A leaked NHS report says staff hit patients, refused them food or drink and drove them to notorious “dogging” sex spots for their amusement.Police are understood to be looking at 44 allegations of abuse detailed in the report, carried out An earlier probe was ditched due to lack of evidence.The leaked report says two staff members, named only as A and B, were responsible for 42 of the incidents. .. more …
A couple of items from this morning I missed, and wanted to mention…First, Richard Durrett has a story up on ESPN Dallas about the Rangers ‘ confidence and “swagger,” which he says is personified And that sort of ties in with the item that jumped out at me from Evan Grant’s blog post this morning , on five key items from last night’s game. Grant talks about Ian Kinsler ‘s controversial 3-0 .. more …
Back to previous page Go to the business section NZ dollar swinging with risk mood Published: 9:39AM Wednesday July 28, 2010 Source: NZPA Read Tools: Email Print Text Size Share onimg Retweetimg The New Zealand dollar pushed up to a six-month high close toUS74c late last night but then fell away quickly.BNZ markets strategist Mike Jones said that for the most part,the NZ dollar tracked .. more …
AN SBS program aims to take the temperature of our electorate in the lead-up to the Federal election, and Mackay’s Emily Cullen, 24, will play a part as a representative of Dawson’s swinging voters.Emily appeared on Insight last week, and will continue to voice her opinion on three more shows before the election.Insight presenter Jenny Brockie said in the run up to August 21, Insight had .. more …
“We need to find out the truth of what happened,” said Pete Shell of the Thomas Merton Center’s anti-war panel.As the board was in court seeking access to G-20 police records June 18 , Mayor Luke Ravenstahl proposed replacing five board members and reappointing the other two.Critics, including board executive director Elizabeth Pittinger, accused the mayor of trying to sabotage the G-20 .. more …
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Thomas E. Marsh ODS-PetrodataNew mobile offshore drilling rigs are being delivered into a market ill-suited at present to absorb new capacity, and some rigs are being delivered with no work prospects in hand. In conjunction, new rig orders have fallen dramatically over the past year, according to data compiled In January 2006, the global offshore drilling fleet included 590 mobile rigs, .. more …
Home News Health News Experts’ fears as rate of infection among over-50s in Scotland doubles in a decade Jul 22 2010 HIV infection among the over-50s has more than doubled in Scotland over a 10-year period.Between 2000 and 2009, there was a 110 per cent rise in new HIV cases in the over 50s.The figures from the Health Protection Authority Scotland exclude immigrants.In under-50s, the rise in .. more …
Home News News in East Ayrshire Kilmarnock Standard News Jail for stab threat man Jul 2 2010 A KILMARNOCK man who told a group of children that he was going to stab their fathers and later dropped his trousers and exposed himself has been removed from the sex offenders register.But 22-year-old Peter O’Brien was jailed for 120 days last week.O’Brien, of Fultons Lane, previously pleaded guilty .. more …
Its six-woman cast comprised Ning, Tria Aziz (Broadway Parodies Lah! and Adam The Musical), Tisha Zarina Zainal (Ismail – The Last Days), Nikki Palikat (Malaysian Idol 1), Shanel Shanty James (Audition) and Joanna Bessey (directed Wacky Bar) with Stephanie Driesen as the narrator. It featured 22 songs that captured the essence of ’60s women in pop – Dame Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark, Dusty .. more …
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