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My hell on board the Scientologist slave ship: British woman describes how she was ‘given’ to religious group aged 11 and suffered years of rape and abuse
A British woman has spoken out about being “given” to the Church of Scientology at the age of 11 and enduring years of alleged rape and abuse while serving aboard what she describes as a Scientologist “slave ship”. Her account adds to a series of allegations from former members about mistreatment within the organisation’s maritime…
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‘Stand-up comedy is my anxiety coping strategy’ – BBC
Adam Rogers, a 41-year-old teaching assistant from Chapeltown, Sheffield, has taken up stand-up comedy as a way of managing his generalised anxiety disorder, using the stage as a form of “exposure therapy.” Diagnosed with the condition in 2019, he decided at 40 to draw up a bucket list of challenges he had long avoided, ahead…
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It’s the beating heart of the West End, home to luxury boutiques and the Royal Opera House… but now workers forced to carry knives call Covent Garden the ‘Zombie Zone’ plagued by homelessness, drug-dealing and crime
Workers in Covent Garden, one of London’s most famous shopping and cultural districts, say they now feel compelled to carry knives for personal safety, describing the area as a “Zombie Zone” overrun by homelessness, open drug-dealing and crime. The area is home to upmarket boutiques and the Royal Opera House, and the reported decline highlights…
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Record-breaking cannabis-mule arrests, fugitive grooming-gang suspect wins Pakistan election
A record thousand alleged cannabis mules have been arrested amid warnings gangs lure young Britons online, while a grooming-gang rape suspect who fled to Pakistan on bail has been elected an MP there and won’t say when he’ll return. Also: a late-night Senate session, an ICE row with the AP, id Software’s Chris Hays …
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Naseeruddin Shah, Gurvinder Singh Turn a Village’s Real Grief Into Locarno Competition Title ‘Rehmat’: ‘It’s Important That These Films Get Made’
Indian filmmaker Gurvinder Singh’s new film “Rehmat,” starring veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, has its world premiere in the Concorso Internazionale, the main competition of the 79th Locarno Film Festival, where it is competing for the top prize, the Pardo d’Oro. It is the only Indian feature in the competition this year, and its production was…
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Joe Jonas Says He Sought Therapy After His Solo Album Underperformed
Joe Jonas has revealed that the underwhelming commercial reception of his 2011 solo debut album, Fastlife, led to panic attacks and physical pain severe enough that a doctor recommended he see a therapist. He made the disclosure on a recent episode of Hey Jonas!, the podcast he hosts with brothers and Jonas Brothers bandmates Nick…
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Embattled MAGA Congressman staying in the race despite allegations of child abuse and drug use Democrats belive can flip solidly red seat
A Republican congressman aligned with the MAGA wing of the party is facing calls to abandon his re-election bid after allegations emerged that he abused his young child and used drugs, but he has refused to step aside despite mounting pressure from within his own party. The controversy has heightened Democratic hopes of flipping a…
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Fitness update on key Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Barry Bannan ahead of Leyton Orient – thestar.co.uk
The supplied article text contains only Google’s cookie and sign-in notice, rather than the news article itself. As a result, it does not provide enough verified information to summarise Barry Bannan’s fitness update or its significance before Sheffield Wednesday’s match against Leyton Orient. The title indicates that the article concerns the availability of Sheffield Wednesday…
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Perez Hilton faces long recovery after self-harm livestream
Perez Hilton, the US celebrity blogger, is in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital after self-harming during a TikTok livestream at his Miami home. His family said he had lost a significant amount of blood and faces a long road to recovery, with surgery expected in the coming days. Emergency services were called on…
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University opens government-funded lab to help train biomedical scientists
The £2.5 million facility at the University of Essex, which includes a dedicated cancer diagnostics laboratory, was funded by the Office for Students.