Mum, 58, killed herself after operations failed to relieve pain - including one where ovaries were removed without consent

A mother killed herself after suffering years of pain from a vaginal mesh inserted to help with a bowel disorder.

An inquest also heard how a doctor removed 58-year-old Lucinda Methuen-Campbell's ovaries without her consent during one operation.

It was told how she went in for surgery to mend a bowel disorder - but came out without her ovaries.

The inquest also heard the surgeon told her afterwards that her ovaries were taken out "because they were in the way".

Mrs Methuen-Campbell chose the surgery at a private hospital performed by pioneering surgeon Tony Dixon in September 2016 after suffering years of pain from having vaginal mesh inserted to help with a bowel disorder.

But the mother-of-one was later found hanged after telling her ex-partner: "There didn't seem to be a way out of the pain."

Mr Dixon has built up an international reputation for using mesh to fix bowel problems - but is currently suspended from two hospitals in Bristol.

He is under investigation by the NHS which has referred him to the General Medical Council over the procedures.

Mrs Methuen-Campbell's ex-partner Philip Chatfield, a sculptor, said: "The pain continued to get worse and nobody seemed able to solve the problem.

"Mr Dixon performed the operation in 2016 with the mesh but it was unsuccessful and caused her to be in agony.

Alan Bean, former Apollo 12 astronaut and fourth person to walk on moon, dies

Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86.

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon during two moonwalks, deploying surface experiments with commander Charles Conrad and collecting 75 pounds of rocks and lunar soil for study back on Earth.

Bean died on Saturday in Houston, Texas, following a short illness, a Nasa statement said.

Nicaragua unrest: Thousands join renewed anti-government rallies

Thousands of protesters have marched in the Nicaraguan capital Managua and other cities to demand the resignation of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice-President Rosario Murillo.

Demonstrators blocked main roads, waving placards and chanting slogans.

Weeks of anti-government protests have seen at least 76 people killed in clashes with security forces.

The latest rallies took place after peace talks mediated by the Catholic Church broke down on Wednesday.

Four people were killed in clashes on Saturday, police and witnesses say.

"They want to take us off the streets at the point of bullets," said protest leader Francisca Ramírez, who led a rally in the north-west city of Leon.

Inside submarine murderer Peter Madsen's mind - how he lured journalist Kim Wall to her death

Eccentric Danish inventor Peter Madsen loved the limelight – and that’s exactly where his latest invention put him. The 60ft UC3 Nautilus submarine was made over a three-year period by Peter, 47, and a group of volunteers as part of an art project. At the time of its impressive launch in 2008, it was the largest privately built submarine in the world.

Peter had always dreamed big and started his first company aged 15, with a mission to build rockets and submarines so he could travel ‘beyond the well-known’.

He studied engineering, and when he left uni he branched out on his own. Peter’s greatest success was the Nautilus, which now belonged to him after a row with his former colleagues. The sub was a location for a ballet, parties, and Peter even launched his experimental rockets off it. He was well known in Denmark for crowdfunding the money he needed for his work.

Many believed Peter to be a great mind – they found the popular figure kind and likeable, but former girlfriends said he was into sadomasochism, erotic asphyxiation and was promiscuous. He was known to watch violent pornography and had a habit of losing his temper. And yet people continued to be fascinated by him.

Two die after collapsing at Mutiny Festival in Portsmouth

An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man have died after falling ill at the Mutiny Festival in Portsmouth.

The deaths are being treated as separate incidents and are not being treated as suspicious, however Hampshire Constabulary said inquiries were being made to determine the circumstances.

Dizzee Rascal, Craig David and Sean Paul top the bill at the two-day event that ends on Sunday.
Police were first alerted to the woman falling ill at the site on Saturday evening and the man was found collapsed around 20 minutes later.

Woman survives 700-foot plunge off southern California mountain road

A Southern California driver managed to call for help after her car plunged 700 feet off a road in the San Bernardino Mountains, and rescuers marveled at her survival. The woman could not say exactly where she was Thursday night, and authorities used her phone to figure out her approximate location, CBS Los Angeles reports.

A rescue crew found a patch of dirt along the road where they believed she had veered off the road.

