AN EVIL dad who shook his angelic baby boy to death has been caged for 22 years. Bricklayer Daniel McLaren, 30, left four-month-old son Jack with catastrophic brain injuries after shaking him violently. He was convicted of murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to another child. He was sentenced today at Reading Crown Court to life in prison with a minimum term of 22 years. The court heard Jack had been left with him when his mum had gone out for a family meal on June 2 last year. McLaren called 999 and told an operator his son had "chocked on his bottle and gone all funny". Sally Howes, prosecuting, said Jack was "pale, floppy and had white fluid coming from his nostrils and mouth" when paramedics arrived at McLaren's home. Jack was rushed to hospital where he died two days later. A post-mortem found serious brain damage and evidence of historic injuries. McLaren was later charged with murder. During the subsequent Thames Valley Police investigation, a number of internet … [Read more...] about Evil dad, 30, jailed for life for shaking his four-month-old son to death had Googled ‘why is my baby’s tongue blue?’
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Russian Woman, Who Claims to be World’s Oldest at 129, Says She’s Had One Happy Day in her Life
World Koku Istambulova is 129 years old, according to her Russian passport, but those years have been filled with more misery than happiness. At least, that's how she tells it. Hailing from the Russian Republic of Chechnya, the elderly Muslim woman has called out Allah (or God) for allowing her to live so long. “It was God’s will. Why did Allah give me such a long life and so little happiness? I would have been dead long ago, if not for Allah who was holding me in his arms,” Istambulova told British tabloid The Sun. “It is hard to live when all who remembered you died long ago. And it is very scary to die, however old you are,” she added. Speaking about some of the horrors she’s experienced in her long life, Istambulova recounted being deported to Kazakhstan, along with other Chechens under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. The mass deportation took place 74 years ago in 1944. At the time, she would have already have been in her mid-fifties. … [Read more...] about Russian Woman, Who Claims to be World’s Oldest at 129, Says She’s Had One Happy Day in her Life
From life-threatening emergency to health coach entrepreneur
This is paid content. It was written and produced by CBS Interactive's branded content studio in collaboration with the sponsor. The Saturday morning farmers market in New York City's bustling Union Square is a kaleidoscope of sights and sounds. Vendor tables teem with bright red tomatoes, dark purple beets and artisanal baked goods. This is June Zhang's happy place. The farmers market has long been a part of her weekend ritual, the result of a commitment to health and wellness she made to herself years ago -- and a function of her more recent entrepreneurial endeavor. Zhang is in the early stages of growing her online business, Healthy with June, where she offers clients her expertise as a certified health coach and personal trainer. "I reached a point where I had enough people coming to me asking for advice about their own health and wellness to realize, 'Hey, I know what I'm talking about and I've helped people already,' Zhang explains. "Why not make this a bigger thing … [Read more...] about From life-threatening emergency to health coach entrepreneur
One year on from government’s pledge to bring in life sentences for killer drivers
The Government was today accused of breaking its pledge to introduce life sentences for killer drivers after failing to bring forward legislation that would bring the "long overdue" changes into law. A year after the Ministry of Justice announced that motorists who cause death by dangerous driving and careless drivers who kill while under the influence of drink or drugs would face life in jail, campaigners criticised the lack of progress on the issue.The announcement on October 15, 2017, came after a campaign by The Yorkshire Post and its Johnston Press sister titles to achieve justice for families of those killed by dangerous drivers.But today the Yorkshire-based road safety charity Brake said it was"perplexed by the Government’s refusal to deliver justice for the victims and bereaved families of road crashes".‘If you drive and destroy lives, you will feel the full force of the law’Ministers have previously said that there was no set date for when tougher sentences … [Read more...] about One year on from government’s pledge to bring in life sentences for killer drivers
One year on from government’s pledge to hand out life sentences for killer drivers
The Government was today accused of breaking its pledge to introduce life sentences for killer drivers after failing to bring forward legislation that would bring the "long overdue" changes into law. A year after the Ministry of Justice announced that motorists who cause death by dangerous driving and careless drivers who kill while under the influence of drink or drugs would face life in jail, campaigners criticised the lack of progress on the issue.The announcement on October 15, 2017, came after a campaign by The Yorkshire Post and its Johnston Press sister titles to achieve justice for families of those killed by dangerous drivers.But today the Yorkshire-based road safety charity Brake said it was"perplexed by the Government’s refusal to deliver justice for the victims and bereaved families of road crashes".‘If you drive and destroy lives, you will feel the full force of the law’Ministers have previously said that there was no set date for when tougher sentences … [Read more...] about One year on from government’s pledge to hand out life sentences for killer drivers