Lowri Lewis
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Manager wins unfair sacking case after being overheard criticising boss at bike store (opens the original)
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A senior manager at Associated British Ports has won an unfair dismissal case after he was overheard berating his boss behind his back to another colleague. Sahir Rahim, who was in charge of £150 million projects at the British ports owner, was overheard by ABP's Head of Programme Ben Hodgkin 'loudly' criticising him. Without knowing Mr Hodgkin was in earshot, angry Mr Rahim laid into him with a tirade of 'unflattering' remarks including 'what the f**k does he know'. Mr Rahim, speaking to anothe
NHS surgeon wrongly connected patientâs organs in âbizarreâ botched operation (opens the original)
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An NHS surgeon has been permanently struck off after he nearly killed a patient by connecting the wrong organs during emergency bowel surgery. Dr Yasser Adly Abdel Rahman was found to have performed a "totally unconventional operation" that caused the male patient's bowel contents to pass into his stomach, leaving him in "uncontrollable pain". The tribunal concluded that Dr Abdel Rahman made a "major surgical error" by mistakenly joining the small intestine to the stomach, an operation deemed "n
Influencer allowed to keep nursing licence after smuggling 19kg of cannabis into UK (opens the original)
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An Instagram influencer caught attempting to smuggle £160,000 worth of cannabis into the UK alongside a friend has avoided losing her nursing licence. Levi Whalley faced losing her right to practise after Border Force officers caught her trying to enter Britain with her friend, Sophie Bannister, carrying over 35kg of cannabis. Whalley, 32, and Bannister claimed that they were returning from a “shopping trip” in New York when officials found the drug packages in their luggage at Birmingham Airpor
Woman launches discrimination case after being fired for snorting cocaine at work (opens the original)
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A Wickes manager has been ordered to pay the DIY retailer £3,500 after an employment tribunal ruled her discrimination case was "unreasonable" and had no "objective" chance of success. Jasmin Unsted was sacked for snorting cocaine at work – a claim she denied, although she did admit to taking the drug the night before her shift. Ms Unsted then pursued claims of unfair dismissal and disability discrimination, relating to her ADHD. The tribunal heard that Ms Unsted, a mother of three, was observed
New capybara arrives at zoo as escaped rodent remains at large four months on (opens the original)
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Marwell Zoo has introduced a new capybara, Ripple, to its Hampshire enclosure, four months after another of the giant rodents, Samba, made international headlines by vanishing without a trace. Zookeepers, however, insist they have not given up the search for the missing animal. Samba, a female, first arrived at the zoo in March alongside Tango, her companion. Their introduction was short-lived, as Samba absconded almost immediately, sparking a widespread search that has continued ever since. Now
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