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Darren Manning, pictured with his mum. A police woman frisk-searched him so violently that she ruptured his testicles.

Teenager left infertile after officer ruptured testicles during stop and search

A teenager has suffered from ruptured testicles and faces a lifetime of infertility, after a female police officer used excessive force during a stop and search. Darren Manning was with a group of teammates on their way to an after-school basketball game at 15th and Girard Streets when he was stopped by police officers. Manning is a straight-A student who[Read More…]

DWP blames cancer woman for getting cancer

DWP blames cancer woman for getting cancer

The Department of Work and Pensions has told a terminally ill woman that she is to blame for getting cancer. A letter by Chris Nelson appeared on the social networking site Facebook told of how the DWP refused disability allowance to the woman because they claimed that she was responsible for contracting a rare form of bone cancer called Sarcoma,[Read More…]

New law to require Australians to register tattoos

New law to require Australians to register tattoos

A law has been proposed in New South Wales, Australia which requires those with tattoos to register their tattoos to the state government. The law is being justified as a way to crack down on biker gangs in the country but includes owners of tattoo parlours and even those with tattoos in New South Wales to submit detailed information about[Read More…]

Fracking has been linked to hormone disrupting chemicals in the water.

Fracking chemicals linked to infertility and cancer

Fracking has been linked to hormonal disruption and chemical infertility, new research has shown. Scientists at the University of Missouri have discovered that there is a high proportion of hormone-disrupting properties in water located near hydraulic fracturing drilling sites than in areas without drilling. The researchers also found that 11 chemicals commonly used in the controversial “fracking” method of drilling[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…]