left – Latest News https://latestnews.top Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:34:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://latestnews.top/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-licon-32x32.png left – Latest News https://latestnews.top 32 32 Newborn baby in Kentucky is dubbed ‘Mini Hulk’ after lymphangioma condition left her with https://latestnews.top/newborn-baby-in-kentucky-is-dubbed-mini-hulk-after-lymphangioma-condition-left-her-with/ https://latestnews.top/newborn-baby-in-kentucky-is-dubbed-mini-hulk-after-lymphangioma-condition-left-her-with/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:34:59 +0000 https://latestnews.top/newborn-baby-in-kentucky-is-dubbed-mini-hulk-after-lymphangioma-condition-left-her-with/ A newborn has been nicknamed ‘baby hulk’ after a rare condition caused her arms and chest to become ultra swole. Armani Milby, from Campbellsville, Kentucky, has a severe form of lymphangioma, a condition that causes benign tumors to grow in the lymphatic vessels, tube-like structures that carry fluid around the body. The swelling has caused […]]]>


A newborn has been nicknamed ‘baby hulk’ after a rare condition caused her arms and chest to become ultra swole.

Armani Milby, from Campbellsville, Kentucky, has a severe form of lymphangioma, a condition that causes benign tumors to grow in the lymphatic vessels, tube-like structures that carry fluid around the body.

The swelling has caused her upper torso and arms to become disproportionately bulky compared to the rest of her body.

Armani’s mother Chelsey, 33, gave her daughter the affectionate nickname ‘mini Hulk’ when she was born because she looked ‘like a mini bodybuilder’.

Armani Milby, from Campbellsville, Kentucky, was born with a condition that gave her swollen arms and legs. Her mother Chelsey has nicknamed her 'mini Hulk'

Armani Milby, from Campbellsville, Kentucky, was born with a condition that gave her swollen arms and legs. Her mother Chelsey has nicknamed her ‘mini Hulk’

Baby Armani, pictured, spent the first three months of her life in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the hospital. She is pictured above shortly after being born with her mother

Baby Armani, pictured, spent the first three months of her life in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the hospital. She is pictured above shortly after being born with her mother 

Armani spent the first three months of her life in the hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she received specialist treatment to drain excess fluid from her arms.

She is now scheduled to undergo surgery to remove the excess lymph vessels to help reduce her arms and chest to a normal size.

She will also need further surgery to remove any excess skin left on her body.

Now that some fluid has been drained from her arms, however, her mother has switched to calling her ‘squishy’.

‘Now she’s squishy,’ Ms Milby said, ‘I just call her my little squishy baby. She’s doing very well.’

Her daughter’s condition, which can be caused by genetics or hormone problems, was diagnosed at week 17 of pregnancy.

Armani weighed 12lbs when she was born and made her mother look so large when she was pregnant that strangers would ask if she was having triplets.

Doctors gave Armani a ‘zero percent’ chance of survival, Ms Milby said, but the infant cried as soon as she was born via C-section at 33 weeks and has been fighting ever since.

Ms Milby, who has two other children, said she was left in tears after the news— saying she didn’t understand why her baby had the condition. 

Lymphangioma is when fluid-filled bumps, or cysts, form under the skin because the lymph vessels overgrow and stop draining fluid from the body.

The condition is rare, affecting about one in 4,000 children, and is normally diagnosed at birth or within the first few years of childhood.

Swelling is common in the head and neck area — because these areas have a relatively high concentration of lymph vessels compared to other parts of the body.

But they can also appear in other places like the chest and arms. Of those diagnosed with the condition in the womb, doctors say only 22 percent survive.

Doctors said Armani wouldn't make it, but she was born via C-section at 33 weeks and started crying immediately. She has now received treatment to drain some of the fluid from her body

Doctors said Armani wouldn’t make it, but she was born via C-section at 33 weeks and started crying immediately. She has now received treatment to drain some of the fluid from her body

In surgery, doctors will cut out the abnormal lymphatic tissue in order to boost fluid drainage from the body and to stop the liquid from collecting.

Patients may also receive a procedure called Sclerotherapy — where a special medication is injected into the body that causes irritation and scarring to the abnormal lymphatic tissue, leading it to shrink and collapse.

Ms Milby said: ‘I had never, ever, heard of the diagnosis before and honestly, I had looked into it, and I didn’t really like the results with some of the pictures.

‘When I found out, to be honest, I was devastated, I was heartbroken. I didn’t understand what happened, what went wrong, because I had two other healthy babies, and I cried every day. Every day, I asked God why.’

But describing her daughter now, she said: ‘She has a lot of extra skin. It’ll all go away, and she’ll be the normal-looking baby. She’ll just have significant scarring from the surgeries and everything.

‘She got lucky. She’s not deformed or anything like that. I’ve actually seen some cases where they have and God bless them kids, they’re fighters.

‘She’s happy. She hardly ever cries unless she wants to be held. We’re trying to do everything for this baby and give her the best life possible.

‘She finally rolled over and she’s trying to say “momma”, I’m pretty sure, she’s getting really close.

‘She’s doing wonderful. She literally is my miracle baby, and we just love her so much.’

The baby has a condition called lymphangioma, which has caused her arms and chest to swell because of a build-up of fluid

This is caused by an overgrowth of the lymph vessels, responsible for draining fluid, causing them not to drain fluid properly

The baby has a condition called lymphangioma, which has caused her arms and chest to swell because of a build-up of fluid. This is caused by an overgrowth of the lymph vessels, responsible for draining fluid, causing them not to drain fluid properly

Armani is pictured above with her mother Chelsey and father Blake. Her mother said she looks like a mini-bodybuilder

Armani is pictured above with her mother Chelsey and father Blake. Her mother said she looks like a mini-bodybuilder

Describing the pregnancy, Ms Milby said: ‘My body was shutting down. Something was telling me it was time to get her out. I was almost 200 pounds, and my health was getting really bad.

‘I suffered every day; I could never sleep. I was extremely sick.

‘That’s why I had them take her at 33 weeks because my body was shutting down and it was getting harder every day to live life and actually breathe because I was so uncomfortable as I had to keep getting fluid drained out of my stomach.

‘To everyone’s surprise, she came out crying and everybody in the room was emotional. No one knew what was going to happen. It’s a very magical story.’

For her father, Blake, who was not allowed in the delivery room, the process was hard. 

He said: ‘I remember sitting outside in the hallway, they took me back there for the delivery and while they’re in there giving her an epidural, I was out there pacing the hall, just praying.

The operation was far from easy for Ms Milby, who suffered a panic attack soon after they started, but she said it was all worth it when she saw her baby’s face.

She said: ‘They had to give me something to calm me down because I was having a panic attack. I was screaming and crying.

‘I was just a wreck, it was horrible.

