This is simple - name a film then the next person names an actor who has been in the fiim then another movie is named that the actor has been in then another actor and so on.  I'll start with ....
 

Silence of the Lambs

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How I became a cult leader's 14th wife: She grew up in the Surrey stockbroker belt then worked in advertising. But as Kelly reveals in a jaw-dropping new book, a chance meeting with a Native American guru changed her life

    Aged 27, Kelly Alder married a cult leader and lived on his New Mexico ranch
    She had kept this a secret from her husband for 18 years before writing her book
    Kelly met John Twobirds after her parents had both passed away
    When she decided to leave the cult John and his 13 other wives didn't stop her

By Kelly Alder For The Daily Mail

Published: 22:01, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 01:01, 12 November 2020

Watching my husband’s eyes open ever wider, his brow a startled arch as he read the manuscript telling the story of my life, I felt a rising panic.  James and I had been together for 18 years our relationship was loving and strong and we had a cherished daughter, Darcy, now ten. And yet, all the time we’d been together I’d kept a huge secret from him.  Only now was he learning the truth of my past: that two years before we met, when I was 27, I married a cult leader and lived on a desert ranch in New Mexico with him and his 13 other wives.  Finally, James put down the pages and looked over at me. ‘Well, I wasn’t expecting that,’ he said, his voice calm. Shaking, I said: ‘I’m so sorry it’s taken me until now to tell you. I didn’t know where to start. I hope you can forgive me.’

You’d never guess that mine is such an unconventional — even shocking — past. These days, at 49, I am an entirely normal wife and mother. My husband is 44 and has a financial services business.

Even I find it unbelievable that the life of someone who grew up in an ordinary, loving family in Esher, Surrey, could have taken such an extraordinary turn. Even more unbelievable, perhaps, is that for nearly two decades I buried that part of my life entirely — until the day when I knew I had to tell my husband everything.

My first wedding day, in September 1999, took place in a village outside Tularosa, New Mexico. Walking barefoot across the baked desert earth towards a crudely fashioned canopy of tree branches I felt sick.  These weren’t feelings of nervous excitement but came from a place of horror at what I was about to do.  My groom was a short, grossly overweight Native American called John Twobirds, who was more than twice my age. The aisle was made up of two rows of his 13 other wives.  I’d only arrived here from London 12 hours earlier. Yet, later that night, I’d consummate my marriage with a man I found physically repulsive.  I’d romanticised my wedding day from when I was little. In my imagination, my groom was tall, dark and handsome my father proudly walking me down the aisle of an idyllic rural chapel with me wearing a beautiful white gown. Instead, I was surrounded by strangers, asking myself: ‘Kelly, how the hell did you end up here?’

In fact my road to that bizarre scene started on the devastating day in 1991 when, soon after I turned 20, my happy family life began to unravel.   I was at art college when Dad suddenly moved out, setting up home with a woman called Shirley, just five years my senior who, it transpired, he’d been having an affair with for a year. The idea he was capable of such duplicity destroyed the respect I’d felt for him. But that wasn’t the half of it.  Mum moved on, finding happiness with a male friend who moved in with us. So did my younger sister, Tracey, going off to university in Glasgow.  But I struggled. Feeling lost and alone, I began to make bad choices. I partied too hard, dating all the wrong sorts: men either too old, too controlling or too embroiled in a party scene that revolved around alcohol and drugs.  Meanwhile, Dad became dreadfully unwell, getting thinner, paler and weaker. I was devastated to learn he had bowel cancer. Mum seemed unwell, too. I put her weight loss and tiredness down to the stress of the break-up.  By the time Dad was admitted to hospital for end of life care, soon after my 21st birthday, he was skeletal and so weak he could barely speak. But there was more horror to come. Mum was bedridden, too, supposedly with shingles. I sat on her bed, telling her Dad was close to death. She grabbed my hand and whispered ‘it’s not cancer’, before revealing Dad was dying of AIDS.

I looked at Mum, lying there weak and painfully thin like Dad. ‘No,’ I wailed, realising she had AIDS, too.  This was in the early days of the disease the lifesaving treatments we have now didn’t exist. Both my parents were going to die.  Sorrow turned to anger as Mum told me about Dad’s countless affairs, with men and women. Seven years earlier, he’d tested HIV positive; having infected Mum. She’d lived a lie to give me and my sister a secure childhood.  I didn’t see Dad again; I was too angry. He died a week later. Even at his funeral I felt disconnected from the stranger he’d become.  In 1994, I moved to London, sharing a flat with a girlfriend in Wimbledon, working as a secretary in an advertising agency. Mum passed away, aged just 46, the following year.  With her gone an overwhelming urge to escape, to feel different, enveloped me.  I remember confiding in a friend, Quinn, who I’d met through a colleague and felt a strong connection with. ‘I feel adrift,’ I told her.

