And yet again it’s happening! It appears that the role of Virginia Hall (a WW11 spy who lost her left leg below the knee) in a new film is going to be played by the able-bodied Daisy Ridley. …
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And yet again it’s happening! It appears that the role of Virginia Hall (a WW11 spy who lost her left leg below the knee) in a new film is going to be played by the able-bodied Daisy Ridley. …
Continue readingOn Monday, 13th August this year, Sylvia Mac, child burn survivor and founder of Love DisFigure, travelled the beaches of East England to reach out to ladies and encourage them to embrace their bodies by being photographed …
Continue readingThis is ‘Migraine Awareness Week’ (it always runs from the first Sunday in September to the next) and its aim is to highlight how many millions in the world suffer from this debilitating condition. Consider …
Continue readingFrom the Hills of HOLLYWOOD, to the cobbles of CORONATION STREET and to the PALACE of WESTMINSTER .. Our growing #ALLin Movement is on the move! #ALLin (ALL Inclusive) is a world-wide movement devoted to help …
Continue readingIt seems obvious that what you can’t see is invisible. And a magician’s sleight of hand is most certainly invisible. But when you’re fooled by the magician you know it’s a trick. But when an …
Continue readingKirsty Young, the most loved voice of Desert Islands Discs, is to leave the programme for an undisclosed period of time. Kirsty, 49, has announced she is temporarily leaving because she is suffering from Fibromyalgia. It’s a …
Continue readingJoseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890) was an English man born with very severe face and body deformities. He was known as the ‘Elephant Man’ and was first exhibited at a freak …
Continue readingThe number of elderly people over 85 needing 24-hour care is set to double according to a report published in the Lancet. It analysed the health needs of the elderly up to the 2035. 446,000 …
Continue readingA recent survey seems to suggest that there is – with the deeply worrying statistic that 100,000 children aged 14 are self-harming with girls disproportionately hurting themselves. The survey of 11,000 14 years old showed …
Continue readingThe Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, has written a letter to ‘colleagues’ about the Government’s preparation for a March 2019 ‘No Deal’ scenario. Here is some of what he had to say. “The …
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