A new incident has occurred in the British town of Salisbury that hit the news in relation to the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter. A man has passed out in the town center, provoking an emergency response.
UK police have closed a road in Salisbury after a man “in his 30s” had reportedly “fallen ill” right outside the Zizzi restaurant in Wiltshire, where the former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, had dined on the day of the chemical attack, in which a nerve agent –dubbed Novichok– was used.
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Emergency services have been seen outside the restaurant as police cordoned off the area. The Police have confirmed the incident in a Twitter post but provided no details. The reasons behind it remain unknown.
Police admitted that “there is nothing to suggest any wider risk to the public” but still announced that they would take “highly precautionary measures to ensure public safety” in light of the “ongoing incident in Salisbury and Amesbury.”
We understand that our initial response to the incident may have looked alarming, but we hope you appreciate why we needed to take this highly precautionary measure. We thank you all for your patience and understanding.
The situation, however, soon calmed down as police announced that “the cordon in place in Castle Street, Salisbury, has been removed and the road has been reopened.” The person in question, who was not identified, was taken to a local hospital, the police said, adding that “there is no concern for either his health or any wider risk to the public.”
This fresh incident comes less than two weeks after a couple, Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley, reportedly fell ill after coming into contact with Novichok in the town of Amesbury, located some 13 kilometers away from Salisbury. Sturgess died days later.
The Amesbury incident victims are believed to have been exposed to the same nerve agent believed to have poisoned Sergei and Yulia Skripal in early March. The Skripal poisoning case caused a major international scandal, as London accused Moscow of being behind the suspected chemical attack, though it presented no evidence substantiating its claims.
Despite the British government blaming Russia, police have not named suspects in either poisoning incident. In May, the UK’s national security adviser Sir Mark Sedwill said authorities did “not yet” know who was responsible for the Skripals’ poisoning.
On Wednesday, the UK counter-terrorism chief, Neil Basu, admitted that the British authorities are not even able to determine if the two incidents are linked. He also said he could not guarantee that those responsible for the attacks would be caught.
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Chickenpox is common, mostly affecting children, and it usually gets better by itself within a week without help from a GP.
Symptoms before or after the spots can include a high temperature above 38C, aches and pains, and generally feeling unwell, and loss of appetite.
Reaching for the medicine cupboard for anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen may seem like your first port of call to calm down spots and relieve itching.
But giving children with chickenpox ibuprofen puts them at increased risk of a deadly, flesh-eating disease, according to a leading pharmacist.
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Shamir Patel, director of online pharmacy Chemist-4-U.com says that while scientists have long known about the dangers, many parents are still unaware of the advice.
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Mr Patel explains: “When our children are poorly, many of us instantly reach for the liquid paracetamol or ibuprofen.
“But in the case of chickenpox, you should think twice before administering ibuprofen. And in my view there are many in the UK who are simply unaware of the threat.”
Ibuprofen is a drug that reduces inflammation by interrupting the normal chemical reactions that happen in the body during an infection, illness or injury.
Mr Patel adds: “The knock-on effect of this is that it helps reduce pain and high temperature.
“But there’s also another side effect, albeit one that’s thankfully rare.
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“While more research is needed, and the precise reasons remain unknown at this point, studies have shown that using ibuprofen in the case of chickenpox may lead to an increased risk of a condition called necrotising fasciitis – a really horrible bacterial infection with a mortality rate said to be around 25 per cent.
“It’s likely that in reducing inflammation, ibuprofen also reduces the body’s ability to fight infections on the skin, allowing bacteria to infiltrate this vulnerability.
“Ibuprofen may also mask the signs of serious infection.
“My advice would be that if you absolutely have to use ibuprofen to treat a child with chickenpox, do so sparingly and only at the height of a fever.”
Chickenpox is characterised by an itchy bumpy rash and fever. It will usually resolve itself without the need for medical intervention.
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Chemist 4 U’s Mr Patel adds: “In lieu of ibuprofen, there are cooling gels which help to relieve symptoms of the infection.
“When you protect the skin’s environment, you allow it to heal naturally. This can also reduce long-term scarring.”
Chickenpox vaccination is not part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme but it is available privately.
The NHS Choices website also advises against using ibuprofen in cases of chickenpox.
It states: “Don’t use ibuprofen – it can make someone with chickenpox very ill.”
]]>https://briefnews.eu/chickenpox-warning-taking-ibuprofen-to-relieve-itchy-spots-can-make-someone-very-ill/feed/0Diana In Her Own Words tapes: Former aide claims Royals said Princess was 'mentally ill'
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Now the Princess of Wales’s former aide says Channel 4 is right to show her private tapes to mark the 20th anniversary of her death.
Patrick Jephson was equerry and private secretary to Diana between 1988 and 1996, and revealed that the Royal family claimed the late Princess was “mentally ill” as their “weapon of choice”.
