A viral video showing a Colorado Rockies baseball coach in the cockpit of a United Airlines charter flight from Denver to Toronto sparked a federal investigation, officials confirmed Friday. The video, originally posted to social media by the Rockies’ hitting coach Hensley Meulens, appears to show a member of the coaching staff sitting in one […]
Rishi Sunak’s war on ‘sick note culture’ makes me sick with worry
The PM claimed there was a ‘worrying’ proportion of young workers off sick (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire) ‘I’m signing you off work for two weeks’. As soon as my GP had written the note to my manager, I felt a huge sense of relief. Up until that moment, I had found myself falling out of […]
Gabby Logan nearly caused emergency plane landing after ‘turning white’ and unable to move due to pain
Gabby Logan thought she was dying, before realising it was something very different (Picture: Visionhaus/Getty Images) Gabby Logan has revealed she nearly caused an emergency plane landing after being in extreme pain and not feeling well, before realising her ‘illness’ was something entirely different. The BBC star revealed she was unable to lift her chest […]
Tesla recalls nearly 3,900 Cybertrucks to repair faulty accelerator pedals
By Craig Trudell | Bloomberg Tesla recalled 3,878 Cybertruck pickups to rework or replace accelerator pedals that can dislodge and cause the vehicle to unintentionally accelerate, increasing risk of a crash. The carmaker received notice of two customer claims related to the issue, according to a recall report submitted to the US National Highway Traffic […]
Bay Area bounces back with job gains in March, led by South Bay hiring
The job markets in the Bay Area and California powered to robust job gains in March, a hiring upswing that — for now — ward off the dismal job losses that the nine-county region and the state suffered in February. The Bay Area gained 4,200 jobs in March, an increase fueled by hiring surges in […]
‘Dental implants gave me bruising so bad I looked like a human inkblot test’
A mum claims dental implants implants left her face with the ‘worst bruising ever’ – leaving her looking like a human ‘Rorschach inkblot test (Picture: Kennedy News and Media) A mum claims dental implants left her face with the ‘worst bruising ever’ – leaving her looking like a human ‘Rorschach inkblot test’. Jessica Macko had […]
Apparently, this is the sweetest smelling city in the world
Looks – and smells – good (Picture: Getty Images) Your boyfriend’s aftershave, freshly cut grass, a surprise bunch of flowers. Some smells are just a treat for the nose – others, not so much. And there’s nothing quite so whiffy as a busy, dirty, polluted city. In London, scents of petrichor (AKA the earthy smell […]
What is Susan Hall’s manifesto for the London mayoral election 2024?
Susan Hall, centre, is taking on the Labour mayor Sadiq Khan for the Tories (Picture: PA) The London Mayoral elections are due to take place on May 2. Londoners will get their chance to vote for who they would like be the Mayor of London for the next four years. Among the 13 candidates in the running are incumbent […]
Primary school teacher killed partner ‘in cold blood’ then buried him in garden
Fiona Beal, 50, admits she killed her 42-year-old boyfriend Nicholas Billingham (Picture: Northamptonshire Police/SWNS/PA) A primary school teacher stabbed her cheating boyfriend to death ‘in cold blood’ and buried his body in the garden while claiming they had Covid and needed to self-isolate, a court heard. Fiona Beal, 50, admits she killed her 42-year-old boyfriend […]
Woman split open McDonald’s worker’s head after hitting him with her phone
Rachel Lomax assaulted a McDonalds worker who was trying to break up a late-night fight (Picture: Cavendish Press) An Open University student used her mobile phone to viciously assault a heroic McDonald’s worker who stepped in to break up a late-night brawl. Rachel Lomax, 26, jumped on Shaun Bannon and repeatedly battered him over the […]
Opera San Jose setting sail into new waters with ‘Florencia’
When Elizabeth Caballero got the call, she says she could hardly believe it. The Havana-born, Florida-based soprano wasn’t originally scheduled to sing the title role in Opera San Jose’s new production of Daniel Catán’s “Florencia en el Amazonas.” But anything can happen in the world of opera, and when she learned that the original Florencia, […]
The Lesbian Bed Death could be plaguing thousands of women
Lesbian Bed Death is a contraversial term used to describe gay couples’ sex lives (Picture: Getty) It may be 2024, but one controversial term from the 1980s is coming back from the grave. Lesbian Bed Death is, simply put, the idea that lesbian couples have less sex. It’s a sweeping generalisation of the gay community, […]