She told me about a man she knew called John Twobirds who she wanted me to meet. The leader of a group called Terra Mater Mother Earth he was touring the UK giving talks on philosophy, nature and spirituality.  ‘Our planet’s in trouble,’ she said. ‘He wants to help save it.’

She thought getting involved might give me the sense of purpose I craved.  Intrigued, I went with her to one of his talks. He weighed at least 20st. In his late 50s, he had teeth missing and grey hair plaited down his back.  What he lacked in looks was countered by his stage presence and deep, charismatic voice. Curiously, around him stood several beautiful, long-haired young women, all wearing long flowing hippy dresses.  He talked movingly about his love for the planet. Afterwards, Quinn said she’d try to get us an audience. When I asked her about the women she said they were his wives.  Before I could ask more, she’d pulled me over to John. He took my hand and gazed into my eyes. ‘It’s a pleasure to meet you, Kelly,’ he said.

I felt strangely flattered.  Intrigued, I went with Quinn to the group’s weekend workshop in a Sussex field.  I found myself in the kitchen next to a blonde wife about my age who said she’d met John having become estranged from her family, hinting at bad experiences with men. ‘I feel at peace now,’ she said.

Her words tapped into my own longing.  The weekend passed in a blur of strange ceremonies in a large tent that was turned into a sauna with water poured on to hot stones held in fire pits.  I talked to other wives; they all seemed calm and serene I longed for similar peace.  There were 50 attendees, but John picked me out for special attention, saying the ancestors he had summoned had awarded me a spirit name. Such was my vulnerable state I fell for it, honoured to be told I would now be known as Red Bear.  A few days later, Quinn said John wanted to see me again, at a house the group was renting; that she suspected he wanted me to become a wife.  Again, I felt flattered and curious. When she told me that she was also one of John’s wives, I didn’t let my shock wake me up to the way I was being groomed.  Instead, I persuaded myself there was sense in the story she then told about how John had cancer and needed the healing energy of all these wives to keep him alive.  Many, she explained, had had successful careers before becoming disillusioned with their material lives, finding happiness as one of John’s followers.  John took me out into the garden to talk. ‘Come to New Mexico and meet the other wives and all my beautiful children,’ he told me. ‘You’ll like it there.’

I spent a couple of months mulling over his offer. I had no parents and my sister lived hundreds of miles away; life in London felt lonely and empty.  Suddenly, the only obligations I felt were, inconceivably, towards John. I was working as a temp, so it was easy to take time off work.  I booked a flight to El Paso, with the safety net of a return ticket of needed a month later.  John picked me up from the airport, talking excitedly about the wedding that, dizzy with jetlag, I couldn’t believe involved me.  I’d be expected to consummate the marriage  from which John would get healing energy but wouldn’t have to sleep with him again unless I wanted to.  The next morning, I worried that my blonde bob was too trendy compared to the other wives’ long hippy style. I felt like an imposter.  Then, wearing a simple floral dress, we married in a ceremony that saw my body smudged with smoking sage. The wives chanted, John recited prayers and there was singing.  For all my doubts, I told myself all this was OK: I wasn’t just marrying him, but the whole Terra Mater family. That’s why I’d flown halfway across the world, to find a new family, a new life.  When the time came to have sex I was just grateful that it was over incredibly quickly. It never happened again.  Sex was never discussed among the wives, but there were five children, so it must have gone on. There were no other men living with us at the isolated ranch.  Though I had nothing financial to offer, I think the cult was financed by money the women who came from the U.S. and Europe brought with them.  I never formed close bonds, so don’t know how long they’d been there or if anyone else had left.  At first, I felt silly joining the other wives in daily meditations and chanting rituals, but I got used to it, enjoying spending time alone sitting on the earth in quiet contemplation. But I hated everything else. Used to living alone and doing what I pleased, I missed my own space. The days began with a discussion of our dreams at 6.30am, led by John while we sat outside huddled in blankets sipping our coffee. I chose not to speak.  At mealtimes, John sat at the top of a long table as head of the family. I began to see a bullying side to him, ordering his wives around like servants while they cooked and cleaned.  My discomfort increased when I was told I’d have to learn how to fire a weapon. It was becoming apparent that this ‘family’ wasn’t just about loving the Earth, there was a survivalist element.  I began to ask: is this what Mum, who stayed with a man who betrayed her to give me the best life she could, would have wanted?

