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Recounting her own experience of giving birth to her first child, Ms Atkins said she had had “amazing care” but before the birth had been put on a ward with mothers who had had “very, very traumatic experiences”. “Seeing other mums in a great deal of distress, it was quite frightening actually,” she said. The hospital had since “rejigged things” and there were “better services and facilities available”.”But it’s why for me, this is personal,” Ms Atkins said.”I want every woman to feel safe and happy as she goes in to give birth.”Someone in pain, in distress or frightened could…

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He invested only 1.6% of that sum – while spending millions on luxury cars, flights on private jets and lakefront mansions, according to court documents. Mr Pleterski was still in high school when he began dabbling in cryptocurrency, using it to make purchases in video games like Call of Duty.At the same time, he started noticing people “posting luxury cars, posting luxury lifestyles” on social media, he said during an interview for his bankruptcy case. Mr Pleterski looked into it and found many said they made their money from cryptocurrency investments. “That’s what sparked my interest,” he said. By 2020,…

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Not Like Us, released later that same day, is packed with accusations about Drake with lines such as “Certified Lover Boy, certified paedophiles” and “say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young, you better not ever go to cell block one” (the suggestion being that Drake would be the subject of physical abuse were he to go to prison).It was an incendiary record, but the world was listening and as of 11 May, Not Like Us was the number one song on Spotify’s global chart, with over 57 million streams since its release.  “Not Like Us is my favourite Kendrick diss…

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