A Concussion And Minor Injuries Landed Princess Anne In The Hospital

Princess Anne was injured by a horse and rushed to hospital where she is being treated for concussion and minor injuries to her head today.

Yesterday, the 73-year-old Olympic horsewoman sister of the King was injured while out on a stroll in her Gloucestershire home, Gatcombe Park.

It is understood that she was taking an evening stroll with horses nearby when she was hurt. The Princess Royal was left with minor wounds to the head, and her medical team are understood to believe these are consistent with a potential impact from a horse’s head or legs. 

But due to the concussion sustained by the Princess, precise details of the accident are unable to be ascertained at the moment, MailOnline understands. 

She is expected to make a full recovery but will miss nine engagements in the coming seven days, including a royal visit to Canada this Sunday. Her hospital stay has again highlighted how stretched the Royal Family is with the King and the Princess of Wales both being treated for cancer. 

Anne’s husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, and her children Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips, were all on the estate at the time she was injured. Emergency services arrived at the scene and the royal was given treatment before being taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for tests, treatment and observation, with Sir Tim by her side.

Her brother King Charles was immediately informed but Anne’s engagements this week have been postponed on her doctors’ advice. She will no longer visit Canada and cannot attend a Buckingham Palace banquet for the Japanese state visit tomorrow night.

‘Her Royal Highness sends her apologies to any who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result,’ a royal spokesman said. 

In terms of yearly commitments, the Princess Royal works the hardest among the royals during a period when Prince William has also taken time off to care for his wife and the King has scaled back on activities. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have fully resigned from their royal positions.

A palace spokesman said Anne was ‘recovering well’ and in a ‘comfortable condition’. Subject to medical advice, she is expected to be able to return home later this week.

It is understood she has suffered a concussion and minor injuries to the head, but she is expected to make a full recovery.

A concussion is no fun and I hope Princess Anne has a speedy recovery. Contact with a horse can have serious consequences, and she seems to have got off lightly.

The pillar of the Royal Family, Princess Anne has always performed her duty with honour and decency, although I’m sure she wasn’t waiting in a corridor in A&E and got seen to very quickly.

The Royal Family has had some very bad luck recently. I wouldn’t say anything sinister is at hand, just very bad luck. I am not a royalist, but I do hope that they all recover quickly from their illness. They are human beings, after all, not just the Royal Family. They are people doing a job. Some might agree with having a Royal Family, some may not, but they’re still people with blood coursing through their veins.

We have no idea what really happened, and it’s none of our business anyway.

Princess Anne seems to be the hardest-working royal, and I think many people would be very sad if they were to lose her. When her mother died she honoured her with such dignity and poise. She is a strong woman who never complains about hardships, and is loved by many.

Lawless Streets Of London Left ‘Abandoned’ By The Met

Following the closure of more than 100 local police stations, crime rates in London skyrocketed, and residents and business owners in the areas left without one are outraged about it, according to a MailOnline investigation.

This week, it was revealed that the number of active police stations in the capital has dropped to only 36 from 160 in 2008. This is an astounding 77% decrease.

The cuts have doubled the distance an average Londoner has to travel to their nearest manned police help desk to around two miles – with researchers warning criminals were specifically targeting areas the Met has abandoned.

Among those closed, some have been turned into luxury flats, others remain vacant – and one was even taken over by gangsters to be used as a weed factory.

A pattern of anecdotal reports of a spike in crime, coupled with a sense of helplessness in the face of it, was observed by MailOnline when it visited the neighbourhoods around several former police stations.

Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found police station closures were linked to a 11 per cent increase in local assaults and murders, a doubling of response times and a reduction in the reporting of shoplifting and bike thefts.

But, if anything, anecdotal evidence they gathered from residents suggests that crime rates could be even higher – as many say they have simply given up reporting crime such is their dissatisfaction with the Met Police.

Typical are those living close to that police station that was used to grow cannabis – as much as £1 million worth it was estimated when it was uncovered 18 months ago – in Streatham, south London.

