News about Martin Smith

How we identified Banksy as a nice middle-class boy named Robin 16 years ago, but the world refuses to accept it because the'mystery' is such a cash cow

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 30, 2024
In The Mail on Sunday, a 50-year-old man named Robin Gunningham was completely outed. We're thankful for our year-long inquiry. We're just as clear today, and a mountain of evidence points to this. And we know that Banksy's every movement has mirrored Gunningham's for decades.

Crohn's disease sufferer, 62, who had to have his bowel removed after he caught stomach bug during work trip to India is awarded £800,000 compensation from his employer

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 14, 2024
A Crohn's disease sufferer who had to have his bowel removed after getting a stomach bug on a work trip to India has been awarded £800,000 in compensation. Martin Smith, 62, said his employer Primetals Technologies Ltd did not consider the possibility of sending him on the sub-continent due to his pre-existing stomach disease. Although he was working away, he took safety precautions around food, but after a few days, he became very ill with abdominal cramps, nausea, and diarrhoea. No medical care was given to the Bournemouth site system engineer, who was forced to return to the United Kingdom, where doctors discovered he had been exposed to an infection that had caused a flare-up of his disease. His health continued to worsene, which meant he had to have two major surgeries at Poole Hospital, including a difficult operation that resulted in his large bowel removal and required him to have a stomach bag fitted. Mr Smith worked with the company for more than 30 years, but said he was "hung out to dry" when he needed their assistance and support the most.

The men who wash their towels just once a YEAR - As experts warn millions could be risking skin infections and other health issues because of poor towel hygiene

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 4, 2024
According to a survey, they are five times more likely than women to wash their towels once a year or less. According to the study, nearly every one in ten wash their towels twice a year. When compared to 11% of women, five percent of men admitted washing them just once a year. According to the survey, 67 percent of people wash their towels due to their visual cleanliness, followed by smell at 61%, and the 'number of uses' at 58 percent. Despite the NHS' warning that towels can transfer germs if not washed often, 11 percent of respondents were not concerned about any of the conditions, according to the report.

Here are some other common mistakes made by motorists in the winter

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 29, 2023
According to an AA poll of over 12,000 motorists, 33% will ignore the highest red alert and get behind the wheel, while over three out of five say they will drive when an amber warning is issued. In addition, Insurer Aviva has surveyed drivers about their winter habits to find how many people make costly mistakes. Here are the most common items, with others netting you with substantial fines.

During a run along the River Thames, canoeists were capsized by Uber Clipper, which destroyed the £2,500 boat during the race

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 24, 2023
Since paddling 125 miles, Michael Stephens and Martin Smith were in sight of Big Ben, creating a massive wave in their wake - smashing their kayak in two. The two were thrown into the water between Chelsea and Vauxhall bridges and were forced to fight a strong current before being rescued, and then had to walk to the end of the Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race carrying the broken halves of their £2500 boat. 'I thought I was going to die,' Martin, a Bath electrician, told MailOnline: 'I thought I was going to die.'

After mistakenly thinking he was a rapist, eight vigilantes were sentenced to murder

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 9, 2023
After being wrongfully accused of the rape in Wigan, Christopher Hughes (left) sustained more than 90 injuries to his head, neck, and body. Erion Voja, 21, Khalil Awla, 49, and Erland Spahiu, 34, are seen in the top row, from left to right. Curtis Balbas, 31, Alan Jaf, 52, Dean Smeaton O'Neill-Davey, 30, and Razgar Khader Mohammed, 41, are in the bottom row, from left.

To relieve bad breath, the NHS uses a scalpel-free procedure

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 12, 2022
The only current treatment for the disease, which is described as Zenker's diverticulum, has been to cut the tissue in the throat.

Louis Watkiss's murder of SnowDome has been investigated by a federal inquiry

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 26, 2022
Following a tobogganing crash, Louis Watkiss sustained fatal injury after an evening out with friends at the SnowDome in Tamworth, Staffordshire, on September 24, 2021. A criminal probe into Louis' death has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive. The youngster died after collided with a member of staff on the slope during the initial stages of the probe.

Vigilante gang 'tracked rape suspect before they bundled him into Audi boot and hacked him to death'

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 20, 2022
Christopher Hughes, 37, of Wigan, was led to a deserted country lane and viciously assaulted with a machete before his mutilated body was discovered on grass four days later. About 11 a.m. on February 22, a dog walker made the shocking discovery near the M58 in Skelmersdale, just south of White Moss Road South. At Liverpool Crown Court, nine men denied murder, plot to cause serious bodily harm, and kidnapping. "This is the kind of thing you want to see in a film,' a prosecutor said on a Wigan housing estate in broad daylight. It was a pre-initiated kidnapping mission carried out with ruthless efficiency.'