The answer was no.  So, five weeks later, I used my return ticket to fly home. No one tried to stop me. John and the other wives seemed sad when I said I’d be leaving, but nothing more dramatic than that.  Back in London, city life overwhelmed my senses. I went back to temping before training to become a Pilates teacher.  But I started to feel anger at how I’d been manipulated by this cult. I knew I needed help to unravel the dark feelings created by losing my parents in such a traumatic way, which had made me vulnerable in the first place.  Therapy showed that holding on to my anger at my father lay at the heart of my issues. Dad couldn’t help who he was. It was time to let that bitterness go.  I confided in my therapist about my time with the cult, but no one else. I buried it all, life finally beginning to feel normal again.  I didn’t seek out information online about what had happened to the cult and only discovered that John had died when Quinn got in touch ten years ago.  James and I met on a blind date in 2001. We had the romantic white wedding I’d always dreamed of five years later; my sister walked me down the aisle. Unlike the first, I was surrounded by people I loved. He’s made me nothing but happy ever since.  James knew I’d been involved with a cult but, until that day two years ago, he hadn’t known I’d married its leader or any of the details. I’d originally written my story for my daughter to read when she was older, but then I realised it gave me a way of sharing the truth with James, too.  As I assured him my desert marriage wasn’t legally binding and that John Twobirds was long dead now, he seemed intrigued more than anything.  ‘There’s nothing to forgive,’ he insisted. ‘I’m just glad you finally felt you could tell me.’ His grace only made me love him more.

For me, him knowing the truth was a burden lifted. The fact there are no secrets between us only strengthened our marriage.  Meanwhile, I’ve said Darcy can read the book when she is 13. My mother died before I was able to ask her about her life. I don’t want Darcy to go through the same experience.  Having grown up in a family where so many truths were hidden, I know how destructive secrets can be. It’s a cycle I’m determined not to repeat.

The Fourteenth Wife, by Kelly Alder, is available from Amazon on Kindle and in paperback.

Interview: RACHEL HALLIWELL

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Durham councillor claims Covid is 'a fake virus' that does NOT exist and says living in lockdown is 'like living in North Korea'

    Irene Hewitson, 63, called Covid-19 a 'fake virus' at an anti-lockdown protest
    Independent councillor said life in lockdown was 'like living in North Korea'
    Durham politician claimed pandemic would stop 'if people took off their masks'

By Jack Wright For Mailonline

Published: 10:45, 27 October 2020 | Updated: 16:11, 27 October 2020

A councillor who claims that Covid-19 is a 'fake virus' which does not exist has compared life under lockdown to 'living in North Korea'.  Irene Hewitson, an Independent member of Great Aycliffe Town Council in Co Durham, said she will believe that coronavirus exists 'when my neighbours, relatives, friends and work people are dying around me'.

Speaking at an anti-lockdown rally in Durham city centre, the outspoken councillor compared the virus to the flu and suggested the pandemic would be over 'if people turned their TVs off and just took their masks off'.

'We're being locked down over a fake virus. I don't believe the virus exists,' Cllr Hewitson, 63, told ChronicleLive yesterday. 'When my neighbours, relatives, friends and work people are dying around me then I'll believe it's true.  I've got a friend who works in the Nightingale Hospital and they've never had one patient. They've been cleaning a hospital for six months. It's absolutely disgusting.  My granddaughter goes dancing, she goes skating all the things she enjoys is going ahead and yet Boris can still go hunting and shooting, it's absolutely disgusting.'

The Byerley Park, Horndale & Cobblers Hall councillor's outburst came during an anti-lockdown protest held at Market Place in Durham yesterday.  The rally, which was organised by Geza Tarjanyi who has spent months protesting outside Downing Street, saw a tiny turnout of opponents to the Government's pandemic policies.  Cllr Hewitson, who lives in Newton Aycliffe, added: 'I think if people turned their TVs off and just took their masks off, got back to normal then the virus would be gone.  I'm 63-year-old and I've never worn a mask, I've never used hand sanitiser and I've never had a day's illness. And I won't because I'm building up an immunity if there is a little tiny virus out there like the flu.  People need to wake up fast because before long we're going to have no jobs, no social life, no life at all. It's going to be like living in North Korea.'