After the police station across the street closed ten years ago, Raja Luthra, 72, who has operated a jeweller for fifty years, felt compelled to put remote-controlled metal gates in front of his store.

He said: ‘It is the only way I can guarantee not getting robbed after the police station closed down.

‘I used to be able to take lunch round the corner but not anymore. The whole area has become more dangerous and it got worse after the police left.’

Streatham Police Station is now boarded up and daubed in graffiti with cardboard patched over glass-less windows.

Mr Luthra went on: ‘It sounds like something I made up but a few years ago there was a fire here.

‘When there was an investigation they realised electricity was being illegally syphoned to the old police station to grow the cannabis plants and it started a fire. To think – a cannabis factory in an old police station.’

Streatham-based bar worker Mike Steven, 20, said: ‘Streatham is a high crime area and closing down the police station has made it worse.

‘There is a lot of knife crime among young people but there is no police presence because there’s no police station.’

Dog owner Dunstan Farmer, 50, added: ‘There is no deterrent to committing crime in Streatham. It can be terrifying at night.

‘The police station was even taken over and used as a cannabis factory. ‘It only got found out by the fire brigade when there was an electrical fire!’

Pub cleaner Katiuscia Hirconda, 39, said how she is frightened by phone-snatching gangs carrying knives.

She said: ‘There is a lot of crime here.

‘People get their phones stolen by people only bikes. And there are lots of people carrying knives. It can be very frightening.’

Grandmother Merrill Rennalls, 68, added: ‘There is a lot stabbing of young people here, it’s horrible and having no police station is no good.

‘As a mother and grandmother, I want there to be more activities for young people to do to keep them out of trouble.’

Web designer Niall McKenna, 40, said he had felt it more difficult to report crime since the police station was shut.

He said: Closing down the police station has certainly not helped to bring down crime in this area.

‘In Streatham, you hardly ever see a police officer. And because of the lack of police presence gangs just run wild.

‘I tried to report these two lads who were walking around carrying knives, but there was nowhere to report it. So, I had to go home and report it online.’

The police station in Camberwell, situated between a well-known Greek bakery and a Lebanese restaurant, is still vacant and neglected.

There, IT consultant Clifford Kumar, 50, said: ‘Closing down a police station sends out the signal to criminals that they have free rein, that it is a free-for-all all.

‘It makes the local people feel that the police don’t care about them or the neighbourhood.

‘I’ve seen people on bicycles riding around looking for phones to snatch. It’s like they are circling, looking for their prey.’

Restaurant manager Didric Berlier, 30, said: ‘To be honest I feel safer in Camberwell than I do in central London, like Leicester Square. But it is a lot safer than Brussels, where I come from.’

People who do still have police stations appear to value them.

Restaurant worker Bianca Mazznitin, 33: ‘I live next to the police station in Elephant and Castle, and it gives me a real sense of security.

‘It makes me feel safe and that the police are interested in the neighbourhood.’

Last month, Croydon was declared the most dangerous borough in London, with over 10,000 violent events reported in the previous year.

In the UK, governments have been permitted to get away with what is occurring, and law and order have been deteriorating for years with a focus on aiding criminals.

When was the last time the general public was involved in any decision made? Have you not understood that we, the voting people, are helpless and that we have no control over what the government does? We may as well be ants.

The UK has been harmed in every aspect by years of right-leaning Tory policy. Things can only improve if the appropriate party is elected, and even then, it will take decades to reverse the damage.

The people who vote in the UK have had a chance to vote and have their say, but do they really have that chance to have their vote and have their say? You go to the polling stations, and I’m not sure if anyone else has noticed – they give you a pencil for your vote – easy to rub out and change, along with postal votes. We are just led by corruption by all authorities who fill their pockets and pensions. They treat us like mushrooms, they keep us in the dark, and feed us sh*t!

The UK was once great, now it’s a great big cesspit.

Netflix Children’s Show Is Like ‘Cocaine For Babies’, Say Experts And Parents

CoComelon has been a global babysitter to hundreds of millions of kids for more than ten years.

