Britain’s only carpet museum that became cult hit to shut down after 13 years after visitors dwindle to just six per day

Britain’s only carpet museum that became cult hit to shut down after 13 years after visitors dwindle to just six per day

BRITAIN’S only carpet museum is closing down — finally floored by a lack of visitors. It attracted coachloads of fans and school groups when it opened in 2012 and became a cult hit online. But the underlaying — sorry, underlying — problem was simply that not enough people were ready to pile in and visitor numbers shrank to six a day. The...

Alex Scott thinks she’s a colossus of modern TV but she’s just another jungle desperado promoted WAY beyond her talents

Alex Scott thinks she’s a colossus of modern TV but she’s just another jungle desperado promoted WAY beyond her talents

ON I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here! this week, viewers were stunned to discover Alex Scott had smuggled a highly unlikely item into the ITV camp. Not the salt sachets and air freshener that were confiscated on Monday’s episode. The mystery ingredient, hitherto concealed from the public, was her own broadcasting genius. At...

Girl, 12, killed herself after medical staff failed to spot brain disorder, inquest finds

Girl, 12, killed herself after medical staff failed to spot brain disorder, inquest finds

Mia Lucas, who died in Sheffield after being sectioned, had undiagnosed condition causing ‘acute psychosis’ A 12-year-old girl who took her own life after being sectioned was failed by medical staff who did not spot her underlying brain disorder, an inquest has found. Mia Lucas was found unresponsive in her room at the Becton Centre, which is part of Sheffield children’s hospital, on 29 January last year. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie . In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org , or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...