A spokesperson for Great Aycliffe Town Council declined to comment.  Durham is currently in Tier 2 lockdown, where households and support bubbles are banned from meeting indoors.  But separate households can meet outdoors and in public gardens, provided they keep two metres apart.  Meanwhile 1,725 students and 20 members of staff at Durham University have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of term.  Mr Tarjanyi has questioned the success and purpose of Covid-19 restrictions enforced in the stated attempt to suppress the virus.   Holding a white flag with the word 'TRUTH' printed on it, he gave a half-hour speech during which he branded Prime Minister Boris Johnson a traitor, local media reports.  He urged the small crowd in the Market Place to put a white flag outside their businesses to show their support before telling them: 'Believe me folks, we are very, very close to bringing down this government, the police know it, the judges know it, the country knows it and even Boris Johnson knows it.  We are now going to stay strong, we have now got to believe in people like me who are telling you the truth.'

A number of police officers were seen in the Market Place observing the event.   It comes as a group of 50 MPs from 'red wall' constituencies demanded a lockdown exit strategy in the biggest Tory challenge to Boris Johnson's election since the General Election.   The Northern Research Group of Conservative backbenchers has written to Mr Johnson to warn the Covid-19 crisis is threatening his pledge to 'level-up' the country and could 'send the North into reverse'.  The group, led by former minister Jake Berry, wants the Prime Minister to publish a 'clear road map' for Tier 3 areas to leave lockdown as well as an economic recovery plan for the North of England.

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Not even the Government understands the lockdown laws! Skills Minister Gillian Keegan admits she 'doesn't know' if friends can meet in pub gardens as it's revealed council Covid marshals can use 'reasonable force' to enforce laws

    Skills Minister Gillian Keegan was unable to answer crunch questions on new rules in North East of England
    Ms Keegan could not 'clarify' if rules on households mixing will also apply to pub and restaurant gardens
    In a series of car crash interviews she also appeared to admit that the Government is 'punishing' pubs 
    It came as it emerged 'Covid marshalls' could have power to use 'reasonable force' under new crackdown

By Jack Maidment, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline

Published: 10:57, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 11:47, 29 September 2020

Skills Minister Gillian Keegan suffered a series of car crash interviews this morning as she was unable to answer key questions over new coronavirus rules in the North East of England.  Ms Keegan was asked whether restrictions banning households in the region from meeting indoors from tomorrow applied to pubs and restaurant gardens.  She said 'I don't know the answer to that question' as she admitted she did not fully understand the rules less than a day before they are due to come into force."

Labour pounced on the misstep and said ministers 'don't know what's going on' amid a mounting backlash over the Government's latest coronavirus crackdown.  Meanwhile, Tory disquiet over new rules, regulations and fines increased after it emerged the authorities will have the power to use 'reasonable force' to make people self-isolate.  New laws published by the Government state that 'reasonable force' can be used if someone refuses to comply with an instruction to stay at home after testing positive for coronavirus or if they have been in contact with someone else who has the disease.  The power will be available to all 'authorised persons' amid reports that could include so-called 'Covid marshalls' as well as the police and council staff.   

*  Boris Johnson is desperately trying to quell Tory mutinies over coronavirus lockdown, the university shambles and 10pm pubs curfew amid claims angry MPs are mounting a 'Trojan Horse' plot to get rid of him.
*  The Institute for Fiscal Studies said taxes could soar by £60 billion in the coming years to avoid a new wave of austerity.
*  The think tank said an income tax rise of 6p or 7p for every £1 earned could be needed to cover extra public spending over the next five or six years.
*  The Children's Commissioner for England today called for the Rule of Six to be changed to exempt all children under the age of 12 and for restrictions on households mixing to allow children from different families to play together.
*  Real-time data from the NHS contact tracing app could allow local lockdowns to be imposed 24 hours after an outbreak.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock yesterday announced a tightening of measures for Northumberland, Newcastle, North and South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland and County Durham.  Aimed at stopping a resurgence of coronavirus, the Department of Health said laws would ban inter-household mixing indoors, including in pubs and restaurants.  But some questioned whether the measures, to be enforced with fines, would include meeting people from other homes outside in hospitality settings.  Asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Tuesday, Ms Keegan said: 'I'm sorry I can't clarify that.  I don't know the answer to that question but I'm sure they can find out the answer to that question.' 

