(Gray News) – The world’s oldest man has died. On Tuesday, Guinness World Records announced the passing of John Tinniswood, who lived to be a staggering 112 years old. Tinniswood’s family said he died Monday at a care home in Southport, England, and spent his last day “surrounded by music …
Read More »Atlanta-area postal worker dies on the job
Atlanta-area postal worker Shannon Barnes collapsed on the job on Sunday, August 18 from a brain aneurysm and later died, after her co-workers were unable to call 911 in a timely manner due to a lack of cellphone coverage in the vast facility where they worked. Barnes, a 48-year-old mother, worked …
Read More »Inquest into cadet’s suicide to shine rare public light on Royal Military College
Open this photo in gallery: Aizaz Chaudhry and Nazli Aizaz, who is holding a photograph of her son Absar, have questions about their son’s death while he was at the Royal Military College in Kingston.Ashley Fraser/The Globe and Mail In a rare move, the Ontario coroner’s office will hold an …
Read More »Harry Potter publisher Adrienne Vaughan dies in tragic boat accident in Italy
The 45-year-old woman was visiting Italy with her husband and two children when she fell overboard during a boat accident off the Amalfi coast. Adrienne Vaughan, the 45-year-old president of the Bloomsbury USA publishing house, was killed in a boat accident off the Amalfi coast in Italy, local media reports. …
Read More »USA: heavy rain, flooding in New Yorkʼs Hudson Valley; at least 1 dead
Not just India, places in countries like the United States of America and Japan are also struggling with heavy rain and flooding. In the US, severe flooding occurred in New York’s Hudson Valley on the night of July 9. At least one person died, as the National Weather Service called …
Read More »Savage UK energy bills pauperise millions, threatening many deaths
Within hours of UK household annual energy bills shooting up Friday by a staggering 80 percent to £3,549 a year, latest projection from independent forecasters are for savage rises to £5,400-a-year in January and to £7,200 by April. The latest rise already makes bills unaffordable for many. The annual energy …
Read More »U.K. Honors Captain Sir Tom Moore After His Death by Clapping
U.K. Honors Captain Sir Tom Moore After His Death by Clapping | PEOPLE.com Skip to content Top Navigation Close View image Captain Sir Tom Moore Honored After His Death as the British Public Clap at the Same Time Around the Nation this link is to an external site that may …
Read More »Tributes paid to Norwich’s ‘happiest’ postman Andrew Pickett
PUBLISHED: 08:14 22 October 2020 | UPDATED: 11:03 22 October 2020 MAURICE GRAY Andrew Pickett, who died aged 60, has been described as Norwich’s “happiest postman”. Picture: SUPPLIED BY PICKETT FAMILY Archant Tributes have been paid to a long-serving Norwich postman who “put a smile on everyone’s face and lifted …
Read More »Coronavirus update: US records its highest daily infection rise in two months
The US has recorded a one-day total of 34,700 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in two months. Scores of migrants arriving in Somalia are telling United Nations workers every day that they are unaware of COVID-19. Meanwhile, South Africa’s mining industry has recorded 1,796 infections and six deaths. This story …
Read More »Husband tribute to Rickinghall great grandmother killed in Diss accident | Latest Norfolk and Suffolk News
PUBLISHED: 16:36 01 August 2019 | UPDATED: 16:36 01 August 2019 Simon Parkin Rickinghall great-grandmother Maureen Self who died in an accident involving a Royal Mail lorry in Diss. Picture: Andy Abbott Andy Abbott The husband of a great-grandmother who died after being involved in a collision with a postal …
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