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Woman who broke her neck diving into swingers club swimming pool while drunk sues NHS for more than £10 MILLION

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A SWINGER who broke her neck diving into a swimming pool at a club night while drunk is suing the NHS for more than £10million in damages. She claims paramedics caused more damage pulling her out — leaving her paralysed. 1 A swinger who broke her neck while drunk is suing the NHS for more … Read more

Hills of California review: Jerusalem genius Jez Butterworth almost does it again | Theatre | Entertainment

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Don’t be fooled by the pink spangly costumes and cheesy grins. This gloriously written tragicomedy with sensational performances across the board is a piercing elegy to the ties that don’t just bind but suffocate down the years.   Set in the ‘public front room’ of the clapped-out Blackpool Sea View motel during the sweltering summer of … Read more

The football stadiums that never were

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Peter Storrie can remember visiting the London studio of Herzog & de Meuron, the renowned Swiss architects, and being shown a striking vision of Portsmouth’s future. “It was something else,” he tells The Athletic. “They put it up on the screen for us and it certainly had the wow factor.” This was 2007 and the … Read more