There were 3,898 people estimated to be sleeping rough on a single night in autumn 2023 in England. However, as I wander the streets, I am sure there is much more than this. Research suggests that up to 3 percent of people sleeping rough in England are veterans. This means around 300 to 400 veteransContinue reading “In The UK, How Many People Sleep Rough?”
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UK High Streets Are Booming
Police have stated that drug gangs are taking advantage of the high street’s deterioration by occupying vacant shopfronts to cultivate cannabis illegally. According to the National Police Chiefs’ Council, vacant pubs, office buildings, cafes, and nightclubs in town centres are being targeted by the gangs for their operations. Before being raided by Gwent Police, overContinue reading “UK High Streets Are Booming”
A Father’s Letter Begging The Surgeon To Cancel Surgery
A distraught father begged in vain for a leading plastic surgeon not to remove his 20-year-old daughter’s breasts in a transgender operation, telling him in an excoriating letter that he was about to destroy her life. The father told consultant Mohsen El Gammal that his daughter suffered from depression and, as a way through ongoing mental health problems,Continue reading “A Father’s Letter Begging The Surgeon To Cancel Surgery”
Nurse Who Made Patients Wash His Car
A mental health nurse who made four vulnerable patients wash his car as part of their ‘therapy’ has been struck off. Ian Brown, who worked at a care home for male offenders with mental illnesses in Ipswich, claimed the activity was ‘more constructive’ than ‘sitting outside smoking’. A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) misconduct hearing heardContinue reading “Nurse Who Made Patients Wash His Car”
MAX PEMBERTON: Indulgent Benefits Encourage Idleness
People who work in mental health frequently see people who are genuinely disabled by mental illness and who desperately need PIP payments to ensure they can get on with their lives, but not everyone would agree and that makes my blood boil. These individuals are not abusing the system, but people and the government wouldContinue reading “MAX PEMBERTON: Indulgent Benefits Encourage Idleness”
At A Tube station, A London University Student Leapt To His Death
Shortly after telling doctors he “wanted to be euthanized,” a university student left the hospital and leapt to his death in front of a Piccadilly Line train, according to evidence presented at the inquest. After consuming a mixture of alcohol and narcotics, Alexander Corda-Stanley, 20, was discovered drunk on the sidewalk in front of anContinue reading “At A Tube station, A London University Student Leapt To His Death”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 