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£30,000 raised for Wirral ‘local legend’ denied UK citizenship
May 18, 2024 - World 
Nelson Shardey, 74, became tearful on hearing of support for effort to gain settled status after 50 years in UKA retired 74-year-old newsagent who has lived in the UK for nearly 50 years said “tears were running” from his eyes after strangers fundraised more than £30,000 to support his legal fight to remain in the country.Nelson Shardey, who has been described as a Merseyside “local legend”, is pursuing a legal challenge against the Home Office after he was refused indefinite leave to remain, despite living and working in the UK since 1977. Continue reading...
NHS must listen to whistleblowers, says health secretary
May 18, 2024 - World
Victoria Atkins says she has asked officials to look into claims doctors and nurses who have spoken up were mistreatedThe NHS must listen to whistleblowers and investigate their concerns in the interests of patient safety, the health secretary has said.Victoria Atkins said she had asked officials to look into cases where there were claims of mistreatment of people who had spoken up about the issues they had experienced. Continue reading...
‘She’s in the pantheon now’: Kristi Noem and the politicians who hit self-destruct
May 18, 2024 - World
The dog-killing South Dakota governor’s VP hopes are in tatters. But she’s not the first politician to flame out with an own goalShe could have been a contender. But then she wrote a book. And suddenly Kristi Noem was caught like a rabbit – or a rambunctious puppy – in the headlights.The governor of South Dakota found herself insisting that a false claim she met the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un had been put in her book by accident. Wait, said Elizabeth Vargas of NewsNation, you recorded the whole audiobook version and read this passage out loud. Why didn’t you take it out then? Continue reading...
Man arrested in connection with assault on actor Steve Buscemi
May 18, 2024 - World
New York actor was taken to hospital after a stranger punched him in the face while he was walking in Manhattan on 8 MayA man wanted in connection with the random attack on actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street earlier this month was arrested on an assault charge on Friday, police said.The 66-year-old star of Boardwalk Empire and Fargo was walking in midtown Manhattan on 8 May when a stranger punched him in the face, city police said. He was taken to a hospital with bruising, swelling and bleeding to his left eye, but was otherwise OK, his publicist said at the time. Continue reading...
Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alert
May 18, 2024 - World 
Parts of northwest India are sweltering under scorching temperatures with the capital New Delhi under a severe weather alert as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country
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