Head of the Irish Catholic Church apologises to survivors of brutal homes for mothers

Head of the Irish Catholic Church apologises to survivors of brutal homes for mothers and babies where 9,000 children died during decades of horror through the 20th Century Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin apologised to survivors of the homes   Recognised the church was part of a culture of stigmatisation & judgement   He said rights of … Read more

Rescuers in Norway find fifth body as search continues for survivors

Rescue workers have uncovered a sixth body four days after a landslide buried homes near Norway’s capital, police said Sunday, as the search goes on for four people still missing. The body was recovered just before 1pm, a police statement said. Rescue teams still hope to find survivors four days after the tragedy occurred.  The … Read more

First pictures of miracle survivors from Arctic fishing boat, as hopes fade for 17 Russians lost

Pictures have been released of miracle survivors from a Russian boat which sank in icy Arctic waters this morning, leaving 17 fishermen feared dead.  The two men were rescued from The Onega, which sank off the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia‘s far north at 7am local time, after reportedly becoming ‘caked with ice’. Boatswain Vladislav Butorin, … Read more

Kesha thanks ‘everyone who is supporting survivors and telling their stories’ in selfie post

Kesha thanks ‘everyone who is supporting survivors and telling their stories’ in selfie post amid renewed controversy surrounding Dr. Luke The post comes days after fellow musician Fiona Apple spoke out in support of Kesha, slamming the Recording Academy behind the Grammys for recognizing Dr. Luke for his work on Doja Cat’s Say So In … Read more

COVID-19 could damage the fertility of up to 20% of male survivors, scientist claims

Coronavirus can survive for a long period of time in the testicles and may affect male fertility, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine analyzed testis tissue from six autopsies and found that three of them had impaired sperm function. What’s more, the virus was found inside the testicle … Read more

Two thirds of COVID-19 survivors have symptoms 7 weeks later

More than two thirds of coronavirus survivors who were hospitalized for the infection are still left with lingering symptoms seven weeks later, new research suggests.  Reports of so-called ‘long covid’ have spread across the world, suggesting that even if vaccines can slow the spread of the pandemic, millions may be living with lasting effects of … Read more

Australian Survivor’s Abbey Holmes announces her engagement to AFL star Keegan Brooksby

Australian Survivor’s Abbey Holmes announces her engagement to AFL star Keegan Brooksby after he got down on one knee at Uluru By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:07 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 04:07 GMT, 11 November 2020 Australian Survivor star and AFL women’s player Abbey Holmes has revealed that she’s engaged … Read more

One in 16 Covid survivors will be diagnosed with anxiety ‘within three months of the disease’

One in 16 Covid-19 survivors will be diagnosed with anxiety, depression or another psychiatric disorder within just three months of beating the illness, scientists have found.      University of Oxford researchers said the study of almost 70million people in the US confirmed their fears that Covid-19 is linked with poor mental health.  It also found that … Read more

Chilling unseen footage revealed as White Island survivors share their harrowing near-death stories 

Startling unseen footage has emerged of tourists on White Island being told the risk warning level was increasing just moments before the volcano erupted.  The explosion off the coast of Whakatane, New Zealand, claimed the lives of 21 of the 47 people on the island on December 9, 2019. Melbourne woman Stephanie Browitt, now-24, survived … Read more

Turkey earthquake: Rescuers search into night for survivors

Rescuers search into the night for survivors in Turkey after a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake sent people fleeing from their homes on Greek islands – leaving 22 dead and nearly 800 injured.   Search and rescue teams dug through heavy blocks of concrete desperately trying to find survivors after the catastrophic earthquake.  Turkey and Greece were battered by … Read more