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Courier-Mail
06-08-2025
- Courier-Mail
AFL news: Adam Hunter's partner Latisha Yacoub shares harrowing final moments of West Coast great's life
Don't miss out on the headlines from AFL. Followed categories will be added to My News. The partner of former West Coast Eagles champion Adam Hunter has detailed his harrowing final moments and how she tried to save the drug-addicted star's life on their bedroom floor. Hunter was found unresponsive just after midnight in early February, with a coronial inquiry later revealing meth-induced heart failure as the cause of his death. FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every match of every round in the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE in 4K, with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. His partner, Latisha Yacoub, who is a registered nurse, revealed she gave CPR to the 43-year-old and desperately pleaded with him to stay with her as she tried in vain to save his life. 'I was screaming at him to keep his eyes open,' she told The West Australian, recalling the night of February 5. 'He was looking at me. He couldn't move anything except his head. I said, 'Just don't die on me'. That was the last time he looked at me, and then he closed his eyes, and I started CPR.' Ms Yacoub says she was of the belief Hunter had taken meth in the hours before his death. And the WA Coroner indicated that Hunter's drug use had ultimately exacerbated his heart complications and coronary artery disease. Never miss the latest sports news from Australia and around the world — download the app direct to your phone. Adam Hunter's partner Latisha Yacoub has revealed the Eagles great's harrowing final moments. Image: Supplied/Getty Yacoub first met Hunter as a teenager, but after drifting apart, they reconnected in 2022, and the couple were eager to make it work. According to The West Australian, Yacoub had just returned from Bali with her children and had an argument with the Eagles great about the need for him to turn his life around in the hours before his death. Yacoub recalled Hunter told her he 'really wanted to make things work' and promised 2025 would be their year. But then that night, she heard a noise as she was putting contact on her kids' school books ahead of the new school year. West Coast pay tribute to Adam Hunter Video Player is loading. Play Video This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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West Coast Eagles players and staff... ... more When she ran into the bedroom to see what it was, Yacoub saw her partner on the ground, foaming at the mouth and immediately thought he must have overdosed. 'I was screaming, 'What have you done, what have you done? ' I lifted his head up and I screamed at him to open his eyes. I kept asking what he had done so I knew what I was dealing with. 'He opened his eyes. I said I was calling the ambulance and he shook his head because he had always said he never wanted to wind up in hospital if something went wrong. Adam Hunter played 151 games for West Coast (Photo by) Adam Hunter is considered an Eagles legend, thanks to his iconic celebration after kicking the grand final winning goal in 2006. (Photo by) 'I said, 'I don't care, I need help because I don't know what you have done'. I asked him to lift his arms and his legs. He had no motor response, no verbal response. 'My eldest was on the phone to the ambulance. I didn't stop CPR. My son said Adam was turning blue. I knew he had gone. He had turned really blue. And then he turned bloodshot purple.' Hunter played 151 games for West Coast and was etched into the club's history books after kicking the club's final goal of their 2006 Grand Final triumph, with his goal celebration becoming an iconic moment not just in Eagles history, but in the AFL. He backed up his 29-goal 2006 season with another top year in 2007, finishing second in the club's best and fairest. But injuries in the years to come would tragically lead to his early retirement at the end of 2009. Originally published as Adam Hunter's partner shares harrowing final moments of West Coast great's life
CairoScene
23-06-2025
- Health
- CairoScene
Statue of Dr. Magdi Yacoub Will Be Installed in Giza's Kit Kat Square
A new statue of Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub will be installed in Kit Kat Square, celebrating his contributions to cardiac surgery and decades of service to underserved communities in Egypt and beyond. Jun 23, 2025 A statue of Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, the renowned Egyptian-British heart surgeon, will soon be erected in Kit Kat Square, Giza. The initiative comes under a newly signed cooperation protocol between the Ministry of Culture and the Giza Governorate. The sculpture aims to commemorate Professor Sir Yacoub's contributions to medicine and public service, particularly his decades-long commitment to providing cardiac care to underserved communities in Egypt and abroad. The Ministry of Culture, through the Cultural Development Fund, will manage the project, overseeing artistic contracting and all technical phases. The Giza Governorate will support the project financially and ensure the square is suitably prepared to receive the statue. Born in 1935 in Belbeis, Professor Sir Yacoub rose to international prominence for his pioneering work in heart surgery and for founding several charitable heart foundations in both Egypt and the United Kingdom. The statue forms part of a broader national effort to recognise Egyptian figures whose legacies are defined by service and impact.
