference at his New Jersey golf club. A day earlier, he struggled to make […]

The Government has praised the “vital role” of the media in reporting the arrest and convictions of those involved in violent disorder. Some 80 adults have so far been sentenced following violent unrest which broke out in parts of the UK in the wake of the Southport stabbings at the end of July. Specific charges have varied across cases but have included violent disorder, affray during a protest, racially aggravated […]

Matthew Perry’s assistant and two doctors are among five people who have been charged after the Friends star died from an accidental ketamine overdose last October, United States attorney Martin Estrada told a press briefing. An investigation into the circumstances surrounding Perry’s death revealed that in autumn last year the 54-year-old actor “fell back into addiction and these defendants took advantage to profit for themselves”, Mr Estrada said. “Matthew Perry sought […]