Chris Baynes

Oct 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Chris Baynes |Lincolnshire Investigations

When Andrew and Sue Dawson bought a static caravan at a holiday park on the East Yorkshire coast in 2022, they planned to spend their retirement whiling away weekends at the seaside with their daughters and grandchildren. Then they received some devastating news. In February this year, Mr Dawson, 59, was diagnosed with incurable cancer. "The doctors gave me between six months and – as they described it – a few short years," he said. "Obviously we started talking about the future.

Oct 23, 2024 | flipboard.com | Chris Baynes

Ozempic and Wegovy are trimming waistlines—and showing how quickly U.S. health care can turn into a gold rushIs there anything GLP-1s can’t do? Diabetes and obesity are increasingly looking like the tip of the semaglutide iceberg. The Food and Drug …

Sep 3, 2024 | yourlocalguardian.co.uk | Chris Baynes

Manju Shahul-Hameed, mayor of Croydon, with members of the armed forces Light went out across Croydon on Monday as the borough marked 100 years since the outbreak of the Great War. Some of Croydon's oldest soldiers attended a ceremony at the town hall, which joined in the nationwide switch-off by dimming lights and lighting candles between 10pm and 11pm. St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church in Addington also held a candle-lit vigil.

Jul 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Chris Baynes

Labour won every seat in South Yorkshire as Sir Keir Starmer's party swept to power. But they faced stiff competition in Barnsley from Reform UK in the general election. Could Nigel Farage's party threaten the so-called Red Wall in the future? The BBC spoke to voters in the wake of the results. In his first speech as Prime Minister in Downing Street, Sir Keir Starmer vowed his Labour government would “rebuild Britain with wealth”.

Jul 4, 2024 | bbc.com | Chris Baynes

Nearly 300 weapons seized in police crackdownBy Chris Baynes, BBC NewsBBC/Oli ConstableSouth Yorkshire Police said its officers had seized nearly 300 bladed weaponsSouth Yorkshire Police (SYP) seized nearly 300 weapons during a month-long crackdown on knife crime. Officers recovered 233 knives during an operation aimed at taking bladed weapons off the streets, the force said. Dozens of machetes, swords and axes were also uncovered in targeted searches, patrols and land sweeps.