She was found about 700 feet down at the base of a mountain in remarkably good condition, given what she had just endured.

"I'm amazed. You don't have these positive outcomes like this when you launch over the side and end up 700 feet, so she's doing quite well," said Battalion Chief Bob Evans with San Bernardino County Fire. "I don't know what her prognosis will be, but she has an altered level of consciousness and some back pain, understandably."

Disturbing nightmarish facts that will make you never want to visit another water park

While water parks always seem like a good idea when the temperatures start rising, they're usually not worth the risk. Damp environments like pools and water slides are the perfect breeding ground for bacteria like E.coli and staph — not to mention the unsavory things floating around in the water itself.

If you're somehow not deterred by all the germs, perhaps thinking about the overwhelming amount of people who will have had the same idea as you will stop you.


Keep scrolling to learn about the brain-eating amoebas and chlorine-resistant parasites that make water parks the actual worst.

Philip Roth, one of America's greatest novelists dead at 85

One of the great American authors, Philip Roth, has died aged 85.

The Pulitzer, National Book Award and Man Booker International Prize-winning novelist's work drew its inspiration from Jewish family life, sex and American ideals.

His works included American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and Portnoy's Complaint.

The New York Times reported that a close friend of Roth's said he had died of congestive heart failure.

Post-coital dysphoria (PCD) Why You Might Cry After Sex

  

Sex has lots of proven body benefits: It can help reduce pain, make it easier to sleep, and strengthen your immune system. But it also may have an unexpected effect on your mood, leaving you feeling sad and blue after the action is over—so much so that you might finding yourself crying.

This sadness has a name: post-coital dysphoria (PCD). Ian Kerner, a New York City–based sex therapist, describes PCD as "[feelings of] sadness, anger, and distress generally post-sex and often post-orgasm." You might experience it during a hookup, but it also happens when you're with a partner you feel close to and the sex itself felt pleasurable. In fact, you don't need a partner—PCD can even happen during or after masturbation.

Archbishop Philip Wilson to step down after sex abuse cover-up

A Catholic archbishop in Australia convicted of concealing child sexual abuse will step down from his position.

Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Adelaide, South Australia, was found guilty of covering up the crimes of a paedophile priest by a court on Tuesday.

He is the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted of the offence.

Wilson said he would step aside from his duties on Friday.

This Woman’s Powerful Message About Crying in the Shower Is Going Viral

Ever find yourself having a good cry in the shower—partly because it's the only place you feel free enough to let go your feelings? Brittany Latham knows what that's like.

This 30-year-old photographer from Mobile, Alabama, decided to share an image of a woman crying in the shower on Instagram, captioning it with inspiring words that has hit such a chord, it's already racked up hundreds of thousands of views.

“For the woman whose husband makes an ‘extra stop’ after work every evening,” she started the post. “For the woman who is mourning the loss of a pregnancy that nobody else knew about.”

14 apps everyone should have on their phone

Most people spend the vast majority of their time in just a handful of apps. I'm no exception.

While I keep over 100 apps on my phone for minor things, there are only 14 apps that I regularly turn to. These are my go-to apps that make my life easier, more productive and more enjoyable. If you want to get the most out of your phone, I recommend having these essential apps.

Check them out:

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie testifies before US Senate – live

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie testifies before US Senate – live

American boy wakes up after being declared brain dead

A 13-year-old boy who suffered skull fractures in an accident and was declared brain dead by doctors regained consciousness after being declared dead and his parents signed paperwork to donate his organs to save five other children.

Trenton McKinley is now recovering at home in Alabama.

He was taken to hospital in March when a utility trailer he was riding turned over and crushed his head. He suffered severe brain trauma and seven skull fractures.

At one, his mother was told he would not recover.

Russian cabinet resigns just hours after Vladimir Putin’s inauguration

Hours after Vladimir Putin's inauguration for another term as President, the Russian cabinet has resigned.
Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev signed an order on the Russian government’s resignation,” the government said.

Putin won the March 18th elections gaining 76.69 per cent of the vote, with over 56.4 million voters casting their ballots for him, according to Central Election Commission data.

He has also proposed that the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, consider the candidacy of Medvedev who was the head of government during Putin’s previous presidential term from May 8, 2012.