Speaking on the hype surrounding the broadcast, Jephson said: “I find it difficult to share some critics’ well-aired outrage over its use of videotape shot by Diana’s voice coach during their practice sessions.
“These are definitely not sneaky snapshots of a woman caught unawares, but instead show a professional public figure, methodically honing her speaking skills in front of the voice coach’s camera.
“Bewitchingly, they reveal a thoughtful and often funny Princess finding her voice as the teller of her own story. It was this rare ability to infuse her public speeches with disarming personal candour that made Diana such an effective communicator.”
He added to Radio Times: “It was a time when, with good reason, Diana felt herself to be under attack from advisers and friends of her estranged husband, who had chosen as their main weapon the accusation that she was mentally ill. Classy.
“She had every reason to be angry, trapped with the knowledge that her husband loved another woman.
“What Diana fans should find wonderfully appealing about this film – and her critics find naggingly disconcerting – is that the figure we see on screen is unmistakably articulate, realistic, modest and fun.
“And if it takes a little longer to digest, at least it won’t have you reaching for the sick bag.”
It comes as Channel 4 defended its decision to air the controversial tapes after facing a backlash from royalists and Diana’s brother Earl Charles Spencer.
A Channel 4 spokesperson told Express.co.uk: “The excerpts from the tapes recorded with Peter Settelen have never been shown before on British television and are an important historical source.”
Kensington Palace declined to comment on the Diana tapes when approached for comment by Express.co.uk.
The full interview is available to read in the latest edition of Radio Times, which is out now.
Diana: In her Own Words airs this Sunday on Channel 4 at 8pm.
]]>https://briefnews.eu/diana-in-her-own-words-tapes-former-aide-claims-royals-said-princess-was-mentally-ill/feed/0Virginia to execute 'mentally ill' inmate despite calls for clemency
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https://briefnews.eu/virginia-to-execute-mentally-ill-inmate-despite-calls-for-clemency/#respondThu, 06 Jul 2017 21:52:24 +0000http://briefnews.eu/virginia-to-execute-mentally-ill-inmate-despite-calls-for-clemency/ Virginia’s governor has rejected calls to spare the life of convicted killer William Morva, despite his mental disorder, as well as appeals to halt the execution from the daughter of one of his victims.
Morva’s lawyers insist that he is suffering from a severe mental illness that the jury were not aware of when they sentenced him to death.
Jailed in 2005 for trying to rob a convenience store, Morva escaped a year later when he was taken to the hospital to treat an injury. At the hospital, he overpowered an officer and took his gun, with which he killed an unarmed hospital guard Derrick McFarland, a father of two.
Before he was captured Morva also fatally shot Montgomery County Sheriff Eric Sutphin, in the back of his head. The late sheriff’s daughter, Rachel Sutphin, has urged Virginia’s Democratic Governor, Terry McAuliffe, to halt the execution of her father’s killer.
“I am against the death penalty for religious and moral reasons,” Sutphin said in an email to reporters as quoted by CBS News. “I have fought and will continue to fight for clemency for all death row inmates until Virginia declares the death penalty unconstitutional. I have sent my own letter to the Governor showing my support for clemency.”
However, other family members of Morva’s victims do not share that view. Sheriff Sutchin’s mother said the execution would bring “justice for my son,” according to The Roanoke Times.
Morva escaped and shot the two men because he believed someone in jail wanted him to die, according to his lawyers. After the jury sentenced Morva to death, he was diagnosed with delusional disorder, a severe mental illness akin to schizophrenia that makes it impossible for him to distinguish between delusions and reality, his attorneys said.
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Prosecutors maintain that it was established during trial that Morva suffered from a variety of personality disorders, and yet the jury decided that the inmate was able to comprehend the consequences of his actions.
Governor McAuliffe said in a statement: “At the conclusion of that review, I have determined that Mr. Morva was given a fair trial and that the jury heard substantial evidence about his mental health as they prepared to sentence him in accordance with the law of our Commonwealth.”
McAuliffe added, “In short, the record before me does not contain sufficient evidence to warrant the extraordinary step of overturning the decision of a lawfully empaneled jury following a properly conducted trial.”
On Wednesday, two United Nations human rights experts called on McAuliffe to stop the execution. As did a group of Virginia clergy, a dozen state lawmakers and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Following his conviction trial, Morva went on a courtroom rant saying, “There are others like me, and I hope you know that. And soon they’re going to get together. They’re going to sweep over your whole civilization, and they’re going to wipe these smiles off your faces forever.”
McFarland’s widow, Cindy, shouted at him, “You deserve to burn in hell!”
Morva is set to be executed through lethal injection. Recent changes in Virginia’s execution protocol mean that he would remain shielded from the view of his attorney and media witnesses until after IV lines with lethal drugs have been inserted in his veins.
Execution through lethal injection has been under scrutiny in states that have capital punishment regimes after a number of botched executions. In Ohio, executions had been suspended for months pending a federal appeals court decision which last month ruled in the state’s favor and allowed it to resume executions using the method.