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Jonny Benjamin

Man launches appeal to find hero stranger who helped to save his life

A man has launched a search for a good samaritan who saved his life following an attempted suicide attempt. Jonny Benjamin had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and was struggling to cope when he attempted to jump off of London’s Waterloo Bridge six years ago. The hero, known only as ‘Mike’ had been walking past, when he spotted Benjamin attempting[Read More…]

Majority of NHS ‘has been privatised’

Majority of NHS ‘has been privatised’

More than 70 per cent of the NHS has been privatised, it has emerged. The NHS Support Federation, which opposes a competitive market in the NHS, said that 70 per cent of contracts for NHS services in England between April-December 2013 were won by private firms. NHS reforms mean “qualified providers” can bid to provide clinical services, such as scans[Read More…]

Scientists come up with a new way to capture compassion

Scientists come up with a new way to capture compassion

Scientists have come up with a new way to measure compassion and use it to the benefit of patients, it has been revealed. In a journal entitled Health Expectations, the researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center has unveiled the results of a study in which they have identified compassionate words and statements which are the most effective on[Read More…]

Daniel Kaluuya says he was targeted by violent cops because of his colour

UK man sues the Met police after violent strip-search

A British man is suing the police after they ordered him off the bus and forced him to take his trousers off in public. Daniel Kaluuya who appeared in the TV hit series Skins is suing the Metropolitan police after accusing them of picking on him as a suspected drug dealer because of his colour. Daniel had been sitting on[Read More…]

Miriam Carey

Young mother shot dead after reportedly trying to ram car into White House

A young mother who reportedly tried to ram her car into the barricades of the US capitol yesterday has been shot dead by police. Dental hygienist Miriam Carey, 34, had been taking a cocktail of antidepressants and pharmaceutical drugs to treat schizophrenia when she was stopped at a checkpoint near the White House. Law enforcement authorities claim that she was[Read More…]