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Surge in swimmers hospitalised from polluted UK waters
2025-05-01 10:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
A UK woman was forced to spend five days in hospital with severe gastroenteritis after swimming in the sea as hospitalisations from water-borne diseases increased by 60 per cent since 2010. East Lothian-based carer Shelley Sim had enjoyed a swim near her home east of Edinburgh to celebrate a friends birthday last year when she woke up with stomach pains and fatigue. After speaking to her GP, she was told to urgently attend hospital and underwent several weeks of appointments which led to a final diagnosis of cryptosporidium a disease contracted by swimming in contaminated water.Diseases such as dysentery and Weils disease have led to swimmers becoming critically unwell after swimming in open water, with hospitalisations increasing from 2,085 people in 2010-11 to 3,286 in 2022-23.Following her experience, Ms Sim said: Im no longer swimming every day, and Im more cautious about getting into the water. The sea is where I go for my mental health, to get away from stress of being a c...
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Israeli police release Oscar-winning director
2025-05-01 07:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
CultureMoviesIsraeli-Palestinian conflictBy Natan Odenheimer, Aaron Boxerman and Adam RasgonMarch 26, 2025 7.17am, registeror subscribeto save articles for later.Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Jerusaluem: Israeli authorities have released a Palestinian director of an Oscar-winning documentary who was detained overnight, after what he and witnesses said was an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.Police said the filmmaker, Hamdan Ballal, one of the directors of the documentary, No Other Land, was questioned along with two other Palestinians on suspicion of hurling stones, property damage and endangering regional security. All three deny the accusations, their lawyer said.The details of the episode are still not entirely clear, and both sides provided conflicting accounts of the events surrounding Ballals detention. But witnesses said the detention took place as a group of Israeli settlers some of whom were masked car...
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Nintendo announces 'Mario Kart World' during Switch 2 stream
2025-05-01 07:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Home > Entertainment > Games Start your engines, we're going off-road! By Shannon Connellan Shannon Connellan Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about everything (but not anything) across entertainment, tech, social good, science, and culture. Especially Australian horror. Read Full Bio onApril 2, 2025 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Flipboard LET'S GO. Credit: Screenshot: Nintendo After months of hype, predictions, and sneaky glimpses, Nintendo has confirmed a brand new Mario Kart game: Mario Kart World.Announced at the company's Nintendo Direct event on Wednesday, along with the Switch 2, the latest instalment of the Mario Kart franchise will launch exclusively on the console on the same day. The news comes months after Nintendo gave us a brief glimpse of the upcoming game in January's Switch teaser. SEE ALSO: Switch 2...
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