‘In the back of our minds, we were both wondering what was going to happen. However, she just shocked us all and proved everyone wrong.

‘When I actually saw her, I cried even more because I had never seen anything like that but I didn’t care what she looked like, I loved her anyway.

‘I had never seen anyone look like that before so I was just shocked to be honest, but grateful at the same time.’

After being born, Armani and her family were moved more than 100 miles away to Cincinnati for three months to be admitted to a specialist hospital where the baby began to make her recovery.

Ms Milby said: ‘I battled postpartum depression really bad, and I had to push that away to try to be the strongest person I could be for her and for my other two kids.

‘It’s been a rollercoaster ride. It really has been a rollercoaster ride and every day, I struggle a little bit.’

Armani is scheduled for surgery later this year where doctors will remove extra lymphatic vessels and over the coming years, she will need to undergo surgery to remove the extra skin.



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You have goat to be kidding: Farmer left stunned after goats break in to her home, take a seat on her £300 rug and munch on a table

  • ‘Chaz and Dave’ managed to escape their field to dine on blueberries in the garden before heading indoors for a nap 
  •  The pair even ate the farmer’s birthday flowers during the early hours raid

Most pet owners know that they can occasionally be troublesome creatures.

So spare a though for farmer Katherine Mackenzie who was woken in the early hours by the sound of her kitten going berserk only to be then confronted by her pet goats napping on her luxury rug.

The 43-year-old has told how she was left stunned after going downstairs to find her pets had broken out of their enclosure and into her home.

‘Chaz and Dave’ then wreaked havoc, pulling over expensive house plants, munching their way through the birthday flowers, dragging clothing about, before settling down on a £300 rug to munch on a small table.

Miss Mackenzie believes the pair had help escaping their enclosure from Kitty and Blue, a miniature Shetland pony and a black and white cob, when they leaned against the fence to let them out.

The goats taking a nap on the luxury rug

The goats taking a nap on the luxury rug

It is thought the goats, named after the famed London musical duo who had a string of hits in the 80s, then used their hooves to open the door.

She said: “One night last week they were outside in the garden so I put them back in the field but they must have jumped back over the fence.

‘We think they have learned how to push down the handle and open the door.

‘They even ate my birthday flowers.’

The pair had already made a bid for freedom earlier in the day to get to the brambles and carrots in the garden.

But they took their antics one step further – by entering their owner’s home near Oban, in the middle of the night.

They pulled over expensive house plants, munched their way through the birthday flowers, dragged clothing about, before settling down on a luxury £300 rug to munch on a small table.

Katherine was alerted to the goats presence in her home by her kitten going berserk

Katherine was alerted to the goats presence in her home by her kitten going berserk

They even jumped all over a corner sofa.

The family was only alerted to the mayhem when they were woken by their kitten Nalla going berserk in the hallway at 5.45am.

Miss Mackenzie, who’s birthday was just the day before, said: ‘I couldn’t believe it. They were in the living room on my rug, one was chewing the corner of the table and the other was looking at me as if I was a weirdo.

‘They were jumping all over the couch and running up and down the hall.

‘It’s just as well we’ve got wooden floors. They’re a nightmare.’

The 43-year-old, spent five minutes trying to coax the goats from their luxury accommodation.

But they refused to move past the front door. In the end she said she had to ‘grab them by the horns’ and haul them out.

The mischievous duo are now back where they belong following last week’s break in.

Miss Mackenzie believes the goats had help escaping their enclosure

Miss Mackenzie believes the goats had help escaping their enclosure

But Miss Mackenzie, who is still cleaning up after last week’s event, said: ‘I’ve had to move the horses into a different field. It took me a few days to cotton on to how they were getting out. But they were leaning against the fencing to let them out. It was like a conspiracy.’

Despite their antics, Miss Mackenzie admits her animals have become part of the family.

She said: ‘It is not the first time that the animals have worked together to get into the house. Rosie the pet lamb likes a seat on the couch as well.

‘Maybe the goats were jealous.’



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Britons spend up to 72 HOURS a year planning holidays, with many left mentally exhausted https://latestnews.top/britons-spend-up-to-72-hours-a-year-planning-holidays-with-many-left-mentally-exhausted/ https://latestnews.top/britons-spend-up-to-72-hours-a-year-planning-holidays-with-many-left-mentally-exhausted/#respond Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:50:03 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/09/18/britons-spend-up-to-72-hours-a-year-planning-holidays-with-many-left-mentally-exhausted/ Britons spend more than two days – an average of 53 hours – per year planning their holidays, according to new research. The findings suggest millions of would-be holidaymakers from Britain are hesitating to press the ‘book’ button due to the sea of choice on offer. Gen Z (aged 16 to 26) appear to suffer […]]]>


Britons spend more than two days – an average of 53 hours – per year planning their holidays, according to new research.

The findings suggest millions of would-be holidaymakers from Britain are hesitating to press the ‘book’ button due to the sea of choice on offer.

Gen Z (aged 16 to 26) appear to suffer the most from indecision, dedicating three days (72 hours) per year to crafting trips.

Baby boomers (aged 59 to 77) chart their courses in almost half the time but still spend close to two days a year (37 hours) planning trips.

This procrastination, the study says, is due to ‘Travel FOBO’ – ‘fear of better options’.

Instead of feeling excited in anticipation of a holiday, Britons are commonly left feeling mentally exhausted by the process

Instead of feeling excited in anticipation of a holiday, Britons are commonly left feeling mentally exhausted by the process 

A study by First Choice suggests millions of would-be holidaymakers from Britain are hesitating to press the 'book' button due to FOBO - 'fear of better options'

A study by First Choice suggests millions of would-be holidaymakers from Britain are hesitating to press the ‘book’ button due to FOBO – ‘fear of better options’

A close relative of FOMO, ‘fear of missing out’, FOBO is caused by information and choice overload, partly fuelled by inspiration from social media, and it’s crippling Britons when it comes to booking their getaways, the study by First Choice holidays says.

Instead of feeling excited in anticipation of a holiday, Britons are commonly left feeling mentally exhausted by the process, are often hit by ‘reservation remorse’ – and two in five (41 per cent) said they consider holiday planning to be one of ‘life’s most stressful decisions’.  

The new study, of over 3,000 Britons, found 40 per cent feel overwhelmed by travel choice anxiety when it comes to booking, with 50 per cent of Gen Z and 52 per cent of millennials (aged 27 to 42) feeling the heat.   

More than a third (39 per cent) of travellers get overwhelmed by the chaos of keeping track of multiple tabs open on devices and nearly a quarter (23 per cent) consider over 16 destinations before deciding what to book.

