Rugby player collapses and dies

Rugby Player Ryan Graham (31) has died on the pitch during a training this weekend. It was. Graham was at his local rugby club when he collapsed. The man, father of two, was taken to hospital, after friends tried to rescue him, but died. A post mortem is yet to come. Trevor Lloyd, secretary of the rugby club, said: “He was a very dedicated, very popular and very experienced player who played his rugby with a lot of spirit and a lot of fun." In March a school boy(16) collapsed during a soccer game and a year ago a rugby captain(18) died from hart failure on the pitch.

Lately you hear a lot of more of these tragic cases. Last week a saw a documentary about a professional soccer player; he had some issues with his heart but he ignored it because he wanted to play soccer so bad. In this case the doctors think it is a heart attack, this does not have to mean that he could have prevented it. I do think professional athletes sometimes find their sport and achievements are more important than their health. Sometimes your body cannot handle all the training and when your body tells you to stop, you should.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8100141.stm

You’re part of my world now, Mercy

After one son out of her first marriage and two adopted children, Madonna wanted to adopt another child. The girl she wanted to adopt was orphan Mercy James from Malawi. A few weeks ago the Malawi’s Supreme Court of Appeal refused her Madonna’s request to adopt the little girl because the future parents should be living in Malawi for at least eighteen months. Madonna appealed the adoption rejection. Yesterday she was told she was allowed to adopt Mercy James, the judge decided the girl would receive a better life with Madonna. Madonna said: “It is a new beginning for us all. The world is ours to change together now. I promise I will love, protect and guide you with my every breath.

Although I do agree that the child is probably better of with Madonna than in an orphanage, I hope she does not do this as a hobby. Lately celebrities are adopting children as if hey are shopping. It looks like this is becoming some kind of hype. I do think some kids are better of in Western society than without parents in an orphanage in poor countries like Malawi but we should make sure people adopt with the right motives.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/usa/2479779/Madonna-makes-a-phone-call-to-Malawian-tot-Mercy-after-adoption-goes-through.html

Starved girl 'like camp survivor'

A seven-year-old girl died of starvation. An ambulance worker tells the girl looked already dead when he was at her home he claims she looked like a concentration camp victim. He went to her house after her mother called for an emergency. The mother and her boyfriend have denied murdering the little Khyra. Steve Handling, emergency medical technician, says he has never seen any case like this. She looked like a doll and was unbelievebly thin. He told in court they could not give hart massage, afraid to break her ribs. The girls’ parents are prosecuted, the trial continues.

I hope the parents will go to jail. People like them should not be able to have children. The paramedic also said the mother did not show any emotion when they entered the house. I wonder what the mother was thinking! The worse thing was that the emergency people could not do anything for the girl, it seems like her parents had waited until it was too late and then called the hospital. I feel very sorry for the girl especially because we know she suffered. Hopefully her parents end behind bars and will never have kids again.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/8089633.stm

Billy Elliot sweeps Tony awards

The hit musical Billy Elliot has won 10 Tony Awards! The Broadway production won the award for Best musical, Best actor and the director won a Tony too. The British musical is based on Billy Elliot the film they were both directed by Stephen Daldry. He feels blessed able to work on the extraordinary story. He and friend, and helper, Sir Elton John were happy the musical had been accepted on Broadway. The musical started when the world had a hard time economically but the musical became popular and as Sir Elton John said: “You opened up your wallets and you opened up your hearts to us. And we love you for it, thank you."

I am a great musical fan and I cannot wait for this musical to come to Holland. The story of Billy Elliot is so moving and beautiful I would love seeing it in theatre. It is great for the director, producer, actors and all the people who helped, to win these prizes. In these, economically hard, times it is a great challenge to get people to theatres. Everybody has been watching there money during the past few months and it is great to see that, despite the fact that people have been saving money, so many have come and visited this musical.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8088582.stm

Jor kids war

Jordan, real name Katie Price, and Peter Andre are in a fight again. Since their divorce they have been all over the tabloids. Jordan was accused of being a bad mother, stopped eating and taking pills, close friends say that this is not true. Peter wants custody over the kids and have them, at least, part time. And that is what this fight is about. This weekend Peter was supposed to have the children all weekend, instead he gave them back earlier around 1pm. She dropped everything when Pete called her and changed the arrangements but she was furious. Why is Peter moaning about not seeing the kids enough and when he is with his kids he hands them back to Katie.

To be honest, I do not think I should care about Jordan and Peters problems but that is what tabloids are about! Peter and Jordan had a real life soap and I saw a few episodes of this. I thought they looked really happy and I am sorry for them that it did not work out. I do think they should not talk about their problems in the media and tell their close friends they should not do this either. These battle should be fought at home not in the media, that will only make it worse. I guess that is how it works when your famous…

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2469331/Jordan-and-Peter-Andres-fury-over-kids.html

Prison attacks in Wales 'up 48%'

The number of prisoner-on-prisoner attacks has risen 48%. Leanne Wood blames the criminal justice system, they cause chronically overcrowded prisons. Minister David Hanson (MP) says that reducing the violence is a priority. The biggest problem in Wales is the privately run ‘Parc-prison’. Although the number of prisoner-on-officer has fallen, as well as the self-harm cases, most of these incidents take place in Parc-prison. Ms Wood says that because of the overcrowded prisons it is difficult to maintain control and this explains the increasing number of prisoner-on-prisoner attacks. We need experienced officers, more community-based rehabilitation and behaviour programmes to reduce the violence.

This is a topic I normally would not choose but the problems in prisons in Holland have been in the newspapers several times this week too. I do not know Parc Prison so I cannot say what is going wrong there but I do think that the problems are caused by overcrowded prisons. The people working in prisons have to take care of a lot of prisoners and to have everything work smoothly you have to be in control. In my opinion rehabilitation and behaviour programmes are a good solution, although I am not sure every prisoner will be willing to work with these programmes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8087666.stm

Swine flu total 'may be double'

A leading bacteriologist has said that the number of swine flu cases in the UK is probably double the official figure. We have now officially counted 500 cases, but these numbers are underestimated. A soldier in the British army is diagnosed with swine flu. He has been isolated and is responding very well to the treatment. In scotland a woman who just gave birth to her baby is suffering from swine flu too, her conditions are critical. Professor Pennington, Aberdeen University, says: "In the United States, they think for every case they know about, every confirmed case, there are 20 other cases out there in the community. We do not think the same but all the experts agree that the numbers we have got are underestimated.

To be honest I was not really scared of this flu. In holland there has not been a case of swine flu yet, so it seems so far away. When you start thinking if it, it is scary actually. There is this flu and no one knows how to cure it and it spreads out through over the whole world. It is overseas and it has not stopped spreading. I am glad that the symptoms are known and if you are on time you can be treated. Hopefully this disease disappears as soon as it appeared.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/8087213.stm