Thugs who shot dead 26-year-old beautician Elle Edwards on Christmas Eve ‘deserve to see every Christmas behind bars’ says Merseyside’s chief constable as she vows to ‘relentlessly’ bring suspects to justice
Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said those behind the shooting on Christmas Eve are ‘cowards’ for resorting to such violence and said they ‘deserve to see every Christmas from behind bars’.
‘Elle was doing what any member of the community should be able to do on Christmas Eve – simply enjoying herself with friends and her sister and celebrating the festivities,’ Chief Constable Kennedy said.
The police chief’s pledge comes as two suspects, a 30-year-old man and 19-year-old woman, are currently in custody and being interviewed in relation to the murder.
A tale of two VERY different ‘commoners’: How Princess Mary learnt a new language, changed religion, and became one of the most photographed women in the world… but has NEVER complained
As Meghan continues to throw barbs at The Firm in her latest Netflix docuseries, we take a look at how Mary set the gold standard for life as a modern princess.
Born in Tasmania, Mary met Frederik of Denmark by chance at a Sydney pub in 2000.
They maintained a long-distance relationship for a year, with Frederik making secret trips Down Under before Mary moved to Denmark to study the Danish language at Copenhagen’s Studieskolen in 2001.
Stunning aerial views show Niagara Falls nearly completely frozen as western New York is hit with deadliest storm in 50 years
Aerial shots captured the stunning aftermath of Niagara Falls, New York on Tuesday
The photos were taken following the deadliest storm the area has seen in decades
Tourist in massive coats were seen gazing at the partial frozen water falls
About 50 people have been reported dead since the Christmas weekend storm
Doctor: The five ways to minimise your hangover this New Year’s Eve – and the one drink you should avoid at all costs
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The doctor and dietitian said you should limit alcohol with bubbles to feel good
This is because alcohol with fizz is faster absorbed into your bloodstream
She also recommends ‘priming the gut microbes’ with some high protein foods
Previously, she shared her tips for good gut health; you need to eat 30 plants
I can sleep at night knowing my son won’t die at his desk’: American mother of Princess Beatrice’s six-year-old stepson Wolfie says she is ‘glad’ he is being sent to school in the UK rather than ‘dangerous’ USA
I can sleep at night knowing my son won’t die at his desk’: American mother of Princess Beatrice’s six-year-old stepson Wolfie says she is ‘glad’ he is being sent to school in the UK rather than ‘dangerous’ USA
Dara Huang was engaged to interior designer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 39, before he married the King’s niece Princess Beatrice, 34.
Miss Huang, an architect, voiced her gratitude that Christopher Woolf Mapelli Mozzi, or ‘Wolfie’ as he’s known, is being educated in this country rather than her native America.
‘I’m glad my son doesn’t go to school in the USA,’ Dara declared online. ‘I can sleep at night knowing he won’t die at his desk tomorrow morning.’
Her son has been welcomed warmly into the Royal Family, joining the King and Queen on their walk to church at Sandringham on Christmas Day
SALLY SORTS IT: Insurer wouldn’t pay £244k claim because I suffered cardiac arrest… not a heart attack
I am a fairly fit 60-year-old. But in September 2021 I suffered a cardiac arrest at home, and then again a few more times in the ambulance on the way to hospital. I had to have a pacemaker fitted to keep me alive
I have a critical illness policy that I took out in 1996 with a company called Pegasus when I went self-employed as an IT consultant
I have a critical illness policy that I took out in 1996 with a company called Pegasus when I went self-employed as an IT consultant
The policy transferred to Scottish Provident in 2006 and it is now managed by Royal London.
Premiums have risen to about £500 a month now I’m older, with cover of £244,000 if a critical illness is diagnosed.
After my recovery, I asked about making a claim but was flabbergasted to discover that while my policy does cover a heart attack, it does not cover cardiac arrest.
My friend who had a similar policy had a heart attack and, following a successful claim, paid off his mortgage and reduced his working hours.
Nobody from the insurance company has given me a valid explanation as to why cardiac arrest is excluded, even though the survival rate is lower than for heart attacks.
Anon.
Sally Hamilton replies: I wonder how many people know the difference between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack.
Not many, I suspect, unless they are in the medical profession.
Unfortunately, those who suffer the former and then try to claim on an old‑style critical illness policy, as you did, learn the hard way that they are different medical events, with heart attack usually covered as one of the key critical conditions listed by insurers, alongside the likes of cancer and stroke — but not cardiac arrest.
Cardiac arrest is when the heart stops pumping blood around the body, normally due to an irregular heart rhythm. Heart attack is essentially the death of a portion of the heart muscle, usually as a result of a blockage, a clot or narrowing of the arteries.
When you took out your policy 26 years ago, to protect your family finances with a cash lump sum payout if you were struck down by serious illness, the chances of surviving cardiac arrest were lower than today. Speaking plainly, life insurance would be more relevant to victims.
With medical progress, more people are now likely to survive and live with the health consequences of cardiac arrest
Urgent review of King Charles’ safety is under way as further protests feared on Christmas Day – after monarch was targeted by activists throwing eggs twice in two months
The Windsor family will greet well-wishers on December 25 as they walk back from a morning service at St Mary Magdalene church on their Sandringham estate
royal protection chiefs are concerned that the King may face protestors after being targeted twice by egg-hurling activists.
The team responsible for the monarch safety are said to have met at least twice and ordered an immediate review of his security, The Mirror reported
UK ministers set to resort to never-before-used legal powers to HALT SNP’s gender law, putting Westminster and Holyrood on constitutional collision course as Sturgeon vows to push through allowing 16-year-olds to transition without parental consent
The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed yesterday to jeers of ‘shame on you’ in Holyrood.
The Scottish Parliament voted to let trans people self-identify without a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria. And the legislation lowers from 18 to 16 the minimum age that Scots can legally change gender.
It also slashes the timescale for adults obtaining a gender recognition certificate from two years to just three months. The vote puts MSPs on a constitutional collision course with Westminster as UK ministers consider the ‘nuclear option’ of stopping the bill from going for royal assent.
Around 200 people ‘suffer carbon monoxide poisoning at Christmas party at Turkish restaurant and are HOSPITALISED after feeling nauseous and light-headed’
The employee, who asked to remain anonymous, alleged: ‘People were just at the restaurant eating and then everybody just started falling ill – they all thought they had food poisoning.
‘They were calling 111 and they sent them to our hospital and because there was 200 people. They had to split them up and send them to different hospitals around London.
‘But all the patients who booked in – we had about 40 patients – all had high levels of carbon monoxide in their system, and they were all from that same Christmas party.’
Symptoms of carbon-monoxide poisoning include nausea, light-headedness, headaches, shortness of breath, and dizziness.