The study found 40 per cent feel overwhelmed by travel choice anxiety when it comes to booking

The study found 40 per cent feel overwhelmed by travel choice anxiety when it comes to booking 

Almost half (42 per cent), meanwhile, get tired from an unending cycle of evaluating and re-evaluating alternative options.

And in total, 42 per cent admitted to being beaten by the ‘procrastination paradox’ – delaying booking until the last minute to find better deals, only to find that prices have increased. 

The wide range of choices and information overload has left nearly two in five (37 per cent) with reservation remorse, feeling they had made a mistake after booking, with indecision and apprehension kicking in after just two hours and seven minutes.

Despite the stress of FOBO, more than half of Brits (51 per cent) love taking control of their own travel arrangements and discovering the world on their own terms, the findings reveal. 

More than half (55 per cent) said that reviews and recommendations play an ‘important role’ when it comes to booking a break.

But more than a third (37 per cent) feel their trust in online reviews has dwindled, preferring to consult holiday company websites and apps (34 per cent).

Gen Z (aged 16 to 26) appear to suffer the most from indecision, dedicating three days (72 hours) per year to crafting trips

Gen Z (aged 16 to 26) appear to suffer the most from indecision, dedicating three days (72 hours) per year to crafting trips

More than half of Brits (51 per cent) love taking control of their own travel arrangements and discovering the world on their own terms, the findings reveal

More than half of Brits (51 per cent) love taking control of their own travel arrangements and discovering the world on their own terms, the findings reveal 

First Choice has released a new holiday booking platform to combat Travel FOBO and ‘help travel lovers pick the trip they really want’.

The newly renovated platform combines options for different tastes, budgets and values, the holiday company explains – there are even options for trips by train.

Travellers can also choose between familiar and far-flung destinations and different activities, from cooking classes in Crete to stand-up paddleboarding in Majorca, it adds.

Bart Quinton Smith, managing director of First Choice, said: ‘Our research shows that many of us get a thrill from piecing our perfect trip together. But, in a world of endless choices, FOBO can take all the fun out of planning a holiday.’

The company has seen a change in holiday behaviours in recent years, driven by ‘a new mindset’ among travellers, the MD said.

‘For those who love to travel, holidays are up there with the most important choices we make and you don’t want to settle for anything less than the best,’ he added.



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EXCLUSIVE: Putin is left ‘humiliated’ by having to travel ‘to the far end of Russia and https://latestnews.top/exclusive-putin-is-left-humiliated-by-having-to-travel-to-the-far-end-of-russia-and/ https://latestnews.top/exclusive-putin-is-left-humiliated-by-having-to-travel-to-the-far-end-of-russia-and/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:34:13 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/09/13/exclusive-putin-is-left-humiliated-by-having-to-travel-to-the-far-end-of-russia-and/ Vladimir Putin has been left ‘humiliated’ after he had to travel ‘to the far end of Russia‘ to meet North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and ‘plead for ammunition’, a retired US General has said. Ben Hodges, former commander of US forces in Europe, said the fact that Putin is having to plead with Kim […]]]>


Vladimir Putin has been left ‘humiliated’ after he had to travel ‘to the far end of Russia‘ to meet North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and ‘plead for ammunition’, a retired US General has said.

Ben Hodges, former commander of US forces in Europe, said the fact that Putin is having to plead with Kim for ageing ammunition and rockets to help with his grinding war in Ukraine is a ‘clear sign of his isolation and desperation’. 

General Hodges added that while the Russian warmonger would hope that the supply of such ammunition would help with his assault, it will only ‘extend his war efforts for a few more months’ in a move that will see ‘thousands more Russian soldiers die for no reason other than Putin’s personal ambitions’.

A ‘desperate’ Putin greeted Kim at Russia’s modern space rocket launch site today with an enthusiastic handshake that lasted 40 seconds in a rare summit that the US warns could see North Korea supply Moscow with much needed artillery shells and antitank missiles to use in Ukraine.

‘This is a humiliation for Putin and his regime. The Russian defence industry is in tatters thanks to sanctions and years of corruption,’ General Hodges told MailOnline.

‘Going to the far end of Russia to meet with Kim Jong Un and plead for ammunition is a clear statement of Russia’s isolation and desperation.’ 

Vladimir Putin has been left 'humiliated' after he had to travel 'to the far end of Russia' to meet North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un (pictured together today at a Russian space base) and 'plead for ammunition', a retired US General has said

Vladimir Putin has been left ‘humiliated’ after he had to travel ‘to the far end of Russia’ to meet North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un (pictured together today at a Russian space base) and ‘plead for ammunition’, a retired US General has said

Putin points into the air during a visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome with Kim on Wednesday

Putin points into the air during a visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome with Kim on Wednesday

Ben Hodges (pictured at a military air base in Hungary in 2015), ex-commander of US forces in Europe, said the fact that Putin is having to plead Kim for ageing ammunition and rockets to help with his grinding war in Ukraine is a 'clear sign of his isolation and desperation'

Ben Hodges (pictured at a military air base in Hungary in 2015), ex-commander of US forces in Europe, said the fact that Putin is having to plead Kim for ageing ammunition and rockets to help with his grinding war in Ukraine is a ‘clear sign of his isolation and desperation’

North Korea is believed to have tens of millions of aging artillery shells and rockets that would have compatibility with Russia’s Soviet-era designs, as well as a history of producing such ammunition. 

General Hodges said even if North Korea does supply Russia with its stockpiles  of ageing ammunition and rockets for Soviet-era weapons, it wouldn’t lead to a Russian victory. 

‘Depending on what North Korea actually agrees to provide, this might provide Russia the means to extend its efforts for a few more months,’ General Hodges said.

‘This means that thousands more Russian soldiers will die for no reason other than Putin’s personal ambitions.

‘For Ukrainian soldiers, this will bring into sharp relief the dire situation of their Russian enemy and the significant amount of ever-increasing support they are getting from 50 other nations.’ 

He said today’s meeting between Putin and Kim was ‘significant only in what it says about the state of Russia’s defence industry and desperation’. ‘It also illustrates how isolated Russia is in the world,’ General Hodges added. 

Both Ukraine and Russia have expended massive numbers of shells, and have looked to allies and partners to refill their ammunition stockpiles.

Russia fired 10-11million rounds last year in Ukraine, a Western official estimated on Friday. 

Among the ammunition that the U.S. has provided Ukraine are shells with advanced capabilities, such as the Excalibur, which uses GPS guidance and steering fins to hit targets as small as 3 metres (10 feet) from up to 40km (25 miles) away.

North Korea’s offering is likely to be less high-tech but accessing those stocks could help Russia in the short-term. 

