Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images SAN JOSE, CALIF. — A former lab director at Theranos testified on Tuesday he quit the company for one simple reason: TheContinue Reading
One of the more distressing things about the savage riots that engulfed the Litoral prison in Ecuador on September 28 was that, several days after the violence was brought under control, the final death toll was still unknown and many of the victims had still to be identified. The mostContinue Reading
The UK government is reportedly considering bringing back national curriculum tests (known as Sats) for 14-year-olds in England. The reasons cited were that, without formal assessment to mark the end of key stage three (KS3 – years seven, eight and nine of secondary school) children were at risk of losingContinue Reading
Review at a glance T he Roys are back in town and thankfully they have not lost their knack for scheming. “F**k the weather,” declares Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) in the first episode of the long-awaited third series of Succession. “We’re changing the climate.” He may be referring to hisContinue Reading
A 100-year-old man is on trial in Germany this month. The man, who has not been named due to German privacy laws, is charged with “knowingly and willingly” assisting in the of murder of 3,518 people as a former SS guard at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He is far from theContinue Reading
Local staff at Care South at Home’s Somerset Home Care office in Crewkerne, are celebrating after scooping an array of awards at the company’s annual Star Awards ceremony, held on Tuesday 21st September 2021. Now in its 12th year, the Star Awards recognise and reward individuals and teams from across the company for theirContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI volunteers were tasked this evening to attend a report of an apparently abandoned kayak drifting upside down on the River Exe. At 5.51pm today Monday 4 October 2021, H.M. Coastguard tasked Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II to a report of an apparently abandoned kayak seenContinue Reading
Torquator Tasso, an 80/1 winner of the Arc de Triomphe, Sunday, was no surprise whatsoever; on desperate ground anything can happen and the reason why my column attempted to dissuade readers from losing their ‘ard earned money in a guessing game. Trying to back winners in such circumstances is ludicrousContinue Reading
TYSON FURY is preparing to once again go to war with Deontay Wilder in a huge heavyweight trilogy this weekend in Las Vegas. Fury battered Wilder in their second fight last year but the pair are set to do battle once again for the WBC heavyweight title. 3 Tyson FuryContinue Reading
COVID restrictions in England were lifted on July 19, and although COVID cases are currently soaring in schoolchildren and their parents’ age group, many feel that the worst of the pandemic is now over. Thanks to the tremendous effectiveness of COVID vaccines, further lockdowns seem unlikely. However, a look atContinue Reading
