Archive for August, 2015

The war of words

The war of words

The crisis in Calais has now got the whole world watching and waiting to see the next course of events that are about to unfold. As a resident living in the town and reporting from inside, things are just about going to escalate in ways that are imaginable. Having recently spoken to Mr Roussel, a local town councilor on the[Read More…]

Deputy William Strong was the man who ordered the illegal and sexually intrusive search

Texas woman subjected to cavity search by police officers in car park

A Texas woman claims she was strip-searched and forced to submit to a cavity search at a gas station parking lot in full view of passers by. Charneshia Corley, 21, was pulled over for allegedly rolling through a stop sign near the corner of Ella and Barren Springs in June. What was reported to have happened next is like something[Read More…]

Sick children benefit from Reiki treatment at UK hospital

Sick children benefit from Reiki treatment at UK hospital

A hospital in Brighton is offering Reiki as a complementary treatment for sick children. The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital has a fundraising charity called Rockinghorse, which helps to raise money for life-saving and cutting-edge medical equipment. It has donated the money needed to provide four specialist Reiki therapists. The therapists had previously been providing voluntary treatment to children in 2012,[Read More…]

Australian woman forcibly strip searched and paraded naked by police

Australian woman forcibly strip searched and paraded naked by police

  An Australian woman was forcibly strip-searched by both male and female police officers and then paraded naked around the police station, it has been revealed. Joanne Martin had tried to to help her boyfriend during a fight with a group of people in Northbridge in Western Australia, when she was arrested by the police for disorderly behaviour. Despite the[Read More…]

Facebook app condemned

Facebook app condemned

Facebook has been criticised after users were forced to accept a series of bizarre terms and conditions that are seen as a threat to privacy. The app allows Facebook to record you without your knowledge – using your phone’s microphone and it can also take your photo using your phone’s camera. Under the terms of service, the app is able[Read More…]