Sydney Morning Herald
16-06-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
These leather shoes sell for up to $600 a pair. The man who makes them is 96 years old
'Otherwise I'd get bored. I wake up and have got something in my mind, something to do — to start the machine. 'I have a feeling that if I say I stop working for my bread, I will get sick. I'm happy to work.' Twenty-five years ago, 15 Yacoub family members made up to 7000 pairs of women's shoes per week for the Diana Ferrari brand. When Ferrari's manufacturing moved overseas, Milad became a builder and his siblings opened food businesses. 'Dad told me, 'please find me some work', and so I rang around and found Parigina,' Milad said. It was a perfect fit for both parties. Yacoub's career started at age 10, in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. He didn't go to school, and to prevent him getting up to mischief, his father found him a job assisting a shoemaker. Two years later, Yacoub's mother bought him a secondhand Singer sewing machine and he opened his own shop making men's shoes. Yacoub soon employed four people and made shoes for soldiers. Customers would come from villages outside Tripoli. Loading Yacoub married Hawa in 1948 and they had six children. In 1974, the family migrated to Australia, with one married daughter staying behind. After a year renting, Yacoub bought the Essendon house where he still lives. For decades, Yacoub made shoes for brands like SPS, Aviv and Dormax, and then Diana Ferrari. He preferred to work from home and be close to his family, and so it is today. Yacoub has 24 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Grandson Michael says Yacoub is often seen finishing shoes late at night. Parkinson, whose father Peter owns Parigina Shoes and McCloud Shoes, is a fan of Yacoub's. 'He brings an incredible sense of care and craftsmanship to his work,' he says. 'He continues to contribute with precision and pride. His commitment and skill are nothing short of inspirational – and a testament to the enduring spirit of traditional artisanship.'
The Age
16-06-2025
- Business
- The Age
These leather shoes sell for up to $600 a pair. The man who makes them is 96 years old
'Otherwise I'd get bored. I wake up and have got something in my mind, something to do — to start the machine. 'I have a feeling that if I say I stop working for my bread, I will get sick. I'm happy to work.' Twenty-five years ago, 15 Yacoub family members made up to 7000 pairs of women's shoes per week for the Diana Ferrari brand. When Ferrari's manufacturing moved overseas, Milad became a builder and his siblings opened food businesses. 'Dad told me, 'please find me some work', and so I rang around and found Parigina,' Milad said. It was a perfect fit for both parties. Yacoub's career started at age 10, in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. He didn't go to school, and to prevent him getting up to mischief, his father found him a job assisting a shoemaker. Two years later, Yacoub's mother bought him a secondhand Singer sewing machine and he opened his own shop making men's shoes. Yacoub soon employed four people and made shoes for soldiers. Customers would come from villages outside Tripoli. Loading Yacoub married Hawa in 1948 and they had six children. In 1974, the family migrated to Australia, with one married daughter staying behind. After a year renting, Yacoub bought the Essendon house where he still lives. For decades, Yacoub made shoes for brands like SPS, Aviv and Dormax, and then Diana Ferrari. He preferred to work from home and be close to his family, and so it is today. Yacoub has 24 grandchildren and 40 great-grandchildren. Grandson Michael says Yacoub is often seen finishing shoes late at night. Parkinson, whose father Peter owns Parigina Shoes and McCloud Shoes, is a fan of Yacoub's. 'He brings an incredible sense of care and craftsmanship to his work,' he says. 'He continues to contribute with precision and pride. His commitment and skill are nothing short of inspirational – and a testament to the enduring spirit of traditional artisanship.'