California father-of-two Jay Jeon devised the sugarcoated, adorable children’s programme, which features hypnotic nursery songs and rainbow-coloured plasticine, to teach his two kids the alphabet.

Currently, CoComelon is a ratings phenomenon; each year, an average of 1 billion people, mostly preschoolers, watch its single most popular videos on YouTube.

But despite the show being fairly mundane and based on songs and rhymes going back decades or even centuries, many parents have said their children have suffered symptoms of addiction and withdrawal when they switch it off – branding it ‘Cocainemelon’. 

On Netflix, the series was viewed for as many minutes – 33.27 billion in fact – as Disney+’s Luca, Moana, Raya and the Last Dragon and Frozen II combined. 

This success has also made Mr Jeon, who directed TV commercials, and his children’s author wife $460 million. They came up with the idea in 2006 with their executives insisting that all episodes are planned with experts to make children feel safe, help with their education and encourage good behaviour.

CoComelon’s owners Moonbug have been asked to comment. 

One Cambridge academic has warned parents that shows like these can cause ‘technoference’ – disruption of a child’s relationship with parents and siblings due to the use of electronic devices.

Some mothers and fathers have said the show turned their children into ‘CoComelon zombies’.

One mother told MailOnline that they allowed their two-year-old son to watch the show. But the little boy, now three, would explode with rage when they turned it off so they had to ban it.

She said: ‘CoComelon appears to be a colourful, stimulating child-appropriate program but the detrimental impact on our son’s behaviour led us to completely ban the show even for short periods of time. 

‘He became fixated, zoned out whilst watching – which naturally appeals to busy parents with other children or tasks to see to. The issue arises when the program is stopped – the immediate aggression and lack of emotional management was frightening. We had never witnessed him have such a visceral reaction to any other children’s TV show’.

Taking the cartoon away led to volcanic anger, she said.

‘In the immediate, he would throw himself to the floor hitting his fists on the ground, seemingly “coming back around” from the trance he was in’, the mother warned, adding that in the period afterwards he was ‘generally grumpy and combative’.

Sally Hogg, Senior Policy Fellow at the Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning at the University of Cambridge, told MailOnline that while screen time isn’t necessarily bad – missed chances for a child to play and learn in other ways can be an ‘opportunity lost’ in their development.

She said that even babies are now ‘interacting with digital media, including YouTube videos, as part of their daily lives.

She said: ‘The impact of watching online content on early child development depends on three things: the content of the media; the context in which they are watching it, and what they are not doing as a result of watching it. If very young children are watching digital media, it’s important that it’s not taking up so much time that it reduces their opportunities to play, to interact with adults and other children, and to be active. 

In an ideal world, parents would watch the content with their kids, guiding them through it and utilising it as a springboard for discussion and quality time.

Early parent-child interactions are vital for early development, and if either parent or child is distracted by digital media this “technoference” can get in the way of positive interactions.

Parents should also be cautious of giving children screens to soothe them when they are upset or feeling other difficult emotions because talking about and learning to manage emotions is an important part of early development’.

When asked about the often angry and even violent response by some children when shows such as CoComelon are switched off, she said: ‘Children do often feel frustrated when adults stop them doing something they enjoy, or ask them to do something they don’t want to. This is a normal part of child development. 

‘If a child is getting upset at stopping doing something, it doesn’t necessarily tell us about the value or harm of that object or media.

‘But if something is regularly causing distress to a child or difficultly in parent-child relationships then that suggests parents should be thoughtful about how it’s used, including thinking about how they manage their child’s expectations and understanding of boundaries’.

I don’t think it’s the programme per se, but the amount of time spent watching it. Some children watch TV from the time they get up to the time they go to bed – any programme can become addictive if watched often enough. 

If a child is given boundaries and has less time to watch TV they would less likely have these types of tantrums, but it’s sometimes far easier to sit a child in front of the TV for a quiet life.