‘Almost none of the ammunition is in any way ‘advanced’ – it would feed the traditional Russian barrage type use of artillery but not provide Russia with any precision ammunition,’ said Siemon Wezeman, of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

To have minimal stocks for all their artillery in 100mm-152mm calibre would mean North Korea would have at least millions of shells stockpiled, Wezeman said, and just to replenish any ammunition fired in exercises or demonstrations will need some serious production capacities. 

General Hodges added that Putin’s request for ammunition from impoverished North Korea marks a new low. 

Indeed, such a request marks a reversal of roles from the 1950-53 Korean War, when Moscow gave weapons to support Pyongyang’s invasion of South Korea, and in the decades of Soviet sponsorship of the North that followed.

And while artillery can help ‘shatter the will and cohesion of the enemy’, it’s more complicated than simply shells at the enemy, Patrick Hinton, a British Army fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, said in a recent report

Hinton said the question of quality in North Korean artillery shells could have an impact if flaws fall outside accepted tolerances.

‘Poorly made ammunition will have inconsistent performance – behaviours in flight may be affected which will reduce accuracy; poor quality fuses may lead to premature function; shelf life may be reduced if the content is poorly made,’ he said.

‘These all need to be made to a high specification otherwise they may not land where they are expected to which can have catastrophic consequences.’

Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky

Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky

Putin and Kim look to the skies at the space centre in the far eastern Amur region in Russia on Wednesday

Putin and Kim look to the skies at the space centre in the far eastern Amur region in Russia on Wednesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) visit a construction site of the Angara rocket launch complex on Wednesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) visit a construction site of the Angara rocket launch complex on Wednesday

Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un don't look too impressed as they stand together at the cosmodrome

Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un don’t look too impressed as they stand together at the cosmodrome

Putin sat down with Kim for a meeting after they toured the space base on Wednesday

Putin sat down with Kim for a meeting after they toured the space base on Wednesday 

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un examine a launch pad of Soyuz rockets during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un examine a launch pad of Soyuz rockets during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome

The performance of North Korea’s artillery and crews has been suspect since the North Korean army fired around 170 shells at the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong in 2010, killing four people.

According to a report by the Washington-based 38 North project, more than half those rounds fell in the waters around the island, while about 20% of those that impacted the island failed to explode.

Such a high failure rate suggested some North Korea-manufactured artillery munitions suffered from either poor quality control during manufacture or poor storage conditions and standards, the report said.

With very large numbers of ammunition, the lack of precision and the occasional dud shells or rockets wouldn’t matter much to the Russians, Wezeman said.

‘However, it would matter if Korean ammunition is of such poor quality that it is just unsafe to use for Russian soldiers – there have been indications that such quality issues play with Korean ammunition,’ he added.

In exchange, Kim could seek badly needed energy and food aid and advanced weapons technologies, including those related to intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear-capable ballistic missile submarines and military reconnaissance satellites. 

Indeed, the decision to meet at Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia’s most important domestic satellite launch facility, suggests that Kim is seeking Russian technical assistance for his efforts to develop military reconnaissance satellites, which he has described as crucial in enhancing the threat of his nuclear-capable missiles. 

In recent months, North Korea has repeatedly failed to put its first military spy satellite into orbit. 

Spy satellites are among an array of major weapons systems Kim publicly vowed to develop during a major political conference in 2021 – and Russia holds the technology needed to develop such spy satellites. 

But an arms deal would violate international sanctions that Russia supported in the past. 

In gushing praise for Putin's war, which has seen thousands of Ukrainians killed and entire neighbourhoods destroyed, Kim said he was 'certain' Moscow will win a 'great victory' against Ukraine

In gushing praise for Putin’s war, which has seen thousands of Ukrainians killed and entire neighbourhoods destroyed, Kim said he was ‘certain’ Moscow will win a ‘great victory’ against Ukraine

Putin and Kim visit the space centre on Wednesday

Putin and Kim visit the space centre on Wednesday 

Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny cosmodrome outside of the town of Tsiolkovsky on Wednesday

Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny cosmodrome outside of the town of Tsiolkovsky on Wednesday

Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny cosmodrome outside of the town of Tsiolkovsky in Russia's Far East on Wednesday

Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visit the Vostochny cosmodrome outside of the town of Tsiolkovsky in Russia’s Far East on Wednesday

Meanwhile, a fawning Kim today praised the ‘heroic’ Russian army’s ‘virtue and honour’ on the front lines of Vladimir Putin‘s ‘sacred struggle’ in Ukraine. 

In gushing praise for Putin’s war, which has seen thousands of Ukrainians killed and entire neighbourhoods destroyed, Kim said he was ‘certain’ Moscow will win a ‘great victory’ against Ukraine.

‘I am deeply convinced that the heroic Russian army and people will certainly win a great victory in the sacred struggle to punish the gathering of evil,’ Kim said as he raised a glass to toast the victory of ‘great Russia’ during a dinner hosted by Putin.

Before tucking into a feast featuring crab dumplings, sturgeon and beef, a fawning Kim added that Russia would triumph against ‘evil’, in what he cast as the West’s imperialism in the war in Ukraine.

In response, Putin stood up and raised his glass whilst saying: ‘A toast to the future strengthening of cooperation and friendship between our countries. 

‘For the wellbeing and prosperity of our nations, for the health of the chairman and all of those present.’

Putin and Kim were offered a menu including duck and fig salad, crab dumplings, sturgeon and beef with a choice of Russian wines, according to Kremlin reporters.

Earlier today, Putin shook hands enthusiastically with Kim as soon as the North Korean leader stepped out of his black limousine and said he was ‘very glad to see him’.

Putin showed off rockets to Kim at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russian’s modern space rocket launch site nestled among the forests of eastern Russia.

Kim, one of the few leaders who has stuck by the despot since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine began 19 months ago, told Putin he was fighting a ‘sacred war’ with the West and their two countries would together battle with ‘imperialism’.

The two dictators put on an animated display today – one that will only heighten fears that Kim will supply Putin with his much needed artillery shells and antitank missiles for his war in Ukraine.  

The leaders, both of whom are known to be paranoid about assassination attempts, were flanked by a number of bodyguards during the visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

The two men began their meeting with a tour of a Soyuz-2 space rocket launch facility, at which the North Korean leader peppered a Russian space official with questions about the rockets. 

They then met together with their delegations and later one-on-one before dining together on crab dumplings, sturgeon and beef. 

Putin had congratulated Kim on a series of North Korean anniversaries, including 75 years since the establishment of North Korea in 1948. 

The meeting underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the US and the West. 



