Author Archives: Ben Quinn
NHS hospitals spending less than £5 a day on patients’ meals
Breakfast, lunch and dinner costs as little as £2.57 at one hospital according to reasearch by the NHS Information CentreMany hospitals are spending as little as £2.57 on meals for patients, according to new figures which sparked claims by patients’ … Continue reading
Anger over appearance of ex-Egyptian finance minister at LSE lecture
Youssef Boutros-Ghali – sentenced by Cairo court in absentia to 30 years in prison – ushered out of side door by officialsThe London School of Economics has been accused of giving special treatment to a former Egyptian finance minister who turned u… Continue reading
British Airways pilots make emergency landing after feeling ‘light-headed’
London to Glasgow flight returns to Heathrow after both pilots became ‘unwell’ 20 minutes after takeoff and needed oxygenA British Airways jet made an emergency landing at Heathrow after both pilots reported feeling “light-headed” and had to be fitted … Continue reading
Four arrested at Occupy protest in Lancaster
Activists removed from disused hotel close to city centre after police called to area on Sunday afternoonFour people have been arrested by police in Lancaster as a group of Occupy activists was removed from a disused hotel close to the city centre.Poli… Continue reading
Big donors to parties ‘influencing policy subtly’, standards watchdog warns
Head of committee on standards in public life calls for £100,000 annual cap to donations to avoid another party funding scandalDonors to political parties are securing “preferential” access to top decision makers, creating the risk that policy is bein… Continue reading
Hot air balloon crashes in New Zealand killing 11
Witnesses report seeing 10-metre high flames rising from the basket before it came down 80km northeast of WellingtonEleven people died when a hot air balloon burst into flames and crashed in New Zealand’s worst air accident for more than three decades…. Continue reading
Lotto rapist victim reveals her identity after receiving MBE
Shirley Woodman, previously known as Mrs A, describes battle to receive landmark settlement in 2009A woman who fought for compensation from a serial rapist when he won £7m on the national lottery has waived her anonymity after she was awarded an MBE.S… Continue reading
Canadian man passes US border using his iPad
After leaving his passport at home Canadian man Martin Reisch managed to use his iPad to cross into the United StatesA Canadian man who realised that he had left his passport at home as he approached the US border managed to cross over by using his App… Continue reading
Tax officials under fire for crackdown on small firms over poor bookkeeping
Business leaders and Tory MPs attack HMRC for plan to issue fines of up to £3,000, while taking ‘soft approach’ to big firmsTax officials have been accused by business leaders and Tory MPs of harassing small firms while taking a soft approach to the t… Continue reading
Woman found dead in abandoned car in east London
Twenty-year-old woman died of stab wounds after being abducted from house in HackneyPolice launched a murder investigation after a young woman abducted from her home in east London was found dead in an abandoned car.The 20-year-old was pronounced dead … Continue reading