Children should be allowed to watch TV for a limited time per day, and then hopefully there won’t be any issues or tantrums et cetera. This limit should include phones and tablets as well because children should be outdoors, playing games et cetera with their friends, not glued to their devices. Sadly, in this day and age, it’s far too dangerous to let your child outside to play, but we are only born into the prisons that we make for ourselves!

Irish comedian Oliver Callan reveals what he REALLY thinks about BBC comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys

I don’t know about YOU, but I love Mrs Brown’s Boys, and it’s just what I need to make me laugh when I’m having one of my low days.

Oliver Callan, however, has shared his true feelings about the BBC comedy programme.

Oliver Callan, who has gained popularity in Ireland for his Saturday Night Show performances, has shared his thoughts on the programme, which has split viewers in the Emerald Isle and the UK.

The classic comedy show which is frequently described as ‘unfunny’ and ‘vulgar’, has been met with criticism from Irish people themselves, but I find it hilarious and it always gives me a giggle, and I don’t find it a load of old shite. It’s brilliant and well orchestrated, and Brendan O’Carroll is full of crac.

Simply said, some individuals take life too seriously. It’s funny and a fun way to look at life, and I can’t get enough of it.

For many years, Brendan O’Carroll has been a much-loved personality in Ireland, and he performs amazing charitable work.

Regardless of what anyone may believe, Mrs. Brown’s Boys is amusing. It’s hilarious if it makes you laugh, and it’s just not your thing if it doesn’t.

In my opinion, Mrs Brown’s Boys is hilarious, but you don’t have to agree with me, each to their own, but I love the satirical absurdities of the show.

Dave Allen was one of the most well-liked comedians on the BBC many years ago; he was really funny, and Mrs. Brown’s Boys is a close second, in my view. Dave Allen was an Irish man who invented observational comedy, and he was brilliant at it.

As for Mrs Brown’s Boys, I just love the potty humour, but of course, it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, and that’s fair enough, they don’t have to watch it.

It’s funny, lighthearted and it makes light of life and that’s what it’s all about, not taking life too seriously because none of us gets out alive!

An 82-Year-Old Grandfather Commits Suicide After Falling In Love On A Dating Site

An 82-year-old grandfather committed suicide after losing his life savings to cruel scammers posing as a mystery love interest on Facebook.

Dennis Jones fell victim to a con known as ‘pig butchering’ whereby fraudsters ‘fatten’ their victims up with a fake online romance before encouraging them to invest in bogus cryptocurrency schemes.

Jones’ family said he died ’embarrassed and ashamed’ on March 4 after becoming infatuated with the woman called ‘Jessica’ – despite never meeting her.

Heartbreaking final messages shared by his children reveal the loving father and grandfather, from Maryland, had become increasingly depressed about his financial losses. 

He wrote in one exchange to ‘Jessica’: ‘I have been having dark thoughts about my life and it being over. Certainly, it looks like my financial life is done. Bankruptcy, legal and all that BS. It will be very painful and I’m not sure I can stand it.’

It comes as more and more Americans fall victim to the cruel con, thought to be predominantly run by Chinese gangs. Earlier this year, the Secret Service said it was seeing a ‘ton’ of cases.

Devastated children Matt Jones and Adrianne Gruner said they had planned to meet with their dad on the day he died to help him recover after he confided in them about the scam. Adrianne added he was supposed to move in with her family on her farm in Virginia to rebuild his life.

Matt was stunned to see cops show up at his door an hour after their planned meeting informing him Jones had taken his own life. The family assumed he was out for a long run – something he loved to do.

‘Our father was, from the day I was born until six months ago, always a positive, happy person,’ he told CNN. ‘This was literally the only thing in his life that had happened, to where it changed him, and it just crushed him.’ 

So-called ‘pig butcherers’ operate on various social media, dating and messaging sites such as Facebook, Tinder, WhatsApp and LinkedIn – among others.

After entering their lives and making victims like Jones comfortable, the scammers convince them to invest in fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes and even ‘phantom properties’ that don’t exist.

In messages shared by the family, Jones told ‘Jessica’ that he would ‘have 9000 in my trust wallet by Saturday.’ 