Pressed on how people are meant to keep up to date with the latest restrictions when even ministers cannot, she said: 'I'm sorry I can't answer that question. I'm sure there are many people who could. I don't represent the North East.'

Labour quickly seized on the failure to clarify the confusion over the laws, set to be imposed after midnight on Wednesday.  Shadow health minister Alex Norris said: 'It speaks volumes that even the Government's own ministers don't know what's going on.  This will do little to inspire public confidence in the North East and across the country.  The Conservatives' incompetence is hampering our response to this pandemic.'

Ms Keegan was grilled during an interview on Sky News on which local lockdowns have actually worked but she was unable to give a firm answer.  ‘I think, I am not an expert on this, but I think in Leicester there were some signs of some improvement in terms of the rate,' she said.

The Skills Minister was also asked what the science is to back up the Government's decision to impose a 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants in England.  She said: ‘The 10pm curfew is about reducing the amount of socialising. What the science shows us is the virus is largely being passed on by people socialising.’

Sky News presenter Kay Burley told Ms Keegan that the curfew is not supported by any statistics, promoting the Tory MP to reply: ‘What it does is it takes an hour off the socialising time, reducing socialising, the same as the Rule of Six.’

When it was pointed out to Ms Keegan that 3.2 per cent of cases last week were found to have originated in a hospitality setting, she said: 'Yes. Yes and actually we know that the hospitality sector has done a brilliant job of making their places Covid-secure.’

Ms Burley asked Ms Keegan why the Government is seemingly 'punishing' pubs and restaurants and the minister appeared to admit that was the case as she said: ‘Because we are trying to reduce the amount of socialising.’

Ms Keegan also said it is 'hard to see how night clubs will open until we have some kind of long term way to deal with coronavirus' as she defended a new ban on singing and dancing in pubs.

Told the ban was 'ridiculous', Ms Keegan hit back and said: ‘No, I think it is common sense. It is common sense.  If you put a lot of people together and say all of you can move but all of you have to keep two metres apart, I think it is common sense.’

With 16 million Britons now under draconian restrictions, Tory MPs have warned of 'national lockdown by default'.

Conservative backbenchers are increasingly angry at the Government for rolling out restrictions on freedoms without first putting measures to a vote in Parliament.  They said their constituents are 'incredibly irritated' at the latest crackdown and warned that while 'they will grudgingly abide by it in the short term they want to know where the end is'.

Mark Harper, the Tory former chief whip, summed up the Conservative discontent in the Commons yesterday as he lashed out at Mr Hancock over the new rules and regulations.  'The laws that came in at midnight, for example, were 12 pages of laws, with lots of detail, criminal offences and duties not mentioned when they were set out in a statement last week,' he said. 

'That includes duties on employers, directors and officers, with serious criminal penalties.  We need to scrutinise the detail of the legislation before it comes into force and give our assent, and not, I am afraid, just allow the Secretary of State to put it into force by decree.'

Tory MPs are hoping to force a vote tomorrow on forcing the Government to put all future measures to a vote in Parliament before they are rolled out.  A group of up to 80 Tories are poised to support a rebel amendment when the Government asks the Commons to formally renew the Coronavirus Act for another six months.  There are questions over whether Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle will select the amendment tabled by Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers.  But senior Tory Sir Desmond Swayne today warned that if the amendment is not selected some Conservative MPs could opt for the 'nuclear option' of voting against the renewal of the Act.  Accusing ministers of governing by 'fiat', he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: 'If there isn't a vote on the amendment and there isn't a satisfactory response from the Government to the demands of the amendment, many people will vote against a renewal of an act.  Well when I say many, there will be a number, but certainly the Government isn't going to be defeated.' 

Key points from Gillian Keegan's car crash coronavirus interviews

On which local lockdowns have actually worked

She said: ‘I think, I am not an expert on this, but I think in Leicester there were some signs of some improvement in terms of the rate.’

On whether there is any science to back up the 10pm curfew on pubs

She said: ‘The 10pm curfew is about reducing the amount of socialising. What the science shows us is the virus is largely being passed on by people socialising.'

She added: 'What it does is it takes an hour off the socialising time, reducing socialising, the same as the Rule of Six.’

