Just the other day I authored an article on speeding and its dangers. And I will be covering the same topic again after reading this heartbreaking story of a young boy killed by a reckless, speeding driver.

According to the Daily Mail (source), a 12 year old boy who beat leukaemia and lived with several disabilities was tragically knocked down by a speeding driver doing almost twice the limit, as he was crossing the road on his bicycle. Steven Atkinson was reportedly born with a cleft palate and curvature of the spine, as well as being deaf in one ear and having an immobile eye. After a 3 year battle, this brave young boy beat leukaemia.
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An elderly woman of the age of 88 was dragged along the road as she attempted to get in a taxi in Westgate, Peterborough. Dozens of shoppers in the town centre watched on in horror.

The lady was waiting for a taxi, when it arrived she opened the door and attempted to get into the vehicle. The taxi started moving forward before the lady was safely inside the vehicle.

There were many people who witnessed the accident and a shop assistant, from the shop located near the scene of the accident, called an ambulance for the elderly lady. Witnesses reportedly said that the lady seemed to be in extreme pain and also she was shaking badly.
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Seven month old baby, Tavish Dabedeen, was very lucky to escape serious injury after he was thrown in front of a moving bus in an attack by two girls.

Tavish was in the arms of his sister when the brutal attack occurred, he was snatched from his sister by one of the girls and thrown into the road just as a bus was approaching. The driver managed to swerve to avoid hitting the baby; he was then taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

The girls were reportedly targeting Tavish’s sister who was accompanied by her mother. The two girls accordingly go to the same school as Tavish’s sister and seem to have targeted her as she suffers from Vitiligo, which affects the skin and causes patches to lose pigmentation and appear blotchy.
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Bed Bugs, not just a myth that you’re mum uses to make sure you wash your bedding!

Sky News reports that New York, the city that never sleeps, is planning to increase their spending to stop the bedbugs biting. Shockingly complaints against bed bug bites have increased by 40% in the last three years!

The city has said that it will spend £320,500 informing the public how to kill off the torturous bed bugs and it finally put the issue to bed (so to speak).
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Most people know that before they have any pre-planned surgery, they ought to be properly consented by the surgeon. In order to consent to the operation you must be advised of the possible risks and the procedure itself should be explained. If this has not occurred and you believe that surgery took place when you did not have the information to make an informative decision as to whether to go ahead or you were not aware of the extent of the operation then you may have a claim for medical negligence.

In one incident last year, a 31 year old woman with 2 children went to her GP with lower abdomen pain. After some investigation it was discovered that she had a cyst on her left ovary which needed removing. To remove the cyst, she would need a left Oophorectomy, the surgical removal of her left ovary. She was therefore referred to a consultant Gynecologist for the operation.
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It’s no secret that speeding leads to accidents. The speed limit is there for a very good reason, and breaking it puts the offender and other road users and pedestrians in serious danger. That’s why it’s against the law, and the consequences are there to prevent people from doing it.

But it appears there can be loopholes in the system; in fact, this next story shows how one woman got away without consequence for a considerable length of time by employing a rather disturbing smoke screen to cover up her road traffic offences. According to the Daily Mail, a company CEO avoided speeding fines by blaming them all on her deceased mother!  It’s an unbelievable story. A leading business lady, turned somewhat amateur scam-artist, evaded points on her license by claiming her dead mother was behind the wheel of the car at the time of the offence.
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Road Traffic accidents are on the increase. Sky News reports that Man Utd’s midfielder Anderson was actually pulled out of his fabulous Audi R8, unconscious, just moments before the burning car exploded!

Amazingly the football star only had minor injuries after his near death crash experience on the rural roads of Geres in Portugal.

Anderson signed a £18million contract three years ago with the popular Man Utd Team. The Brazilian born player spent the night in Sardinha Biba night club before he left in his Audi worth an estimated £125,000.
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Assaults are sadly common in the later evening, especially on alcohol fuelled nights out. So, I, like many of you, I assume, feel a great deal safer with a police presence on the streets ready to deal with any incidents that arise. But who is there to protect us when it’s the police that cause the trouble… ?

Unbelievably, this next story from the Daily Mail (source) is a real example of police brutality! Now, I am in no way having a dig at the police in general here – which is something many people like to do – but the footage on the website is as clear as it can be. According to the report, a police officer is facing jail after he assaulted an off-duty solider, and then lied under oath to cover up his wrongdoing!

Forty year old Special Constable Peter Lightfoot may have got away with it if it wasn’t for that pesky CCTV camera! The footage on the site clearly shows the officer striking 24 year old Mark Aspinall whilst rubbing his face on the concrete in the road. Take a look for yourself – the camera never lies; even if the police do!
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In recent news it has been reported that Manchester United Football player, Anderson, has had an almighty shock after he was pulled out of an Audi R8 sports car. It is unknown who was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident as a man and women were also pulled from the burning vehicle along with a “lifeless” Anderson, moments before the car exploded into a ball of flames.

It’s reported that Anderson was unconscious when he was retrieved from the vehicle but is now recovering from “concussion, whiplash and shock” it is said that he spent several hours in hospital following the accident. The 22 year old International Brazilian player was recovered from the £125,000.00 Audi after it hit a brick wall in Portugal. Anderson had been recovering from a knee injury which he had received treatment for.

The incident happened in the Geres area of Braga and is currently being investigated by Police in the area. A spokesman for the Football star said that Anderson suffered “an almighty scare”.
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British double Olympic champion rower, James Cracknell OBE, has been seriously injured after a bicycle accident in Arizona, USA.

The accident happened whilst 38 year old Cracknell, who won gold medals for rowing in the Olympics in Sydney 200 and Athens 2004, was filming a new TV series for the Discovery Channel and the BBC called ‘Cracknell’s Race Across America’ which involves him running, cycling and rowing across the United States when . Cracknell was cycling along a 2,500-mile stretch of Route 66 at around 5.30am on 20th July when he was hit from behind by a truck causing him to be flung off his bicycle. He was rushed to a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona where he was treated for a fractured skull and bruising to his brain in the neuro-trauma ward and he is now out of intensive care and believed to be making a good recovery.
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