‘Transferring 2500 per day into uphold and had 1525 in it. So, 4000 in it now 65000 tomorrow and 9000 Saturday.’ 

‘Jessica’ replied: ‘Is there any limit on transferring to wallet now?’

In another message to ‘Jessica’, Dennis told her how guilty he felt for ‘betraying his family’ by giving up all of his money. 

‘He’s saying, ‘these are basically evil people, I did not know such evil people existed” Jones wrote in a message that Matt read.

‘The ultimate pain here is that I’ve betrayed my family’s trust, this is unbearable,’ he added.

Despite all of the pain her father endured, Adrianne believes that he truly cared for ‘Jessica’. 

‘I do believe he loved the person that he believed was behind that profile,’ she said.

Matt added he knew something was off once he was told how his father died. 

‘As soon as I found out that it was a suicide, I was 100% sure that it was the scam,’ he told CNN.

Dennis loved volunteering, sailing, photography, and playing the guitar, according to his obituary.

I’ve never really understood why someone would send money to someone they’ve never met, but these individuals prey on the weak and give them hope, stealing their money under the pretence that they want to be with them and are in love.

The old and fragile are less knowledgeable about computer and technological problems and are unaware of what to look for. It’s astonishing how smart fraudsters are becoming, and adult children should talk to their elderly parents about the risks associated with online scammers.

Loneliness drives people to great lengths and there have been a lot of people that have been scammed out of tens of thousands of pounds.

Wheelchair-Bound EasyJet Passengers Stranded On Tarmac

An EasyJet flight left three wheelchair-dependent customers behind when it took off without them.

Liz Weir was one of three wheelchair passengers who were left stranded at Belfast International Airport after their flight to Edinburgh flew off with their luggage.

She said she was sitting on the tarmac waiting to be boarded after other passengers when the doors were closed and the plane left.

EasyJet refused to board Ms Weir and other passengers who needed help, so she missed the storytelling session at the Midlothian Arts Festival. Ms Weir was scheduled to go to the Scottish capital for the event.

EasyJet stated that the situation was being looked into and that it would compensate Ms Weir and the other passengers who were left stranded.

The woman, from County Antrim, said she had allowed plenty of time to check in for her flight and had been escorted to the steps of the aircraft for the flight, EZY55, at 1 pm on Friday, BBC News reported.

However, she said that after the doors had already closed, the pilot signalled that she wouldn’t be let to board the aircraft.

She described her ordeal as ‘exhausting’ and ‘distressing’.

Later on in the evening, Ms Weir posted a picture of herself getting ready to board a trip to Scotland.

She wrote: ‘Trying again on a flight leaving at 8 50. It’s bad enough when a bus leaves you at the stop but when a jet leaves you on the tarmac….how often do people say ‘They won’t go without us!’ Except they did!’

In a statement, EasyJet said: ‘We are very sorry that flight EZY55 from Belfast to Edinburgh on Friday 21 June departed without three passengers who were being accompanied by the airport’s special assistance provider.

‘We have urgently raised with the provider and our ground-handling team to understand why this happened.

‘We are doing everything possible to assist the passengers, arranging for flights to Glasgow and Edinburgh later this evening to get them to their destination as quickly as possible.

”Our team looked after them throughout and provided them with refreshment vouchers while they waited for their new flight.

“We will also be processing the compensation they are due.”

The handicapped people were handled via the boarding gates if they were on the tarmac. Thus, when the flight attendants counted heads, the number of passengers would have equalled up. This is an airline problem as well as a problem with ground operations; the flight should never have been closed, much less taken off.

The disabled passengers should always be on first and off last, that’s what most airlines do.

Usually, passengers who need assistance board first so that they can take their time getting into their seats with some dignity and not being stared at by other passengers. They’re usually last off for the same reasons. Something went badly wrong here.

The cabin crew normally do a head count before closing the doors. Surely they would have noticed three passengers missing from the list. There was no excuse for these passengers being left behind.

