Dr Rebecca Tidy

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Vice News •

A Nurse with PTSD Used Drugs to Self-Medicate. He's Been Jailed for Three Years.

Pip Orchard, 29, was caught last August ordering around £165 worth of drugs – three grams of cocaine and 15 Xanax pills – over the internet to his home in Guernsey, an island off the coast of France. In court, his defence team outlined how Orchard had suffered post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) when he returned home from working as a volunteer medic over six years, treating hundreds of asylum seekers at United Nations-run camps in France and Greece. The court heard he regularly had to drag d
The Telegraph •

How frazzled parents are trying to solve the homeschooling dilemma

This latest lockdown has overwhelmed me completely. I’m a clinical hypnotherapist and run my own practice, but that has taken a back seat because I’m home schooling my seven-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son. My husband, who manages an engineering firm, is also working from home. Usually, we are a calm family, but ever since the third lockdown was imposed, the house has become a battleground. Everyone is on top of each other and arguments happen on a daily basis. The children know exactly
Metro •

How to book a Covid vaccine

The UK’s mass coronavirus vaccination programme has received a major boost with the launch of an online booking system. The country reached a promising milestone at the start of February with over 10million people receiving their first dose of the vaccine. There could soon be another breakthrough with studies now underway to test the effectiveness of mixing different types of vaccines. So how can you book yourself in to be vaccinated? How can you book a Covid vaccine? The process of getting
Vice News •

I Smuggled Liquid MDMA Hidden In Gin Bottles Onto An Island

How did you end up importing illegal drugs at the age of 16? I had some contacts on the UK mainland because we lived in Southampton for a bit after my mum moved the family there when I got caught with weed at secondary school in Guernsey. She thought I needed a fresh start in a new place, but it actually just made me worse. How did you get involved in smuggling liquid MDMA in gin bottles? I ended up in jail for a short time last year for doing some stupid shit while I was high. I got chatting
Vice News •

The Ups and Downs of Dealing Drugs Throughout Lockdown

As COVID-19 spread to Europe from China, the gang was quick to react. When they saw other European countries entering lockdown, they realised it wouldn't be long before the UK did the same, so they moved to ensure that towns had a surplus of their gear. However, their usual Albanian supplier, Kris*, was unwilling to provide any extra stock until he'd received full payment for their last purchase. The gang only had around three-quarters of what was owed – and they knew that a new supplier would n
Vice News •

Cornwall's Drug Dealers Are Teaming Up to Combat Big City Drug Gangs

Although the organisation – based on Cornwall’s far west coast, in Penzance – is unnamed through choice, it holds regular meetings for approved members from all over the region. There, they discuss drug business issues and work together to drive away incoming urban gangs, usually with violent tactics. Some members are rival drug dealers by day, while others prefer to describe themselves as militant Cornish nationalists – part of a movement that seeks the recognition of Cornwall as a nation disti

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