News about John Foster

There seems no end to the weird and wonderful items that appear on Antiques Roadshow.  And in a resurfaced episode one guest was left speechless after discovering the staggering value of a set of false teeth discovered at the bottom of a 'junk box'. BBC expert John Foster was equally as astounded at the rare item as he admitted that in 10 years of doing the show this was something he had always wanted to see. 

For some it sounds like a no-brainer. Others think it's too good to be true. To traditionalists who pride themselves on their work ethic, it's nothing more than a shirker's charter. The idea of a four-day working week - with five days' pay - to its advocates, is as seductive as it is simple. Fewer hours for the same pay and the same output. Hey presto, everyone gains. Employees benefit from a better work-life balance and well-being, with an extra day off to spend with friends and family. Companies bag an instant productivity boost as inefficient ways of working are purged and output per hour is boosted.

Excluding: Experts say that Vodka Revs' demise is being fueled by Gen-Z' shift away from alcohol to prioritize health and well-being, as well as finding the bars 'dated.' After the company dropped by as much as 56% when markets opened on Tuesday, the chain revealed this week that it is investigating "all the viable options open" after losing 'hundreds' of jobs as a result. According to John Holmes, a Sheffield University professor of alcohol policy, Gen-Z is much more aware of alcohol intake and less interested in alcohol than previous generations. According to MailOnline, 'Gen Z drink much less than their predecessors, often because they want to minimize risks to their future well-being and success.' Any pubs and bars will fail to thrive if they do not offer what today's young people want,' inevitably.'

After discovering them in an attic before being told to throw them away, an Antiques Roadshow visitor was shocked to learn the great value of car badges. Members of the public took their prized possessions to Crystal Palace in the hopes of achieving success on Sunday. With one man leaving expert and fellow car badge collector John Foster, who is incredibly jealous of his items from around the world, he is incredibly jealous.

Seth Bryan Carnes, 45, was arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of his parents, as well as retired Judge Alfred 'Burt' Carnes and Susan H. Carnes, both 74. According to police, Carnes admitted to the double murders of his parents right before midnight on Monday because he did not want to purchase a sleeping aid. When Carnes was apprehended by the Williamson County Sheriff's Office northeast of Austin, he seemed to be in a daze. He knew he had fired his parents with a Remington 870 handgun that had been stored on the nightstand of his parents' converted garage, where he lived.

Rebecca Foster, (bottom right), 32, and her fiancé Kieran Naylor (top right), 33, were all evicted from their Daresbury, Cheshire, house after a fire broke out at the property on December 12th last year. The couple (pictured together) sustained serious injuries and were taken to Warrington and Whiston Hospitals in critical condition, according to Cheshire Police. Ms Foster, a company director, died in hospital the next evening, but Mr Naylor died two weeks later on Boxing Day. On Monday, an inquest into their deaths in Warrington learned that they had been together for ten years and were due to marry in Cyprus in 2024.

John Foster, 76, of Sunderland, who has outlived all of his relatives and appeared on Channel 4's Forgotten Pensioners, has announced that he is fighting oesophageal cancer. The former shipyard worker is now unable to eat and is forced to survive on liquid protein mixes that he describes as 'taste vile.' "It's no life, it's not breathing, it's just existing, it's just existing, but now I can't even love the little things." Joan, John's last living relative who he shared with, died six years ago, leaving the former factory worker entirely on his own.

John Foster, who appeared on Channel 4 Dispatches' "British Forgotten Pensioners," said he had emptied his refrigerator and sats in the evening to save electricity. The 76-year-old, from Sunderland, lives alone in the house he shared with his parents and two siblings, and he told of his constant struggle with loneliness as well as the financial challenges exacerbated by rising living costs. I'm entirely on my own.' I haven't even had any relatives anywhere, I'm just here, that's it. He told the documentary that he was still alive.' Mr Foster, on the left, demonstrates how he lays out his will before going to bed.

Hundreds of road projects were postponed yesterday to save money, while still increasing employment and the government's levelling up target were jeopardized. Transport Secretary Mark Harper (pictured) said the turbulent rail project's Birmingham to Crewe leg, also known as Phase 2a, would be postponed by two years. The prospect of the Crewe to Manchester section, which is also part of Phase 2b, is being pushed back.

Ministers also postponed the building of HS2 between Birmingham and Crewe by two years, according to Minister Ed Miliband's announcement today. Transport Secretary Mark Harper blamed the inflation crisis and rising costs for the latest setback to the multi-billion-pound rail program in a written address to MPs. Mr Harper also announced that the government will prioritizing HS2 services between the Midlands and Old Oak Common, which is outside central London in the first phase of the scheme. Many commuters from Birmingham's western suburbs will eventually have to travel through central London on the Underground network, which would bring HS2 journeys to an end. It has been predicted that this will take at least half an hour on commutes to and from London Euston. Mr Harper maintained that the government is 'committed' to eventually providing HS2 services to a planned Euston terminus. However, he gave no assurance as to when passengers would be able to use the high-speed rail link throughout central London.

In Utah's Morrison Formation, Palaeontologists in Utah were taken aback when they discovered a fossilized heap of small bones. The Utah Geological Survey's team was initially curious if they'd stumbled on a strange new species. However, the bones were discovered to a variety of amphibians that had been consumed by a larger predator, which then spit them out 150 million years ago.