Not every traveller has a living or available family member to help them, thus it is the responsibility of the airport employees to transport individuals in wheelchairs. Incidents such as these should not deter people in wheelchairs or other forms of mobility, but rather inspire them to be independent!

If anyone doubts there’s no genuine hostility towards disabled people then they might want to think again. It’s almost a fetish, a gleeful delight in compounding the physical difficulties disabled people have to manage, but what people don’t realise is that having a disability could affect us all one day in our lives – I bet those people wouldn’t want to be treated with hostility and contempt then? So, why do it now?

I feel sorry for those on the receiving end of such nastiness but even more for those dishing it out because I’d hate to be living in your head – must be awful.

Young Mother Reveals She Lives In A Homeless Shelter With Her Baby

Twenty-one-year-old Chrissie, mum to seven-month-old baby boy Arlo, explained that the ‘crib’ is ridiculous and not only is there mould covering the windows, but there’s no shower either.

The content producer left many of her fans stunned when she shared a close-up view of her living circumstances on social media.

The first-time mother penned: “Come move into a homeless shelter as a homeless first-time mum at 21.”

After that, Chrissie showed her fans around her bedroom at the homeless shelter.

She first of all shared a close-up look at the bed, which was simply a frame and a mattress, with no bedding or pillows.

She then got up close to the windows, and added: “Nice mould for my baby to breathe in.” 

Following this, Chrissie showed off what was meant to be her baby’s crib, but was simply a tiny mattress on the floor, as she continued, “Apparently baby’s bed.”

Not only was Chrissie stunned by the ‘crib’, but she was also shocked to notice the shared toilet too.

In addition to this, Chrissie pointed out that while there is a shared bath, which came with a bonus spider, there is “no shower.”

In addition to the spider, Chrissie revealed that there are other surprising creepy crawlies at her homeless shelter.

She penned, “This one has bed bugs too; I hope I’ll be out soon.” 

Despite working as a teaching assistant since she was sixteen, the mother said that her maternity pay is insufficient to cover the cost of renting an apartment in southeast London.

Chrissie claimed she gets along well with her mother but that there isn’t enough space at her house for her and her child.

She said that she applied for a council house when her baby was born but wasn’t given any help.

When she revealed she was homeless, she was put up in a Travelodge for the night, but then, the next day, she was moved into a homeless hostel, and she said that she cried when she was being shown around, as it is “no place for a baby.”

Chrissie later wrote, “I am okay and I’m in the process of getting a place. This place isn’t the best but it’s better than the streets and it’s only temporary.”

The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @chrissie222x, has left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly gone viral and has since racked up 5.6 million views.

But social media users were left divided by the video; while some were incredibly supportive, not everyone thought the homeless shelter was that bad.

While there appears to be ample housing for non-British people, we are regarded as second-class citizens.

If she is a single mother, it makes no difference. For everyone to be safe, healthy, and secure, a clean and comfortable atmosphere is a must.

It’s unbelievable that these shelters for the homeless are left to deteriorate to this extent, and if we voice our complaints, we are met with silence. Since they get large sums of money from the councils to house temporary renters, the owners of these properties need to maintain the premises to a safe standard for the infant that must live there in these subpar conditions.

Yes, this woman could clean the mould, but being put with a shared toilet and bed bugs is disgusting. This baby is getting bit to death, and these bites are horrendous and they can also give you an allergic reaction.

Ask Rishi Sunak to put you up in a four-star hotel; it appears like he does it all the time. Oh my, I forgot—you won’t receive one if you’re not a foreign national!

Donald Sutherland Has Died

Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry, arrestingly off-kilter screen presence spanned more than half a century of films from “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88.

Sutherland’s representative, Creative Artists Agency, released a statement on Thursday confirming his death in Miami following a protracted illness.

Kiefer Sutherland said on X that he believed his father was one of the most important actors in the history of film: “Never daunted by a role, good, bad, or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that.”