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Aaron Rodgers injures his left ankle as nightmare New York Jets debut ends in minutes vs. https://latestnews.top/aaron-rodgers-injures-his-left-ankle-as-nightmare-new-york-jets-debut-ends-in-minutes-vs/ https://latestnews.top/aaron-rodgers-injures-his-left-ankle-as-nightmare-new-york-jets-debut-ends-in-minutes-vs/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2023 02:31:33 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/09/12/aaron-rodgers-injures-his-left-ankle-as-nightmare-new-york-jets-debut-ends-in-minutes-vs/ Aaron Rodgers injured his left ankle after getting sacked by Leonard Floyd of the Buffalo Bills on the fourth snap in a nightmare start to his New York Jets career, ending his first game for his new team minutes after it had begun. Rodgers was carted away for an X-Ray, which returned negative. He is expected to […]]]>


Aaron Rodgers injured his left ankle after getting sacked by Leonard Floyd of the Buffalo Bills on the fourth snap in a nightmare start to his New York Jets career, ending his first game for his new team minutes after it had begun.

Rodgers was carted away for an X-Ray, which returned negative. He is expected to have an MRI scan amid significant fears he has an Achilles injury that could end his season, as well as his first Jets game.

Rodgers dropped back on first down from the Jets’ 43-yard-line and tried to roll out to his left before being sacked by Floyd for a loss of 10 yards. But his left foot appeared to get stuck in the Jets’ turf as he was being tackled.

The quarterback hit the ground and grimaced as he clambered back up to his feet for a moment, before dropping back down and sitting on the turf. He had to helped off the field as Zach Wilson made his way out to replace him. Rodgers, 39, went straight into the medical tent in scenes that left the entire NFL stunned.

The quarterback emerged to be helped onto a cart and was driven off for an X-Ray. He was listed as questionable to return but it didn’t take long for him to be officially ruled out of the rest of the game. He was seen with his left foot in a black protective boot.

Aaron Rodgers hurt his ankle getting sacked by Leonard Floyd minutes into his Jets debut

Aaron Rodgers hurt his ankle getting sacked by Leonard Floyd minutes into his Jets debut

Rodgers, 39, appeared to get his left foot stuck in the turd as Leonard Floyd took him down

Rodgers, 39, appeared to get his left foot stuck in the turd as Leonard Floyd took him down 

Rodgers, 39, dropped to the ground and needed medical assistance straight away

Rodgers, 39, dropped to the ground and needed medical assistance straight away 

‘He’s dealing with an ankle issue, we’re getting it checked out and we’ll have an update,’ Jets coach Robert Saleh said at the break between the first and second quarter. 

The amount of scrutiny and excitement over Rodgers and his move to the Jets had dominated the offseason and the hype had reached new heights in the hours before Monday night’s game. 

Things started quietly enough. After a 26-yard run by Breece Hall on the Jets’ opening play, Rodgers threw his first pass away after getting heavy pressure from Gregg Rousseau. Rodgers threw incomplete on the next play, but Terrel Bernard was called for defensive holding.

Then, Rodgers tried to avoid a rushing Floyd, who wrapped up the quarterback and took him down to the MetLife Stadium turf.

And in the cruelest twist of fate, his first game was over just as it had started. Rodgers looked stunned and ashen faced, albeit not in significant pain by his facial expression, with all eyes in the stadium on him rather than the play unfolding on the field itself in the immediate aftermath.

In the moment before the game began, Rodgers had played a central role in the 9/11 tributes at the stadium on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack.

He came out onto the field for his first game holding the American flag as fans got their first look at the quarterback who, in no uncertain terms, has underlined his dream of leading the New York team to Super Bowl glory. 

Rodgers had looked like calmness personified as he warmed up for his first Jets game and even headed over to greet Jake Paul, one of the celebrities watching on in the crowd. 

Rodgers got to his feet for a moment but the injury forced him back down to the ground

Rodgers got to his feet for a moment but the injury forced him back down to the ground 

Rodgers needed assistance as he made his way off the field to receive further attention

Rodgers needed assistance as he made his way off the field to receive further attention 

In scenes that stunned NFL, Rodgers was then helped straight down the MetLife tunnel

In scenes that stunned NFL, Rodgers was then helped straight down the MetLife tunnel 

As a hurt Rodgers made his way off the field, coach Saleh looked lost for words as he tried to retain focus on organizing his team for the rest of the game itself. 

The Jets play Dallas Cowboys next Sunday, a game that Rodgers already looks destined to miss. For both Rodgers and his team, the question marks will inevitably rest on whether the quarterback can play again this season.

Social media was immediately engulfed by speculation on how Rodgers was hurt, with one account – ProFootballDoc – suggesting Rodgers had torn his Achilles due to the way his foot had plugged in the ground.

If so, it would rule Rodgers out for the season. People typically need 4-6 months to return to normal activity from such an injury. 

Rodgers has repeatedly said he won´t be one-and-done with the Jets. 

He agreed in July to a restructured contract that gives him $75million in fully guaranteed money over this season and next. It amounts to a nearly $35m pay cut from the deal he had with Green Bay in which he was set to make $110m guaranteed.



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Rory Stewart’s time as an MP left him disillusioned with politics – especially Cameron – https://latestnews.top/rory-stewarts-time-as-an-mp-left-him-disillusioned-with-politics-especially-cameron/ https://latestnews.top/rory-stewarts-time-as-an-mp-left-him-disillusioned-with-politics-especially-cameron/#respond Fri, 08 Sep 2023 03:05:29 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/09/08/rory-stewarts-time-as-an-mp-left-him-disillusioned-with-politics-especially-cameron/ MEMOIR POLITICS ON THE EDGE  by Rory Stewart (Jonathan Cape £22, 464pp) Anyone with the slightest interest in politics should get a copy of Rory Stewart’s political memoir. Not because he had a particularly long or even influential career: just nine years in Parliament and only months in the Cabinet. But you will learn more […]]]>


MEMOIR

POLITICS ON THE EDGE 

by Rory Stewart (Jonathan Cape £22, 464pp)

Anyone with the slightest interest in politics should get a copy of Rory Stewart’s political memoir.

Not because he had a particularly long or even influential career: just nine years in Parliament and only months in the Cabinet. But you will learn more about the nature of Westminster machinations and how government actually works (or doesn’t) from this volume than from those of many more illustrious politicians. In terms of the quality of writing, there has been nothing to approach it since the diaries of Alan Clark (who never made it to the Cabinet at all).

Anyone with the slightest interest in politics should get a copy of Rory Stewart's political memoir. The politician pictured in 2019

Anyone with the slightest interest in politics should get a copy of Rory Stewart’s political memoir. The politician pictured in 2019

But whereas Clark was a genuinely bad person — part of the attraction, perhaps — Stewart is a fundamentally good man, even if his self-belief, touching on the messianic, occasionally made him appear preposterous. This, combined with his extraordinary career before entering Parliament in 2010 — becoming a deputy governor of two Iraqi provinces at 30, while a foreign office official, and the author of an international best-seller about his earlier experiences in Afghanistan — made him the subject of deep jealousy among much longer-serving Conservative MPs with none of his talent or connections.

