Chef in fatal fall 'had overdosed on cocaine' | UK news

 Posted on April 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  349 words  |  Kary Bruening

UK newsChef in fatal fall 'had overdosed on cocaine'A Michelin star-winning protege of the celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay fell to his death from a window ledge after taking a potentially fatal amount of cocaine, an inquest heard yesterday. On the night of his death in May, David Dempsey, who had been appointed head chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, west London, was said to have told another chef: "I did a bit of Charlie earlier. [Read More]

Did you solve it? Forget Wordle, heres Worzle | Mathematics

 Posted on April 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  227 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Alex Bellos's Monday puzzleMathematicsDid you solve it? Forget Wordle, here’s WorzleThe answers to today’s puzzles Earlier today I set you three “Worzle” puzzles. The name is a portmanteau of Wordle + puzzle, and is essentially a combination of Wordle and Sudoku. It was devised by reader Alf Smith. Here are the puzzles again with their solutions. If you have been living under a rock for the last two years and are not familiar with Wordle, the puzzle will be very confusing! [Read More]

Jury gives open verdict on teenager who died after 'relationship with star' | UK news

 Posted on April 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  764 words  |  Valentine Belue

UK news This article is more than 9 years oldJury gives open verdict on teenager who died after 'relationship with star'This article is more than 9 years oldInquest jury raises concerns about care of Ben Cowburn, who told police he was pressured into 'sexual things' with unnamed manThere were "shortcomings" in the care given to a teenager who died in a psychiatric unit after allegedly being pressured by a male celebrity into sexual activity, an inquest jury has concluded. [Read More]

Oregon hospital mourns guard shot dead while defending maternity ward | Oregon

 Posted on April 17, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  745 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Oregon This article is more than 5 months oldOregon hospital mourns guard shot dead while defending maternity wardThis article is more than 5 months oldBobby Smallwood stood between gunman and maternity patients and staff when he was shot and killed on Saturday A community in the US state of Oregon is mourning a hospital security guard who was shot to death while protecting a maternity ward from an intruder over the weekend. [Read More]

Picasso Ingres: Face to Face review portraiture at its most radical

 Posted on April 17, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1032 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

‘So visually available and yet so mysterious’: Madame Moitessier, 1856, left, by Ingres, and Picasso’s Woman With a Book, 1932. Photograph: © The National Gallery, London; © Succession Picasso/DACS 2021 / photo The Norton Simon Foundation‘So visually available and yet so mysterious’: Madame Moitessier, 1856, left, by Ingres, and Picasso’s Woman With a Book, 1932. Photograph: © The National Gallery, London; © Succession Picasso/DACS 2021 / photo The Norton Simon FoundationThe ObserverPaintingReviewNational Gallery, London [Read More]

Prison officer who had inmate's baby is jailed | Crime

 Posted on April 17, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  409 words  |  Valentine Belue

Crime This article is more than 14 years oldPrison officer who had inmate's baby is jailedThis article is more than 14 years oldJudge labels Kelly-Anne McDade 'disgraceful' after she admits misconduct with young offenderA former prison officer who had a baby by an inmate has been jailed for 30 months after admitting misconduct in public office. Kelly-Anne McDade, 31, gave birth to a baby boy in February from the relationship with Nelson Delgado, described as a " [Read More]

Sir Richard Giordano obituary | Oil and gas companies

 Posted on April 17, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1129 words  |  Valentine Belue

Oil and gas companiesObituarySir Richard Giordano obituaryFormer chairman of British Gas who introduced huge executive pay rises that led to one of the biggest AGM protests in the UK Richard Giordano, American born and bred, was renowned for years as the best paid business executive in Britain, and respected as one of the shrewdest. He helped transform British Oxygen (BOC) into a world leader and recast the old Gas Board conglomerate into a group of successful modern businesses. [Read More]

Actor Leslie Jordan dies at 67 in car accident | Culture

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  611 words  |  Valentine Belue

Culture This article is more than 1 year oldActor Leslie Jordan dies at 67 in car accidentThis article is more than 1 year oldReports suggest that the character actor appears to have suffered a medical emergency before crashing his car in Hollywood Actor Leslie Jordan has died after a car accident in Los Angeles on Monday at the age of 67. Law enforcement sources told TMZ and then the Los Angeles Times that they suspected the beloved actor suffered a medical emergency before crashing his BMW into the side of a building in Hollywood. [Read More]

Big enough to eat your dinner off

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  372 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Country diaryAutumnFordingbridge, New Forest The giant funnel fungus is widespread but not common, and this find is worthy of note. It’s good to have friends who use their eyes “You’ve really got to see them,” he said excitedly as he came into the coffee morning. “They’re huge, bigger than dinner plates.” Veteran scouter Bill Edwards is in his mid-80s and walks everywhere. Over the year he uses many of the local footpaths and is a keen observer of the countryside. [Read More]

Cocktail of the week: Mexican Seouls kimchi bloody mary recipe

 Posted on April 16, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  204 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Mexican Seoul’s kimchi bloody mary. Photograph: Rob Lawson/The Guardian. Drink stylist: James Huertas.Mexican Seoul’s kimchi bloody mary. Photograph: Rob Lawson/The Guardian. Drink stylist: James Huertas.The good mixerCocktailsNeed a New Year’s Day pick-me-up after the night before? This bloody mary laced with spicy kimchi and gochugaru will do the trick The perfect cure for the mistakes of New Year’s Eve, this brunch cocktail will jumpstart any hungover morning. It was developed in collaboration with the East London Liquor Co, and is light and refreshing, but with a subtle, fiery kick from the kimchi and gochugaru. [Read More]