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‘Ideal patient medicated to just above a coma’: What doctor told nurse at scandal-hit mental health hospital where more than 2,000 inpatients died, inquiry hears
A former NHS mental health nurse, Stuart Ayris, has told the Lampard Inquiry that a doctor at a scandal-hit Essex mental health hospital once said “the ideal patient is one medicated to just above a coma.” The inquiry is examining more than 2,000 deaths of patients admitted to inpatient mental health units in Essex between…
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Bacon hails Bonnie Tyler as one of rock’s great voices
Actor Kevin Bacon has led tributes to the Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, whose death at the age of 75 was announced on Thursday 9 July, describing her as “one of the great voices of rock”. Bacon, who starred in the 1984 film Footloose, credited Tyler’s track “Holding Out For a Hero” with elevating one of…
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Joanna Pettet, Actress in ‘The Group’ and ‘Casino Royale,’ Dies at 83
Joanna Pettet, the London-born actress best known for Sidney Lumet’s ensemble drama The Group and the 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale, has died at the age of 83. She died on Tuesday at Temecula Valley Hospital in California, according to her friend and former manager Pam DuBois. Her death fell exactly 31 years after…
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Mick Jagger & Ronnie Wood Debut New Stones Song Lamenting America
The Rolling Stones have previewed a new song, “Ringing Hollow”, from their forthcoming album Foreign Tongues, due out this Friday. Rather than the elaborate rollout used for earlier tracks, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood, joined by touring keyboardist Matt Clifford, unveiled it with a surprise stripped-down acoustic performance at a listening party held on Wednesday…
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Vanilla Ice says he nearly joined the ‘27 Club’ before quitting drugs for good
Rapper Vanilla Ice has revealed that he wrote a suicide note at the age of 27 while struggling with drug addiction, coming close to joining the so-called “27 Club” before he quit drugs and rebuilt his life. Speaking on an episode of “Hang Out with Sean Hannity” released on Thursday, the musician described how the…
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The £2.2m Georgian country house wedding venue ‘operating as an illegal weight loss jab drugs factory’ where 12,000 doses were seized by investigators
More than 12,000 doses of illegal weight-loss injections have been seized from Moulton Grange, a £2.2million Georgian country house in Northamptonshire that operates as a luxury wedding and corporate events venue. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) raided the property on 28 May as part of an ongoing investigation into unlicensed medicines, arresting…
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Watch The Vaccines air new song ‘Ten Years Too Far’ at Mad Cool 2026
The Vaccines debuted a new song, ‘Ten Years Too Far’, during their set on the opening night of Mad Cool Festival 2026 in Madrid on 8 July, with footage of the performance circulating online. The airing of the anthemic, previously unheard track marks fresh material from the indie band, who are also marking the 15th…
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Brian Potter, British songwriter behind hits for Glen Campbell, Take That and more, dies aged 87
Brian Potter, the Essex-born songwriter and producer regarded as one of the most versatile British hitmakers of his generation, has died aged 87, having lived with Alzheimer’s disease in recent years. Working chiefly with his American partner Dennis Lambert, Potter shaped an extraordinary run of 1970s hits across pop, soul, soft rock, country and disco,…
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Dr Oz links obesity to chronic disease surge, says GLP-1s can ‘jumpstart’ better health
Dr Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has publicly endorsed the use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic as a way to tackle obesity and the chronic illnesses it drives. Speaking to Fox News Digital at the Great American State Fair in Washington DC on 6 July, he…