The Wanted singer to have urgent heart-block surgery
Getty Images George said messages of support had “given me a much needed boost” Max George, of boy band The Wanted, has said he needs surgery for a heart condition, “way quicker than the doctors first thought”. Taken into hospital on Wednesday, the singer, 36, had a scan on Monday and then posted: “We don’t […]
‘Controversial brain surgery stopped my migraines’
Anna Hill Anna Hill used to suffer from debilitating migraines A woman who suffered debilitating migraines for nine years says her symptoms have gone, after paying for “risky” surgery. Neurologists told Anna Hill, 41, there was no explanation for her condition that once saw her suffering a 94-day migraine. She became so desperate, she crowdfunded […]
Siobhán McSweeney to host Irish version of show
RTÉ Siobhán McSweeney said she was the “luckiest person the in world” Siobhán McSweeney is to host the Irish version of reality show The Traitors, Irish broadcaster RTÉ have announced. McSweeney is best known for her role as sister Michael in the comedy series Derry Girls, as well as hosting The Great Pottery Throw Down. […]
HTC smartphones pulled from sale in UK during patent row
HTC HTC has stopped offering its phones for sale in the UK while it is involved in an intellectual property dispute. The Taiwanese company’s online store currently lists all of its models as “out of stock” despite the fact they remain available in other nations. HTC has been involved in a long-running dispute with research […]
Why a nation of 1.45 billion wants more children
AFP Last year, India nudged past China to become the world’s most populous country Last year, India nudged past China to become the world’s most populous country, according to UN estimates. With nearly 1.45 billion people now, you’d think the country would be quiet about having more children. But guess what? The chatter has suddenly […]
Scotland’s appeal to foreign investors bucks trend
Monty Rakusen Scotland’s appeal to foreign investors bucked the sharp downward trend during the Covid crisis last year, according to an annual survey by accountancy and consulancy firm EY. The number of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects that came to Scotland last year was up from 101 to 107. That 6% rise compared with a […]
Russia detains Uzbek man over general’s killing
EPA Russia’s security service says a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of senior general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow. Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, was outside a residential block early on Tuesday when an explosive device hidden in a scooter […]
‘We have been betrayed’ and ‘Musk ready to bankroll Farage’
“We have been betrayed” reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror. It looks at the fury campaigners have expressed at the government’s rejection of payouts for women affected by changes to the state pension age. Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, said the cost of paying out up to £10.5bn […]
BBC’s Lucy Owen describes her very own ‘IVF miracle’
Lucy Owen Lucy describes her son Gabriel, who was conceived via IVF, as her greatest joy I conceived my son Gabriel through in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Now following the release of a new Netflix drama about the origins of IVF, I’ve recalled my own experience. I’ve always felt extremely lucky, perhaps even slightly guilty, that […]
Scots social network Kiltr shuts down
Kiltr The Kiltr website carries a message to members Kiltr, a Scottish network set up with Scottish government funding to rival Facebook and LinkedIn, has shut down. The service offered Scots, both at home and abroad, a platform on which to share content and form networks. Its founders developed their own software and used Kiltr […]