11-06-2025
- Health
This U.S. doctor is making the move to B.C. — here's why
For one Canadian-born doctor, who has been practicing family medicine in Colorado for the last six years, his next career move is a sort of homecoming. It's been kind of a long-time dream of mine to come back to Canada, said Muthanna Yacoub. For me it's hockey and being in the hills that are basically my antidepressant. The province has been working to make it easier for U.S.-trained doctors and nurses to have their credentials recognized in B.C., a process the Ministry of Health says now takes days instead of months. After speaking to a few physician recruiters at a conference in Vancouver, Yacoub almost signed on with a clinic in Ontario, where he was born and spent part of his childhood. But it was the natural beauty of B.C. that enticed him, his wife and their dog, Hudson. WATCH | B.C. fast tracks process for U.S. health care workers: Début du widget Widget. Passer le widget ? Fin du widget Widget. Retourner au début du widget ? B.C. fast-tracks process for U.S. nurses to get registered in province Premier David Eby is touting the province's work recruiting U.S.-trained doctors and nurses to B.C., in an effort to address the health-care worker shortage. CBC's Katie DeRosa talked to one nurse who is starting the journey to move here. He will join a medical clinic owned by the City of Colwood, near Victoria, this fall. He wants to give back and come back home, said Health Minister Josie Osborne, during a press conference in the clinic on Friday. The clinic is trying to recruit out-of-province or out-of-country doctors to avoid poaching from other parts of B.C. Demoralized by the U.S. private health care system Yacoub had become increasingly demoralized with the U.S.'s private health care system, where insurance companies often dictate the kind of care a patient receives. Some days it really feels like you're treating the insurance company and not the patient and beckoning to their demands in spite of what's in the patient's best interest, said the 36-year-old. And so you're having to choose between your conscience and just being compliant — and most of us are kind of getting sick of it. WATCH | U.S. doctor making the move to B.C.: Début du widget Widget. Passer le widget ? Fin du widget Widget. Retourner au début du widget ? Canadian-born U.S. physician moves back to B.C., as province attempts to recruit doctors The province is betting big that it can recruit doctors and nurses from the U.S. to fill the gaps in B.C.'s health-care system. Katie DeRosa talks to one family doctor who is making the move from Colorado to Colwood on Vancouver Island. The biggest catalyst though, was the election of U.S. president Donald Trump and the anti-vaccine position of his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Are we going to be able to act ethically and treat patients as we really ought to, following the science? Yacoub asked. Or are we going to have to be forced into compliance? And given the administration's heavy-handed nature, we're really worried that it's going to be the latter. The B.C. government is capitalizing on that sentiment, with a $5 million ad campaign targeting health care workers in Washington State, Oregon and California. WATCH | Ad from B.C. government targets U.S. health care workers Début du widget Widget. Passer le widget ? Fin du widget Widget. Retourner au début du widget ? The Colwood clinic's co-medical director, Jesse Pewarchuk, is optimistic B.C.'s strategy to recruit U.S. doctors and nurses will bear fruit. This is the first of what we hope will be many recruits, said Pewarchuk, who also runs Aroga Lifestyle Medicine Clinic in nearby View Royal. The province's strategy to recruit out of Washington, Oregon and California — and I would put forward they should also be looking at Colorado — is really a stroke of genius. Pewarchuk said B.C. simply cannot train enough doctors and nurses to keep up with the growing demand of our aging and growing population. The number of health care practitioners in the U.S. dwarfs Canada. So it is a very rich ground to recruit from. For Yacoub, who has dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship, the process of moving to Canada is straight forward. However, American-born doctors would have to navigate Canada's immigration system, adding another possible roadblock. This year, the federal government slashed the number of skilled workers B.C. can bring in through the provincial nominee program, from 8,000 to 4,000. Osborne says that's an issue the province has raised with Ottawa. It has been a challenge that the provincial nominee program — the only way that British Columbia has any control over who is able to come in and work in our province — has had a decrease in its capacity. The province plans to reserve a quarter of those spaces for health care workers. As for questions about a pay gap between Canada and the U.S., Yacoub says the salary being offered by the Colwood Clinic is comparable to what he was making in Colorado. He says the pension was also a major draw. But the final decision came down to values and quality of life. I think one of the strongest things actually kind of pulled us to the area was the people. Katie DeRosa (new window) · CBC News
