Ban ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ electric shock therapy for depression, patients plead

Ministers are facing calls to order an inquiry into a ‘primitive’ treatment for depression that involves passing electric currents through the brain. Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) has been used for almost a century to treat an array of psychiatric disorders including mania, catatonia and schizophrenia. But critics say evidence supporting its use is poor, while its … Read more

Mayors of riot-torn cities plead for end to violent demonstrations in wake of George Floyd killing

The black Democrat mayors for Washington, DC, and Atlanta, Georgia, have both pleaded for an end to violent demonstrations as the shocking extent of the damage to cities across America is laid bare. Mayors pleaded on Sunday that protesters don’t ‘destroy our cities’ as rioters took to the streets in cities across America in the … Read more

Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli plead GUILTY in college admissions scandal  

BREAKING NEWS: Lori Loughlin will service two months and her husband Mossimo Giannulli will serve five months in prison after changing their pleas to GUILTY in college admissions scandal By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com Published: 14:10 BST, 21 May 2020 | Updated: 14:16 BST, 21 May 2020 Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli have … Read more

Pharmacists plead with the public to STOP stockpiling medication amid coronavirus panic

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

British pensioners trapped on cruise ship plead for Government to send in Royal Navy to rescue them 

Desperate British pensioners trapped aboard a cruise ship in northern Italy have pleaded for the Government to send in the Royal Navy to rescue them. Speaking exclusively to MailOnline via video call, three of the 214 British citizens on the Costa Pacifica – which moored last night at Genoa, near the epicentre of the outbreak … Read more

Italian doctor describes dying patients’ last moments as they plead to see loved ones for final time

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more

Grandfather who dropped toddler to her death from cruise ship window will plead GUILTY

The grandfather accused of dropping Indiana toddler Chloe Wiegand from a cruise ship window is to plead guilty to causing her death. Salvatore ‘Sam’ Anello is to admit to negligent homicide just days after telling a court in San Juan, Puerto Rico, that he wanted a trial. The IT worker has consistently protested his innocence … Read more