The tall and gaunt Sutherland, who flashed a grin that could be sweet or diabolical, was known for offbeat characters like Hawkeye Pierce in Robert Altman’s “M.A.S.H.,” the hippie tank commander in “Kelly’s Heroes,” and the stoned professor in “Animal House.”

“Donald was a giant, not only physically but as a talent,” Sutherland’s “M.A.S.H.” co-star Elliott Gould said in a statement to The Associated Press, as many paid tribute. “He was also enormously kind and generous.”

Sutherland embodied the erratic, anti-establishment filmmaking of the 1970s before going on to have a lengthy career as a recognised character actor. His career was unrelenting, as he starred in about 200 TV shows and films.

Sutherland’s career spanned over 60 years. He saw a resurgence in popularity with a younger audience in recent years thanks to his role as the evil President Snow in The Hunger Games franchise.

The Emmy and Golden Globe winner made a name for himself long before that, appearing on MAS*H, Klute and the 1970s horror movie ‘Don’t Look Now.’

In addition to playing the stoned professor in ‘Animal House’ and the hippy tank commander in ‘Kelly’s Heroes’, the tall, gaunt actor had a smile that could be both malicious and endearing.

Over the years, Sutherland has demonstrated his versatility in more sombre but offbeat roles, such as Oliver Stone’s ‘JFK’ and Robert Redford’s ‘Ordinary People.’

In 2022, he appeared in what would be his last projects, ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves and Swimming With Sharks.’

Preproduction on the apocalyptic film ‘Heart Land’, starring Sutherland, was scheduled to begin soon.

The actor’s memoir, Made Up, But Still True, was due out in November.

According to Variety, Sutherland was nominated for a Human Trafficking Emmy in 2006 and won an Emmy in 1995 for his work in ‘Citizen X.’

His performance with Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton in ‘Ordinary People’ was amazing. His tenderness as a loving father was heartfelt, and he made that possible.

He gave us some amazing roles in his career. What a legend, brilliant at his craft.

His performance was enjoyable, and I do not doubt that his work will be appreciated for many years to come.

This man was far superior to the present generation as an actor. This is definitely worthy of making headlines!

After the demise of these wonderful classic actors, it’s going to be very boring move-wise. There are a token few but not sure if they will last the distance.

Donald Sutherland has never produced a subpar movie. His captivating personality made him flexible. He had it all—voice, appearance, and acting prowess to make you feel as though you were actually in the role he was portraying.

Donald Sutherland had that glee behind his eyes. He could be funny and sinister – a great actor that will be missed.

LIVING HELL

MAN: I’m 65 years old, homeless, and doing a dead-end job. I’m told I have to work until the day I die.

In October 2023, Gary Evans left his private rental apartment of 13 years to take a new position as a live-in caretaker.

However, his intentions were derailed when the woman he was supposed to look after passed away just before he was scheduled to start employment, and he is currently homeless.

In a couple of weeks, he blew through his meagre £500 in savings by sleeping in hotels while he looked for other places to live.

Depending on the season, he makes between £200 and £700 a month from his work at an amusement park, with lesser months earning up to £393 in universal credit.

This simply isn’t enough to rent a new place to live, he says.

He further claims Thanet District Council informed him they are unable to assist him in obtaining housing.

So for the last six weeks, Gary has been sleeping at the seafront at Ramsgate, Kent.

In between employment, he spends his days drinking free refill coffee at a Wetherspoon’s bar and looking for jobs at the library.

He said: “I’m still shocked at how quickly things fell apart for me and I ended up homeless.

“It’s true what they say about everyone only being two paycheques away from poverty.

“You think it will never happen to you but it can so easily happen to any one of us.

“I’ve always worked hard and paid my taxes and national insurance. I thought I’d always be safe and secure.

“Suddenly I had no place to live, no money and no help.

“There’s only so long you can stay with friends or borrow money.

“Sleeping rough is very scary. I’ve been woken by a hand on my shoulder and someone telling me ‘You’re on my patch’.

“It’s cold and frightening, and I rarely sleep. I doze off a bit then wake up suddenly and very alert – it’s horrible.

