Boy fights for life after emergency at indoor play centre

Boy fights for life after emergency at indoor play centre

A young boy has died after suffering a cardiac arrest at an indoor play centre. An air ambulance had been called to Crash Bang Wallop in Lindon Road, Walsall, on Tuesday (February 1) at around 4.30pm, reports Birmingham Live. The eight-year-old was given advanced life support at the scene and then taken to Birmingham Children’s … Read more

Puppy receives emergency treatment after eating cannabis dumped at beauty spot

Puppy receives emergency treatment after eating cannabis dumped at beauty spot

A family’s puppy was rushed to a vet after the pet ate cannabis thought to have been dumped at a beauty spot. Ten-month-old cockapoo, named Pepper, lost the use of her back legs and vomited after her urine tested positive for the illegal drug. It is thought she ate the substance when Stephen Davies took … Read more

Emergency Politics Podcast: Justice Breyer Is Retiring

Politics Podcast: Adam Schiff Is Worried About American Democracy

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to retire at the end of the court’s current term, clearing the way for President Biden to appoint a new justice. Biden said during a 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate in South Carolina that if elected, he would nominate a Black woman to the nation’s highest court, … Read more

Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency

Defusing the Global Climate Emergency Depends on Defusing the Democracy Emergency

The Capitol Rising on January 6, 2021. (Brent Stirton / Getty Images) This story originally appeared in The guard and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration that strengthens reporting on climate history. ONE A year ago today, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy fled for their lives when a violent mob swarmed … Read more