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Working in life sciences: The trends you need to know about
Accenture’s Barry Heavey discusses how the life sciences industry has changed and the most in-demand roles and skills right now.
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How I’d invest £175 a month to target £12,000 of annual passive income for life
Our writer’s passive income could see him draw a four-figure monthly payout in future. He can put it into action today with less than £200 a month — here’s how.
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How Fintech Is Making Life Easier for Businesses with Complex Ownership Structures
Businesses and individuals are free to set up ownership structures for their companies in any way they please. They can…
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Life is Strange remaster collection for the Switch arrives on September 27th
Following an eleventh-hour delay earlier this year, the Nintendo Switch version of Life is Strange: Remastered Collection will arrive on September 27th. The bundle – now titled the “Arcadia Bay Collection” on Switch — brings together enhanced versions of the first two entries in the episodic adventure series.
2015’s Life is Strange stars Max Caulfield, a teen who finds she has the ability to rewind time after returning to her hometown of fictional Arcadia Bay, Oregon. At the center of the game is Max’s relationship with her childhood friend Chloe Price, played by voice actor Ashly Burch. In Life is Strange’s 2017’s prequel, Before the Storm, Chloe returns as the protagonist of the story.
While many people love the series, the Remastered Collection has earned few fans. On console and PC, the release was mired by technical issues that made the games look worse than their originals. Square Enix went on to release multiple patches for the remasters, all of which are included in the new Switch bundle. Life is Strange: Arcadia Bay Collection will be available in both digital and retail versions. You can also play the remasters on PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia and PC.
I was kidnapped by a killer who planned to rape and murder me – he was given THREE life sentences but could soon be free
A WOMAN kidnapped by a killer who planned to rape and murder her and was given THREE life sentences could soon be free.
Debbie Vangerko was just 17 when drug addict Nicholas Burton kidnapped her and held her at knifepoint for 11 hours in 1997.
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Nicholar Burton, now 51, is being prepared for release despite being handed three life sentences[/caption]
Hours earlier, the deranged addict had stabbed Rachel McGrath – the 27-year-old daughter of a district judge – to death in a random attack in a pub car park in Cheshire.
Debbie – who had no connections to Burton – was taken while on a nearby street and survived thanks to a pit stop at a petrol station in Caernarfon, North Wales, where she managed to flee.
Burton would go on to admit he planned to rape and murder Debbie and a find a third victim.
Despite the horror of his crimes, Debbie was told by probation officials her maniacal kidnapper was being prepared for release.
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In her first interview since the horror ordeal, she criticised the Parole Board currently at the centre of a government review and said it was “not fit for purpose”, according to the Daily Mail.
She said it was time the rights of victims took precedence over those of criminals.
Burton was found guilty in April 1998 of Miss McGrath’s murder as well as the false imprisonment and threat to kill Debbie. He was handed three life sentences.
Justice Morland described him at the time as a “highly dangerous man who will endanger the lives of women indefinitely” and his crimes so heinous “no Home Secretary is ever likely to allow your release”.
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Debbie and Miss McGrath’s family later discovered Burton’s minimum 25-year jail term expired earlier this year following time served before his trial.
The 43-year-old survivor said she was “scared” about Burton’s release.
A tearful Debbie said: “I thought he was never going to come out.
“There is no deterrent. These monsters should not be allowed out. They are put away, but then let out in a few years.
“There’s no real justice. Leave him to rot and this country will be a safer place.”
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My £8k Turkey teeth saved my life, I only wanted a straighter smile but now I can never thank doctors enough
LISA Robinson, 44, a mental health nurse, lives in County Durham with her partner Michael, 56, a shift manager at a chemical plant, and daughters Jade, 24, and Leah, 18.
Here, she reveals how her Turkey teeth saved her life after losing her balance on her way to Turkish dental clinic.
“As I opened my eyes in intensive care, after an emergency 13-hour operation, the surgeon told me I was lucky to be alive. I reached up to touch my bandaged head and the words ‘fist-sized brain tumour’ came flooding back.
The doctors had said I only had a 25% chance of surviving the operation, so I took a deep breath and thanked my lucky stars I was still here.
Just days before, on June 24 of this year, I’d flown alone to Antalya, Turkey, for dental implants. But as I walked into the Magic Smile Turkey clinic, I lost my balance and fell backwards.
I was put in a taxi to the private Anadolu Hastanesi Hospital nearby, where doctors thought I was possessed, because my brown eyes had turned blue and began rolling in my head.
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Up to that point, life had been great. I was a fit gym-goer, loved my job as a nurse and enjoyed spending time with my partner Michael and my two beautiful daughters.
I was due to start a new job, but first, I was finally fixing a life-long insecurity by getting my teeth done. There wasn’t anything ‘wrong’ with them, but I wanted them straighter and to have a nicer smile.
I’d seen great results from people on social media going to Turkey for dental treatment, so I flew there in February, paying £6,000 for veneers on my top teeth.
They also removed some of the bottom ones and replaced them with posts ready for the £2,000 implants, which would be done during a return trip in June, once my gums had healed.
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Two weeks before that second visit, I started experiencing excruciating migraines, which my GP put down to the stress of leaving my job as a staff nurse.
Arriving at my hotel in Turkey, I went to bed at 11.30pm but woke at 3am, drenched in sweat. I rushed to the bathroom to tip cold water over myself. The next thing I knew, it was morning and I was lying in an empty bathtub – I must have fallen in and passed out.
As I staggered into the clinic later that day, I collapsed and was sent to hospital, where I underwent an MRI scan. By this stage, I was vomiting and screaming.
The scan revealed I had a deadly 4.5cm glioblastoma brain tumour and a haemorrhage, requiring immediate surgery.
In my delirious state, I managed to share Michael’s phone number with the interpreter before the anaesthetic kicked in. He dropped everything to fly over, and when I saw him the following day, I burst into tears.
I stayed in intensive care for four days, before being transferred to the critical care unit. The surgeon was happy with the op results after removing the majority of the tumour and said it was incredible I was alive.
Two weeks later, I was told by the hospital that my insurers had refused to pay out because I hadn’t declared that I’d sought help for headaches before travelling. I was asked to make a payment of £12,500 and told that the remaining balance of £45,000 was due by August 13, which was a huge shock.
Returning to Newcastle Airport on July 13, I was taken straight to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, where a consultant told me I had a grade 4 brain cancer. I couldn’t stop crying as I thought I was going to die.
The cancer is aggressive and incurable, but it is treatable and we have a plan of action. I’m having five sessions of radiotherapy for three weeks and then chemotherapy in tablet form, so we’re remaining positive about my future.
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My sister Sharon set up a JustGiving page to help raise the money for my medical bills – it’s already reached nearly £23,000 – and we’ve also held sponsored walks, family fun days and raffles to collect as much as possible.
I still need to find time for a trip to the dentist to get some better dentures for my bottom teeth, as they were never able to fit my implants. I’ll always be thankful to the surgeon in Turkey who saved my life and gave me this precious time with my family.”