“When I see the lights on in people’s houses it reminds me that once that was me, and now I’m on the other side.

“It’s heartbreaking. I put on a happy face at work, but I know at the end of the day I have to leave and have no safe place to sleep.”

Gary stopped working full-time as a cook in a care home after he struggled to recover fully from Long Covid – which he had for a year from November 2021, he said.

He had pneumonia in both lungs and was in hospital for a week, he said, so couldn’t go back to working 200-hour months.

He took a part-time position in the ticket office and shop at an amusement park, where he still works between 8 and 25 hours a month.

Because of the seasonal nature of his work, he also gets universal credit.

Gary left his rented flat in October because he took a live-in cooking and cleaning job, but his plans fell through when the lady he was due to work for died, he said.

He asked Thanet District Council for help getting a new home, in January, but was told they couldn’t, he said.

Four bags that contain some of his stuff are kept at friends’ homes.

Gary takes one suitcase of essentials around with him.

He said: “I still can’t really understand how this has happened to me.

“I know it has but somewhere in my mind, I can’t quite accept it.

“I know it’s temporary. I’m going to get another job and a home and get myself out of this situation – I’m not giving up.

“It’s just very hard.

“Everywhere is so expensive.

“Everyone needs a deposit. I got the deposit back when I left my flat but I needed that to live.

“There’s just nothing available at the moment and lots don’t take people who are on benefits.

“I guess I feel a bit sad and resentful that the council can’t help me. I feel like they should be there for everyone.”

Gary said he’s met some very kind people and had some fascinating experiences – including spotting wildlife like beavers and foxes.

“I’ve seen the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets,” he said.

“You see the best and worst of human nature.

“Some people give you all the change they have to get some food, even though I don’t ask, and some cafes ask you to leave as soon as you’re done with your tea even though they’re not busy.

“The saddest thing is the friends that don’t speak to me anymore when I phone for a chat.

“When people ask I say I’m not homeless, I say ‘I’m waiting for a lift.”

A spokesperson for Thanet District Council said: “Thanet District Council works hard to prevent households from becoming homeless.

“We cannot comment on individual circumstances, but will always support people who require assistance, and liaise with other services and agencies to ensure anyone who is vulnerable gets the help they need.”

The council claims that on February 16, 2024, Gary was given a bed in a shared facility by the council’s specialised rough sleeping support team, but he turned it down.

It also said that affordable housing is now in low supply.

Earlier this month, a mum-of-three who was made homeless two years ago has told of how she and her kids are still living out of suitcases.

A couple disclosed in April of this year that they had resorted to sleeping on a bus shelter because they were so in need of a place to call home.

An NHS ambulance worker has been forced to live in his tiny car after being made homeless.

It is absurd that although our government readily homes foreign nationals in hotels, our own nation fails to assist those who are homeless. Where is the fairness in this structure? This regime has to be exposed and shamed until it falls!

Any time of year is not a nice place to be on the streets. That lifestyle is abhorrent. Everybody is entitled to basic human needs, a roof over their head, food and heating, and it’s a disgrace that we have homeless people out on our streets.

There also needs to be a cap on the prices of rentals because people are charging way over the odds.

As they get off the boats, foreign nationals are given the keys to a house or flat upon request. Today, the majority of these individuals are contentedly living in spacious homes in upscale neighbourhoods, enjoying their benefits and subsisting without employment.

It’s all wrong. All this queue jumping. Our government should be looking after its own, not people who have come over and have been here five minutes. British nationals should come first!

What is wrong with our nation and this shitshow of a government? The impoverished men who were born in this nation, paid taxes and made contributions to society all of their lives receive nothing while we accept hundreds of asylum seekers every day and place them in hotels or temporary accommodation.

What hope is there for the people of Britain? For what purpose do we work throughout our lives? As you age, you become less and less of a valued member of society, receiving nothing but a pitiful state pension.

This man was offered temporary accommodation and turned it down, but why should he live in temporary accommodation like all the immigrants that come over? This man was born in the UK. HE COMES FIRST!

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