A Dover woman, 69‑year‑old former carer Susan Sharp, died after William Harvey Hospital in Ashford administered the same contrast dye twice, despite clear evidence from her first collapse that she had suffered a severe allergic reaction. In October 2024, Susan attended William Harvey Hospital for a CT scan to check for possible blood clots. SheContinue reading “Dover Woman Dies From An Allergic Reaction To Scan Dye”
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People Who Think They Can Survive On Sunlight
Breatharianism is a harmful pseudoscience, and every credible medical source agrees that humans cannot survive on sunlight, “prana,” or air alone — and multiple people have perished trying. Breatharians say they can live on ‘prana,’ a supposed universal life-force, ‘sunlight,’ often via sun-gazing, and ‘air alone,’ sometimes called living on light. Modern promoters like Jasmuheen,Continue reading “People Who Think They Can Survive On Sunlight”
Inquest Hears 44-Year-Old Mother Of Two Killed Herself With Suicide Kit
Jane Colechin, 44, searched online for a deadly chemical after being signed off from her charity role when the project she managed lost its funding. These details come straight from the inquest evidence into her demise, which formed part of a more comprehensive Metropolitan Police inquiry into multiple fatalities linked to the same substance. AccordingContinue reading “Inquest Hears 44-Year-Old Mother Of Two Killed Herself With Suicide Kit”
An Aircraft Plunged 180 Feet In Turbulence
Passengers are suing an airline that killed a 73-year-old British grandfather and hospitalised more than 100 people after it fell 180 feet during turbulence. Alison Read, Benjamin Read, and Bradley Richards are suing Singapore Airlines for damages related to their personal injuries. All three of them were injured while aboard the Singapore-bound Boeing 777-300ER inContinue reading “An Aircraft Plunged 180 Feet In Turbulence”
‘End-Of-Life’ Brit Spends £10k
After her only son passed away, a British mother without a fatal condition is going to Switzerland to end her life at an assisted dying facility. Wendy Duffy, 56, a former care worker from the West Midlands, has paid £10,000 to end her life at Pegasos, a Swiss assisted dying clinic, after losing her sonContinue reading “‘End-Of-Life’ Brit Spends £10k”
Prisoner Dies After Being Beaten To Death
A child prisoner has died after claims he was ‘beaten to a pulp’ at a young offenders’ institution. The 16-year-old boy was said to have been found unresponsive in his cell at Feltham Young Offenders’ Institute, in south-west London, on Monday. Prison staff called for an ambulance, and the teenager was taken to the hospital, whereContinue reading “Prisoner Dies After Being Beaten To Death”
A Man Kills Himself After He Believes A Google Chatbot Is His Wife
A man in Florida fell in love with Google’s Gemini chatbot, only to take his own life days later after the technology set a ‘suicide countdown clock,’ a new lawsuit claims. Jonathan Gavalas, 36, became convinced that the tech giant’s artificial intelligence chatbot was ‘fully-sentient’ and that they were deeply in love, a lawsuit filed in California on Wednesday by hisContinue reading “A Man Kills Himself After He Believes A Google Chatbot Is His Wife”
Tchéky Karyo Dies Aged 72
Celebrated actor Tchéky Karyo, who starred in the BBC hit drama The Missing and James Bond’s GoldenEye, has died aged 72. Born in Istanbul but raised in Paris, Karyo acted in films for almost forty years before transitioning to television in his later years. His wife, actress Valérie Keruzoré, and their children announced he had ‘succumbed to cancer this Friday, October 31’. Continue reading “Tchéky Karyo Dies Aged 72”
Fawlty Towers Star Prunella Scales Dies Aged 93
Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales has passed away aged 93 after a years-long battle with dementia. The renowned actress was best known for her role as the overbearing Sybil Fawlty, wife of John Cleese’s Basil, in the BBC satire Fawlty Towers. Although the programme ran for just 12 episodes across two seasons, Prunella’s performance cemented her standing asContinue reading “Fawlty Towers Star Prunella Scales Dies Aged 93”
The Death Of An Essex Man Was Preventable
The death of a 20-year-old described as a “beautiful soul” was directly contributed to by the non-availability of an in-patient bed in a Mental Health Assessment Unit, a report has concluded. Jack Peatling spent six days at home awaiting a bed before taking his own life on June 5, 2023. A prevention of future deathsContinue reading “The Death Of An Essex Man Was Preventable”
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