He doesn’t say that himself, but it clearly explains the behaviour, described here, of one of his colleagues, after Stewart disagreed with him about Iraq, telling him in the House of Commons corridor: ‘If you dare to speak to me like that again, I am going to punch you,’ and then, after a pause, ‘on the nose.’ Stewart then ‘wondered what it was going to be like to roll around with a 200lb, 60-year-old man, behind the Speaker’s Chair.’

This particular MP is an extreme example, but it was just part of Stewart’s rapid disillusionment: ‘Too many of the jokes in the tea rooms seemed to have the tone of prisoners laughing . . . Even four weeks in, I sensed more impotence, suspicion, envy, resentment, claustrophobia and schadenfreude than I had seen in any other profession.’

Stewart was as ambitious as any of them, probably more than most. This comes out disarmingly when he records asking the then leader of the opposition, David Cameron, whether, if he became an MP, ‘I might at some point be promoted to a minister’.

His fellow Old Etonian lectures him: ‘If you are lucky enough to find a seat, and be elected, you will find being a backbench Member of Parliament the greatest honour you can have in life.

‘I may be lucky enough to become prime minister, but when I cease to be prime minister I will return with great pride to the back benches as Member of Parliament for Witney for the rest of my life.’

Stewart goes on to record that after Cameron resigned as PM ‘and then almost immediately resigned from his seat on the backbenches, I learnt something more about him’.

Cameron did, in fact, put Stewart into government, at the lowest level (parliamentary under-secretary of state). It was under Theresa May that he prospered — she was much more in tune with his high-mindedness.

Stewart goes on to record that after Cameron resigned as PM 'and then almost immediately resigned from his seat on the backbenches, I learnt something more about him'. Pictured in 2019

Stewart goes on to record that after Cameron resigned as PM ‘and then almost immediately resigned from his seat on the backbenches, I learnt something more about him’. Pictured in 2019

But despite his previous career as an official in the diplomatic service, some of Stewart’s most devastating passages are about the failings of the civil service, as he encountered them when he was Secretary of State for International Development.

Their indifference to how British taxpayers’ money was frittered away by corruption on the ground is laid bare here. And there is an extraordinary episode when, on coming into the job, he discovers that some of our largesse is funding municipal councils in north-west Syria.

‘Are not these enclaves controlled by jihadi factions?’ Stewart asks, getting the response from a civil servant ‘in her early 20s, “I think, Minister, that there are many different groups in these areas.” “So we are not funding jihadis?” “No, Minister.” ‘

Stewart then asks if any of them have visited the area, or had any staff there. No and no. But still, these officials spend many weeks obstructing his efforts to stop the money.

Later, film footage emerges of one of those funded by HMG, appearing on stage at an Al-Qaeda event. Stewart concludes by observing that our funding to these jihadis then ceased, but his officials ‘made no acknowledgment’ of their resistance to his (correct) demands.

If those civil servants thought that Stewart was just another here-today, gone-tomorrow minister, they were right. Within three months he had resigned, as he had promised he would if Boris Johnson became prime minister (he was subsequently expelled by Johnson from the Conservative Party for saying he would vote in Parliament against a so-called ‘No Deal’ Brexit).

Stewart is blisteringly self-lacerating about his failure to make it to the last two of the 2019 Conservative leadership campaign, after a disastrous performance in the final TV debate between the various candidates: ‘I had just performed a suicide routine. In one hour I had destroyed my hope of beating Boris . . . I sat in the green room still not quite able to understand what had occurred.’

He would never have beaten Johnson in the ballot of Conservative Party members, anyway. But we should grieve that he didn’t get that far, if only because his account of a fight to the political death against a man he despised would have been the most fitting way to end this riveting memoir.



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Margot Robbie and Liam Hemsworth’s American fans left stunned over their accents as clip https://latestnews.top/margot-robbie-and-liam-hemsworths-american-fans-left-stunned-over-their-accents-as-clip/ https://latestnews.top/margot-robbie-and-liam-hemsworths-american-fans-left-stunned-over-their-accents-as-clip/#respond Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:50:12 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/09/06/margot-robbie-and-liam-hemsworths-american-fans-left-stunned-over-their-accents-as-clip/ Margot Robbie and Liam Hemsworth’s American fans left stunned over their accents as clip of the pair on  Neighbours goes viral: ‘I forgot they were Aussie’ By Savanna Young For Daily Mail Australia Updated: 19:45 EDT, 6 September 2023 Margot Robbie and Liam Hemsworth fans are losing it over their accents in an unearthed clip of […]]]>


Margot Robbie and Liam Hemsworth’s American fans left stunned over their accents as clip of the pair on  Neighbours goes viral: ‘I forgot they were Aussie’

Margot Robbie and Liam Hemsworth fans are losing it over their accents in an unearthed clip of the pair from their early acting days.

The video, which is going viral on TikTok, sees Margot, 33, and Liam, also 33, starring in scene on long-running soap Neighbours together back in 2008.

Liam, who played Josh Taylor from 2007 to 2008, and Margot, who played Donna Freedman from 2008 to 2011, have a heated argument about their friends.

Margot’s character says phrases like ‘cut the pity party’ and ‘talk to the hand’ while defending her friend Bridget, played by Eloise Mignon.

American fans were left stunned over the pair’s very Aussie accents.

‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard him talk with his Aussie accent,’ one fan commented on the TikTok video.

‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard him talk with his Aussie accent,’ said another, while one wrote, ‘I forgot Margot is Aussie.’

A fan also joked: ‘Thank god for subtitles.’

Margot Robbie and Liam Hemsworth fans are losing it over their accents from an unearthed clip of the pair from their early acting days.

The video, which is going viral on TikTok , sees Margot, 33, and Liam, also 33, starring in scene on long-running soap Neighbours together back in 2008

Margot Robbie and Liam Hemsworth fans are losing it over their accents from an unearthed clip of the pair from their early acting days. The video, which is going viral on TikTok , sees Margot, 33, and Liam, also 33, starring in scene on long-running soap Neighbours together back in 2008

Liam, who played Josh Taylor from 2007 to 2008, and Margot, who played Donna Freedman from 2008 to 2011, have a heated argument about their friends

Liam, who played Josh Taylor from 2007 to 2008, and Margot, who played Donna Freedman from 2008 to 2011, have a heated argument about their friends 

Liam and Margot both got their start in acting on the classic Aussie soap before they both went on to become Hollywood stars.

Fans also pointed out how several Australian actors began their careers on soaps like Neighbours or Home and Away.

‘I love how basically all Australians actors start on neighbours,’ someone said.

