Tuesday, August 25, 2015

32 ways to quit smoking: Everything from eating nuts to playing Tetris

Smoking
Stub it out: There are plenty of different tips to help you quit smoking
Fact: quitting smoking is hard.
But 'vaping' isn't the only way to do it.
Last week, public health chiefs said e-cigarettes should be made available on the NHS to help an entire generation kick the habit within the next 10 years.
It came after the country’s biggest official review of vaping found it is 95% safer thansmoking tobacco – with no more toxins than those already in the air we breathe.

Justin Wilson dead: Ex-F1 driver passes away after suffering severe head injury during high-speed crash

Ex-F1 driver Justin Wilson lost his fight for life on Monday after succumbing to a severe head injury he suffered during an IndyCar smash in Pennsylvania on Sunday.
The 37-year-old from Sheffield was left in a coma after the high-speed crash, which saw him being hit on the head by an airborne nose cone before he careered into a safety barrier.
IndyCar were first to make the announcement of his passing at the request of his family on Monday evening.

Two suicides linked to Ashley Madison leak include Texas police chief

Two people have taken their own lives after their details were leaked by the Ashley Madison hackers, it was disclosed today.
Captain Michael Gorhum, who served for 25 years with the San Antonio Police Department in Texas, was named as one of the suicide victims.
And at a press conference on Monday, Canadian police confirmed a second suicide of a person also believed to have been using the extramarital affairs website.

Caitlyn Jenner could face misdemeanor manslaughter charge in car crash

Caitlyn Jenner <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/15/media/espys-caitlyn-jenner-arthur-ashe-award/">accepts the Arthur Ashe Courage Award</a> during the ESPYs in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 15. In her first speech since identifying as transgender, she said she wants to "reshape the landscape of how trans issues are viewed."
The police investigation into a deadly four-car accident involving Caitlyn Jenner is finished and the results could lead to a misdemeanor manslaughter charge against the reality television star, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's detective said Thursday.

Monday, August 24, 2015

How five unmarried mothers were buried in an unmarked mass grave alongside 796 babies who went missing at Irish nuns' Mother and Baby home of horrors

Grim: The controversial Tuam Mother and Baby Home run by the Bon Secours nuns from 1925 to 1961The bodies of five women who died at a home for unmarried mothers are believed to be buried in an unmarked mass grave with nearly 800 missing children, according to new research.
The single mothers, aged between 24 and 42, were inmates in the controversial Tuam institution run by the Bon Secours nuns in County Galway, Ireland, from 1925 to 1961.
The home made headlines around the world in June 2014 when the Irish Mail on Sunday revealed that no burial records existed for 796 children who died there – and prompted the establishment of a Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby homes.
Reports show that the children suffered malnutrition and neglect, which caused the deaths of many, while others died of measles, convulsions, TB, gastroenteritis and pneumonia.  
Evidence gathered by local historian Catherine Corless strongly suggests the babies were buried in a mass grave behind the property. 
Letters written by the Bon Secours nuns, eyewitnesses and the blueprints of the home all support the existence of the unmarked grave.

US politics are about to loom as yet another source of uncertainty

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) talks to reporters during a new conference following party policy lunch meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
If you think this summer of presidential campaign politics has been wild, and last week's news from Wall Street a bit scary, wait until Congress gets back after Labor Day.
The federal government is heading toward a fiscal train wreck, and, at the moment, it's far from clear how lawmakers will avoid it.
Due to partisan polarization on Capitol Hill, the United States currently taxes and spends on the basis of temporary legal authorities, which, in turn, reflect the barest minimum of political consensus necessary to keep the federal government operating.

Widower, 69, killed himself because he was too proud to report he was continually reduced to tears after being 'bullied by his neighbours', inquest hears

Eric Sutcliffe (pictured with his granddaughter Cheryl), committed suicide at his home in Bradford, West Yorkshire 
An elderly widower committed suicide because he was too proud to report his next door neighbours over an alleged campaign of bullying, an inquest has heard.
Eric Sutcliffe, 69, was allegedly reduced to tears after being belittled, shouted at and taunted in a bitter feud over the sharing of a communal garden and was branded a 'pervert' after he was accused of staring at a young woman in the street.
But despite pleas from his other neighbours who supported him, the grandfather of 11 would not call in police and sought treatment for severe depression, the court heard.

Eric Sutcliffe (pictured with his granddaughter Cheryl), committed suicide at his home in Bradford, West Yorkshire 
Although the neighbours subsequently moved on, Mr Sutcliffe a retired gas engineer, feared he would be bullied again and became ashamed at being unable to cope. 
He was referred to mental health services on 16th January 2015 but six weeks later when he was still waiting to see a doctor - Mr Sutcliffe was found hanged at his flat in Wibsey, Bradford, West Yorkshire, by his daughter Yvonne Hanson.

The neighbours were named only at the hearing as Mr and Mrs Naylor but are believed to be Arthur Naylor, 72 and his wife Glennis, 63.

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