Told that just 3.2 per cent of cases last week came from hospitality sector Ms Keegan admitted pubs and restaurants are 'Covid-secure'.

Asked if that is the case then why is the Government 'punishing' them, she replied: ‘Because we are trying to reduce the amount of socialising.’

On nightclubs not reopening

She said: ‘It is hard to see how night clubs will open until we have some kind of long term way to deal with coronavirus. That is for sure true.’

On defending the Government's ban on dancing and singing in pubs

Told the ban is 'ridiculous' she said: ‘No, I think it is common sense. It is common sense. If you put a lot of people together and say all of you can move but all of you have to keep two metres apart, I think it is common sense.’

On whether households in the North East of England could mix in pub gardens

She said: 'I'm sorry I can't clarify that.  I don't know the answer to that question but I'm sure they can find out the answer to that question.'   

Boris Johnson faces furious Tory mutiny for sneaking out 'Orwellian' Covid lockdown laws

Boris Johnson is desperately trying to quell Tory mutinies over coronavirus lockdown, the university shambles and 10pm pubs curfew today amid claims angry MPs are mounting a 'Trojan Horse' plot to get rid of him.  With 16 million Britons now under draconian restrictions, the government is facing a brutal backlash over imposing punitive new fines and bans on households mixing in the North East without scrutiny from parliament.  There is also a wave of criticism of the 10pm curfew on pubs in England, with complaints that it is making matters worse by shifting partying on to the streets or into people's homes.  Meanwhile, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will finally surface to answer questions about the chaotic scenes in universities, which have seen many students forced to isolate and fearing they will not be allowed home for Christmas.  The PM will try to get back on the front foot this morning by unveiling free digital boot camps and college courses to stop coronavirus layoffs blighting the prospects of millions of workers.  But behind the scenes the government is trying to soothe more than 50 Tory MPs - headed by the chair of the 1922 committee, Sir Graham Brady - who have backed an amendment demanding a vote before any new lockdown measures are introduced.  Although the amendment will not come to the floor of the Commons this week as it breaches procedural rules, one senior MP told MailOnline that Mr Johnson should be worried about the wider unrest that was developing at his leadership. He has been accused of losing his 'mojo' and being in 'thrall' to advisers such as Dominic Cummings.  'Is this really them trying to get rid of Boris?' the MP said. 'It's a very interesting group of people. A mix between the right and left of the Tory party.'

'This is the vehicle. This is the Trojan Horse for what is to come.'

Taxes could have to soar by £60BILLION 7p for every pound earned to avoid a new wave of austerity after Covid crisis, IFS think-tank warns

Taxes could have to soar by £60billion to avoid a new wave of austerity after the coronavirus crisis, experts warned today.  The respected IFS think-tank said an income tax rise of 6p or 7p for every £1 earned could be needed to cover extra public spending over the next five or six years.  It also urged ministers to ditch any plans for setting out a multi-year spending review due to the unprecedented uncertainties facing the economy.  Instead Chancellor Rishi Sunak should set a one-year plan and focus on working out how much more the government will need to lay out dealing with Covid in the future.  The new report by the IFS looked at how much money has been spent and what options are open to the Government.  It found that spending has increased 20 per cent above the Government's original plans before the pandemic.

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Shopper makes face mask plea after screaming row with a stranger in Sainsbury's

Alice Speller says she was angrily confronted by a fellow Sainsbury's shopper for not wearing a face mask while in the store, but says she was never given a chance to explain why

By Lee Trewhela & Luke Matthews Audience Writer

11:00, 18 SEP 2020

A woman has pleaded for people to be more understanding and compassionate after being involved in a screaming argument with another shopper in Sainsbury's over wearing face masks.  Alice Speller, from Bodmin, says she has complex post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a possible borderline personality disorder, and cannot wear a mask.  During a recent visit to a Cornish branch of Sainsbury's, Alice said she was harangued by another customer for not wearing a face covering, Cornwall Live reports.  After reacting angrily and swearing at the stranger, Alice has apologised for her response but is asking others not to instantly judge those who may be exempt from wearing a mask.  Alice explained on social media that the thought of having to go shopping makes her anxious as she fears the judgement from others.  During her visit to Sainsbury's, she said she sneezed twice into the arm of her coat and when she went to pay she turned to find a stranger's face "inches from mine".

She said the stranger yelled: "If you can’t be bothered to wear a mask at least cover your mouth with a hanky when you sneeze."