Liam and Margot both got their start in acting on the classic Aussie soap, before they both went on to become Hollywood stars

Liam and Margot both got their start in acting on the classic Aussie soap, before they both went on to become Hollywood stars

Margot bagged the role of Donna Freedman on the show when she was just 17 and moved to Melbourne where she had no friends or family.

She made a quick cameo in the final TV episode of the soap, which she found ‘very emotional.’

While the show has since been saved and will be revived digitally, Margot was one of the many stars who returned for the star-studded finale.

Speaking at BAFTA: A Life In Pictures, supported by electronics brand TCL, in London last year, she explained: ‘When it was ending it was a very emotional thing. I wrote everyone a big letter with all my memories and sent 37 bottles of champagne for the years it had been on air – and of course I did a video they could play.’

Margot bagged the role of Donna Freedman on the Australian show when she was just 17 and moved to Melbourne where she had no friends or family

Margot bagged the role of Donna Freedman on the Australian show when she was just 17 and moved to Melbourne where she had no friends or family

After moving to Hollywood, Margot landed a role in TV series Pan Am and two years later in 2013 she bagged her first feature film role in Richard Curtis’ romantic comedy About Time.

She most recently starred as Barbie in the 2023 film alongside Ryan Gosling. 

Meanwhile, Liam launched his career playing wheelchair-bound hunk Josh Taylor on the street from 2007 to 2008.

He’s since taken Hollywood by storm in his role as Gale Hawthorne in The Hunger Games and has recently been cast to replace Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia in season four of The Witcher. 

Liam launched his career playing wheelchair-bound hunk Josh Taylor on the street from 2007 to 2008

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Man, 27, breaks his neck and will likely be left quadriplegic after diving into foam pit https://latestnews.top/man-27-breaks-his-neck-and-will-likely-be-left-quadriplegic-after-diving-into-foam-pit/ https://latestnews.top/man-27-breaks-his-neck-and-will-likely-be-left-quadriplegic-after-diving-into-foam-pit/#respond Sat, 02 Sep 2023 23:41:08 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/09/02/man-27-breaks-his-neck-and-will-likely-be-left-quadriplegic-after-diving-into-foam-pit/ Man, 27, breaks his neck and will likely be left quadriplegic after diving into foam pit at new Spanish leisure centre Tests show that the 27-year-old from Blimea has a complete spinal cord injury By James Callery Updated: 18:40 EDT, 2 September 2023 A man who broke his neck and severely injured his spinal cord will […]]]>


Man, 27, breaks his neck and will likely be left quadriplegic after diving into foam pit at new Spanish leisure centre

  • Tests show that the 27-year-old from Blimea has a complete spinal cord injury

A man who broke his neck and severely injured his spinal cord will likely be left quadriplegic after jumping into a foam pit at a Spanish leisure centre.

The 27-year-old from Blimea in northern Spain sustained the injuries after the accident at a newly-opened leisure and games venue for adults and children in the nearby town of Colloto. 

His girlfriend and a group of friends discovered him unconscious and phoned the emergency services.

The man was then taken to the Central University Hospital of Asturias for treatment, but there are fears that he may end up quadriplegic, local news outlet La Nueva España de Siero reported.

His spine had been broken at the third cervical vertebra, or C3, halfway down the neck.

The 27-year-old from Blimea in northern Spain sustained the injuries after diving into a foam pit at a newly-opened leisure and games venue for adults and children in the nearby town of Collot (Stock Image)

The 27-year-old from Blimea in northern Spain sustained the injuries after diving into a foam pit at a newly-opened leisure and games venue for adults and children in the nearby town of Collot (Stock Image)

He has undergone surgery, but tests show that he has a complete spinal cord injury, which may leave him unable to move his arms or legs.

A complete spinal cord injury means that there is no nerve communication below the injury site, with sensory and motor function lost below that site. 

The 27-year-old is currently on assisted ventilation.

The venue remains open but the foam pit has been closed and an investigation into the cause of the accident is being carried out.

The man was taken to the Central University Hospital of Asturias for treatment, but there are fears that he may end up quadriplegic, according to a report

The man was taken to the Central University Hospital of Asturias for treatment, but there are fears that he may end up quadriplegic, according to a report 

‘The facility complies with all safety measures,’ one of the partners in the establishment told La Nueva España de Siero.

The venue will hand over recordings of the accident for the investigation, but says it was not at fault.

Venue company officials told local news El Comercio: ‘It was not our fault, the installation is good and has all the necessary safety protections. We have hired experts and lawyers.’



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Adelaide man Carlo Onorato left paralysed from chest down from sudden disease https://latestnews.top/adelaide-man-carlo-onorato-left-paralysed-from-chest-down-from-sudden-disease/ https://latestnews.top/adelaide-man-carlo-onorato-left-paralysed-from-chest-down-from-sudden-disease/#respond Sat, 02 Sep 2023 20:28:56 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/09/02/adelaide-man-carlo-onorato-left-paralysed-from-chest-down-from-sudden-disease/ By Ashley Nickel For Daily Mail Australia Updated: 11:35 EDT, 2 September 2023 A young barber was the picture of health when he went to sleep one night five years ago, only to wake up paralysed from the chest down and on the brink of death.  Carlo Onorato, a keen soccer player from Adelaide, was […]]]>


A young barber was the picture of health when he went to sleep one night five years ago, only to wake up paralysed from the chest down and on the brink of death. 

Carlo Onorato, a keen soccer player from Adelaide, was just 20 years old when he was suddenly struck down with transverse myelitis – a rare disease that causes severe inflammation in the spinal cord.

The disease has no known cure, hits spontaneously and can cause permanent disability, and changed the course of Mr Onorato’s life forever in November 2018. 

Adelaide barber Carlo Onorato (above) suffered a sudden onset of transverse myelitis, leaving him paralysed overnight five years ago

Adelaide barber Carlo Onorato (above) suffered a sudden onset of transverse myelitis, leaving him paralysed overnight five years ago

Prior to his hospitalisation, Mr Onorato (above) was a talented barber and passionate soccer player

Prior to his hospitalisation, Mr Onorato (above) was a talented barber and passionate soccer player

Now, at 25 years old and a C6 quadriplegic, Mr Onorato has opened up about the everyday struggles he faces, while hoping he can one day enjoy some of the things he once did. 

He said on the night he became ill he’d woken up needing to go to the toilet but couldn’t move his legs.

‘I was in pain and didn’t know what was happening – it was just bang, I woke up and I was paralysed,’ he told The Advertiser.

He was immediately rushed to hospital in the middle of the night and put in an induced coma.

The beginning of his transverse myelitis triggered a series of serious complications that required emergency surgery.

His chances of survival looked so bleak, his family were told to say their goodbyes. 

