Alaina Bamfield | Untouchable | Full Comedy Special Alaina Bamfield does a 24 minute standup special about getting money from being molested by Larry Nassar. Brilliant.
Politieauto’s, geschrokken buren en glazenwasserspullen verspreid over de straat: dat is het beeld van de Joop den Uyllaan in Schiedam in de middag van 13 april. Een paar maanden later moet de Schiedamse Dursun Y. voor de rechter verschijnen voor poging tot doodslag op een andere glazenwasser. “Ik wilde hem bang maken”, zegt de verdachte.
Politieauto’s, geschrokken buren en glazenwasserspullen verspreid over de straat: dat is het beeld van de Joop den Uyllaan in Schiedam in de middag van 13 april. Een paar maanden later moet de Schiedamse Dursun Y. voor de rechter verschijnen voor poging tot doodslag op een andere glazenwasser. “Ik wilde hem bang maken”, zegt de verdachte.
Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosis
Two tests that can dramatically speed up diagnosis of endometriosis are to be made available on the NHS in England and Wales, in a move hailed as a “gamechanger” for millions of women.
One in 10 women of reproductive age are affected by the condition, where tissue similar to that found in the womb lining grows elsewhere, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes. Symptoms include painful periods, painful bowel movements, pain when urinating and pain during or after sex.
Continue reading...Collector of dream stories from across continent finds ‘surprising consistency’ in the way they are structured
A young woman discovers in a dream that she is responsible for the Holocaust and tries to come up with schemes to make amends – and then gets distracted by a business meeting. Another woman dreams she is being chased by murderers – and ends up chilling in front of the TV with them. A man gets to advise Emmanuel Macron on social policy – and talks to him about haircuts and dog training instead.
Dreams can turn our innermost fears and darkest fantasies into miniature dramas. But an anthology of recollected dreams harvested from online forums across Europe shows how the story arc of the subconscious often bends towards anticlimaxes.
Continue reading...Treasury select committee also says ministers have moral obligation to reverse last year’s repayment threshold freeze
Slideshows that compared student loan repayments with the cost of a mobile phone contract, and YouTube videos that did not mention the fact that loan terms could change amounted to mis-selling by the government, MPs have said.
The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, caused a furore last year when she announced that the repayment threshold on plan 2 student loans would be frozen at £29,385 for three years from April 2027.
Continue reading...The collision was catastrophic. Jane Ouartsi suffered a fractured collarbone, two spinal fractures, a broken femur that took three operations to fix, and she had to learn to walk again like a baby. Why has no one taken responsibility for her life-changing injuries?
As Jane Ouartsi walked across a pedestrianised square in central London, on a Friday evening in early August three years ago, she linked arms with her partner, Dave Mathias, and told him how much she had enjoyed the afternoon they had spent together, eating pizza in Soho and visiting an art installation. It was the last time she can remember feeling properly happy and relaxed.
“We were walking quite slowly, talking about the art. It’s hard to remember exactly, but I think I was saying what a lovely lunch, and then all of a sudden there was a horrific impact,” she says. “I felt my spine and body split and I thought my life was over.”
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