Author: Eleanor Price

Austrian police have launched an urgent investigation after rat poison was discovered in jars of HiPP baby food sold through SPAR supermarkets, prompting an immediate withdrawal of the product from more than 1,500 stores across the country and raising fears that additional contaminated jars may still be in circulation. The alarm was raised after a customer reported a problem with a 190-gram jar of HiPP’s Carrots and Potatoes baby food in the Burgenland region of Austria. Laboratory testing confirmed the presence of rat poison — a substance the company described as potentially life-threatening if consumed. HiPP said it had no…

Caitlyn Jenner has publicly revealed that she wrote a personal letter to Donald Trump seeking his assistance after her passport was reissued listing her sex as male, despite having spent years legally updating all of her identification documents to reflect her gender transition. The 76-year-old former Olympic champion disclosed the situation during an appearance on Tomi Lahren’s podcast, explaining that the problem emerged when her passport expired and was renewed following Trump’s executive order declaring that the United States would recognise only two sexes — male and female — with government-issued documents required to reflect a person’s sex at conception.…

A multi-million pound Netflix documentary following former One Direction bandmates Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson across America has been cancelled after an alleged physical confrontation during filming that reportedly left Tomlinson requiring medical treatment for concussion following a punch to the face—an incident The Sun claims erupted after Malik made comments about Tomlinson’s late mother Johannah Deakin, who died from leukaemia in 2016 aged 43. The streaming platform has abandoned the road trip series—which was set to be produced by Campfire Studios and would have seen the singers discuss their lives whilst reflecting on memories from their years in the…

A celebrated French actress whose distinguished career encompassed over 80 film roles including appearances in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can and the Downton Abbey feature film franchise has died following a dementia diagnosis. Nathalie Baye’s family confirmed to AFP on Friday that the multi-Cesar Award winner had passed away at her Paris residence aged 77, bringing to a close a remarkable performing career that established her as one of French cinema’s most accomplished talents. The veteran performer featured in the 2022 period drama Downton Abbey: A New Era, portraying Madame de Montmirail in the big-screen continuation of the…

Health authorities have launched a spring vaccination campaign targeting millions of elderly and immunocompromised Britons whose COVID-19 immunity has waned since previous doses, offering tens of thousands of daily appointment slots through GP surgeries and community pharmacies across England—an initiative arriving days after the official pandemic inquiry praised vaccine development as “extraordinary feat” whilst condemning as “not sufficiently supportive” a compensation scheme that has left seriously-injured recipients without adequate financial redress. People aged 75 and over qualify for the jabs alongside care home residents and those with weakened immune systems, with NHS England emphasising that eligible individuals need not await…

Business leaders have warned the capital faces a devastating £210 million hit to its economy as underground rail workers prepare to launch the first of multiple walkouts next week, compounding pressure on firms already battling fallout from the Iran conflict. The dispute centres on Transport for London’s proposal to compress a traditional five-day working schedule into four days—a change management characterises as voluntary whilst the Rail, Maritime and Transport union insists represents an imposed restructuring that could jeopardise safety through increased operator fatigue. RMT members will down tools from midday on Tuesday 21 April for 24 hours before repeating the…

Health authorities have launched a precautionary mass vaccination campaign across Weymouth after three young people contracted the same strain of meningitis B within recent weeks—a cluster that has generated particular concern because two cases occurred at different schools with no confirmed epidemiological connection, suggesting the deadly infection may be circulating more widely through the Dorset coastal community. Two pupils at Budmouth Academy and one student at Wey Valley Academy were diagnosed with MenB between 20 March and 15 April, prompting the UK Health Security Agency to offer antibiotics and vaccination to all secondary school pupils across Weymouth, Portland and Chickerell.…

A television actor who spent his final months urging the public to remain vigilant about skin cancer has died peacefully at home surrounded by family, just weeks after entering hospice care. Finnian Garbutt’s relatives announced his death on Friday via Instagram, expressing gratitude to supporters whose donations to a crowdfunding appeal provided “peace of mind” during his last days. “Knowing that you’re no longer in pain gives us all comfort, despite our own immense pain at losing you,” the family statement read. The 28-year-old, who portrayed police constable Ryan Power in BBC Northern Ireland drama Hope Street from 2023, had…

Andy Kershaw, the broadcaster whose three-decade BBC career brought world music and conflict reporting to mainstream British audiences whilst his personal life descended into restraining order violations and repeated imprisonments, has died aged 66 following a cancer diagnosis that left him unable to walk yet characteristically defiant about his determination to survive longer than political leaders and television presenters he held in contempt. His family confirmed Friday afternoon that Kershaw passed away Thursday evening, eight months after doctors discovered tumours in his spine that had robbed him of mobility yet apparently not the mordant wit that saw him declare in…

Sexual assault allegations that actress Ruby Rose levelled against Katy Perry over the weekend have been undermined by an essay Rose herself penned in 2011 describing the same evening as “one of the best decisions of my life” whilst stating explicitly that “nothing horrific happened”—a contradiction that Perry’s representatives have seized upon whilst dismissing the claims as “dangerous, reckless lies” as Victoria Police commence investigation into the historical allegations. The 2011 Herald Sun article, written by Rose just months after the 15 August 2010 incident at Melbourne’s Grand Hyatt, recounts a chaotic night where an intoxicated Rose “spectacularly lost dignity…