‘I can’t imagine how hard it would have been for my mum and [two older] brothers to watch their son and younger brother go through this, especially because it was out of nowhere,’ he said. 

Fortunately, after a month in intensive care, Mr Onorato’s condition improved and he was moved to the general ward where he spent several more months undergoing treatment.

He then went on to spend nine months in a rehabilitation program and underwent several surgeries.

Mr Onorato said the reality of being a quadriplegic didn’t hit him until after he’d left the hospital.

‘I didn’t really understand this is my life now, I am a quadriplegic. I still had in my mind I would be walking in a couple of weeks or months,’ he said.

Transverse myelitis interrupts the messages the spinal cord nerves send throughout the body, which in Mr Onorato’s case has left him paralysed from the chest down.

The rare neurological disorder can arise following viral and bacterial infections but sometimes there is no known cause. 

Mr Onorato (above) said he was often in denial about being a quadriplegic while receiving treatment in hospital

Mr Onorato (above) said he was often in denial about being a quadriplegic while receiving treatment in hospital

Now, Mr Onorato is trying to get parts of his life back despite living in constant pain and being unable to resume work.

Some transverse myelitis patients are able to regain partial or full use of their limbs.

Mr Onorato said he’s recently regained his driver’s licence and is moving into a new apartment. 

He still holds out hope one day he’ll be able to walk and move like he did when he was 20.  

Transverse myelitis is believed to affect between 20 and 50 Australians every year.

The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute’s Ryan O’Hare Doig is conducting three trials that aim to better predict the long-term effects of spinal cord injuries.

He said he regards Mr Onorato as an ‘inspiration’ for raising awareness on how spinal injuries can suddenly occur. 

For Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week, which starts on Monday, the SAHMRI are seeking donations to help fund spinal cord research.

Visit sahmri.au/NSCDonate or email fundraising@sahmri.com to donate.

Mr Onorato (pictured playing soccer before his hospitalisation) said his dream is to 'pick up my niece and nephew and play with them in the backyard'

Mr Onorato (pictured playing soccer before his hospitalisation) said his dream is to ‘pick up my niece and nephew and play with them in the backyard’



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This Morning viewers are left in stitches over ‘chaotic’ Rustie Lee as she messes up https://latestnews.top/this-morning-viewers-are-left-in-stitches-over-chaotic-rustie-lee-as-she-messes-up/ https://latestnews.top/this-morning-viewers-are-left-in-stitches-over-chaotic-rustie-lee-as-she-messes-up/#respond Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:03:15 +0000 https://latestnews.top/2023/09/01/this-morning-viewers-are-left-in-stitches-over-chaotic-rustie-lee-as-she-messes-up/ Rustie Lee left This Morning viewers in stitches on Friday’s episode of This Morning as she suffered a mishap during the cooking segment. The TV chef, 74, joined hosts Rochelle Humes and Andi Peters to whip up some spam pancakes but things didn’t go to plan. Rustie appeared to get distracted as she was chatting […]]]>


Rustie Lee left This Morning viewers in stitches on Friday’s episode of This Morning as she suffered a mishap during the cooking segment.

The TV chef, 74, joined hosts Rochelle Humes and Andi Peters to whip up some spam pancakes but things didn’t go to plan.

Rustie appeared to get distracted as she was chatting to Rochelle and Andi and accidentally burned the pancakes she had in the frying pan.

She then went back to trying to whip up another batch but realised she was doing it wrong as she was giving viewers instructions.

The comedian said: ‘You make it like a parcel, very good. Then you egg wash them.

Mishap: Rustie Lee left This Morning viewers in stitches on Friday's episode of This Morning as she suffered a mishap during the cooking segment

Mishap: Rustie Lee left This Morning viewers in stitches on Friday’s episode of This Morning as she suffered a mishap during the cooking segment

Cooking: The TV chef, 74, joined hosts Rochelle Humes and Andi Peters to whip up some spam pancakes but things didn't go to plan

Cooking: The TV chef, 74, joined hosts Rochelle Humes and Andi Peters to whip up some spam pancakes but things didn’t go to plan

‘This is how it used to be. Then you flour them like that. Have I done this right? No, I’ve done it wrong!’ 

While the cooking segment went wrong, viewers found the mishap hilarious.

One took to X/Twitter and wrote: ‘I’m obsessed with Rustie, she makes me howl,’ while another said: ‘Rusty is mad’.

A third viewer penned: ‘Don’t give yourself a heart attack Rustie,’ while a fourth wrote: ‘Rustie is SO over the top’. 

A fifth wrote: ‘If I behaved like this at work I’d be in trouble!’ while another said: ‘That looks like something a dog left in a park.’ 

Earlier this year, Rustie was declared bankrupt after lawyers spent nearly a ten years chasing her over £75,000 in debt.

The TV-am star withdrew money from a company she ran with her husband shortly before it went bust in 2013.

A statutory demand for £75,750 was made to Lee and proceedings brought against her, according to The Sun.

Uh Oh: Rustie appeared to get distracted as she was chatting to Rochelle and Andi and accidentally burned the pancakes she had in the frying pan

Uh Oh: Rustie appeared to get distracted as she was chatting to Rochelle and Andi and accidentally burned the pancakes she had in the frying pan

Reaction: While the cooking segment went wrong, viewers found the mishap hilarious

Reaction: While the cooking segment went wrong, viewers found the mishap hilarious

They concluded last month at Brighton Crown court and the Birmingham-raised chef was made bankrupt.

Her husband Andreas Hohmann reportedly faces proceedings for a similar amount.

A source said told The Sun: ‘Her assets can be sold to raise the money, but we are led to believe she doesn’t have any.’

A regular guest on daytime TV shows like ITV’s This Morning and Loose Women, Rustie first became a household name in the 1980s.

As a young girl, she came from Jamaica to live with her parents in Birmingham, and worked at her family’s Caribbean bakery growing up.

She went on to hone her craft at a culinary college before setting up her restaurant, Rustie’s, in Handworth.

Finances: Earlier this year, Rustie declared bankrupt after lawyers spent nearly a ten years chasing her over £75,000 in debt

Finances: Earlier this year, Rustie declared bankrupt after lawyers spent nearly a ten years chasing her over £75,000 in debt

The silver service Caribbean restaurant, which hosted the likes of Muhammed Ali, helped the chef to catch the attention of BBC producers.

She first hit British screens on Pebble Mill at One before moving to TV-am, where she made her name on cookery.

Her infectious laugh also helped her get booked onto hosting primetime Saturday night show Game for a Laugh.

She has since taken part in a number of celeb reality shows, including the popular fly-on-the wall documentary the Real Marigold Hotel with seven other celebs in 2017.

She has also made multiple appearances on our screens gracing shows like Good Morning Britain and Loose Women, but her money woes have not been revealed until now.



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