When Alice tried to explain she had used her sleeve, she claims the shopper shouted in disagreement and warned her not to be so rude.  Alice wrote: "My fight mode kicked in, I shouted back, I felt a panic attack kicking in, I screamed at her to not judge when she doesn't know me, as she walked away her head held high, as people stopped and stared, as the tears started to run down my face, I hope whoever you are, that you are proud of your two minutes of shouting into a woman's face, not knowing her.  Kind words would have gone much further, but instead you went into full attack.  Maybe Covid scares you, maybe you have been affected by it, but that still gives you no right to scream at another so close, but you obviously can't be too worried, as you were so close, the two metre rule didn't exist, your mask wasn't fully up either.  I don't wear a mask for a reason, you don’t know my reason, so maybe think before you have a go. If you had walked over to me, and said kindly, I saw you sneeze and you didn't see you use a hanky, is everything OK, etc, we could have had a chat, but you didn't."

Alice said her husband has since spoken to the store to apologise for her outburst, but they were only concerned that she was OK.  Her husband Terry said the pair decided to share the experience to help others who may be suffering, and said if he sees someone not wearing a mask he automatically assumes there is a reason.  He said: "I don’t judge and I wouldn't want anyone judging my wife."

Terry added that Alice can only leave the house if she is accompanied by him or one of their four children, and the confrontation has made her more cautious about going out.  Alice wrote on social media to apologise for her outburst, saying she doesn't feel proud of what she did but "sometimes you simply cannot control a reaction to a situation".

She hoped the stranger would see the post and understand her explanation as to why she had not been wearing a mask.  A Sainsbury's spokesperson said: “We are asking everyone to continue playing their part in helping us to keep everyone safe in our stores.  Posters are displayed inside and outside our stores and there are regular tannoy announcements asking customers to wear face coverings but also be considerate of those who may not be able to wear one."

THE 10 LAWS OF LIFE

1. When ones hands are covered in oil, grease, or glue, your nose will start to itch. (Law of Itchiban)

2. Your insurance will cover everything but what has happened. (Incuranctions So Sorry Law)

3. When things seem easy to do, it's because you haven't followed all the instructions. (Destiny Awaits Law)

4. The cost is always higher than one budgets for, and it's exactly 3.14 times higher, hence the importance of pi. (Law of Pi Eyed)

5. The probability that one will spill food on one's clothes is directly proportional to its need to be clean. (Law of Campbell's Scoop)

6. Each and every body sitting on a commode will cause the doorbell to ring. (Law of O'golly Gee!)

7. Wind velocity will increase proportionally to the cost of ones hairdo. (The Hair-Wind Principal)

8. After discarding something not used for years, you will need it one week later. (Law of Irreversibility)

9. Arriving for an appointment will cause the receptionist to be absent, and if one arrives late, everyone else else arrived before you. (Law of De Lay)

10. Do not take life too serious, because in the end, you won't come out alive anyway. (Law of Absolute Certainly)

https://www.christian.org.uk/news/mother-who-refused-abortions-gives-birth-to-healthy-baby/?e030720

Mother who refused abortions gives birth to healthy baby
29 Jun 2020

A mother has shared how she defied the doctors who advised her “three or four times” to have an abortion, giving birth to a healthy baby.  At a 12-week scan, Kimberly James was diagnosed with the rare condition hydrops fetalis, a build up of fluid during pregnancy with a survival rate of just 10 per cent.  Doctors also discovered her baby had cystic hygroma a condition whereby abnormal growths develop in the lymphatic system, usually by the head or neck.  Kimberly was told her baby would not survive, and said doctors advised her “at least three or four times to have an abortion”.

She said: “After the first time we had a scan at 12 weeks at Worcestershire Royal Hospital we were referred to a consultant, which we saw two days later. It was then we were offered a termination pretty much the second time we had seen her.  We said no because it was absolutely not what we wanted to do. We asked them why and unfortunately they couldn’t give an answer.”

Kimberly refused to give up hope, and both life-threatening conditions resolved themselves before she went into labour. She gave birth to a healthy girl, Penelope, in May.  The proud mother said: “Penelope defied all odds and the hydrops disappeared at 16 weeks and the cystic hygroma also disappeared after 20 weeks.  We are so in love with her and so thankful that we continued with the pregnancy despite the extremely poor prognosis at the start.”

She added: “We had a very rocky start to our pregnancy but had the most wonderful outcome and we couldn’t be more in love with our little girl.”