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A RECORD number of pensioners were treated for drug and alcohol abuse last year, figures show. Some 8,218 were referred to rehab schemes — 1,600 of them hooked on opiates such as heroin and morphine. 1Figures reveal that a record number of pensioners were treated for drug and alcohol abuse last yearCredit: Getty Another 459 needed treatment for cannabis addiction and 59 crack cocaine. Overall, nine in ten of the over-65s sent for specialist treatment — some 6,102 — needed help for alcoholism. The number referred has soared 678 per cent since 2007, and 35 per cent since the start…

AN AUSSIE worker has revealed how he is making more than £80,000 a year doing a job no one wants – and enjoying some lavish perks. Niall Read shook the internet after he posted a video on TikTok to share the advantages that come along with his job. 2An Aussie worker has revealed how he is making more than £80,000 a year doing a job no one wantsCredit: TikTok/@niallread1 2Niall Read is a FIFO worker and aims to become a business ownerCredit: TikTok/@niallread1 In a video that has amassed almost 700,000 views, Niall said not only he makes great money…

AMAZON has given Alexa users the ability to speak with the dead. A new skill, called Character.AI., lets users chat with a range of different bots impersonating dead and alive celebrities and historical figures, such as Elon Musk, Albert Einstein or Socrates. 1Character.AI isn’t the only new skill Amazon has unveiled at CES 2024 – which is considered the consumer tech event of the yearCredit: AP:Associated Press Users can use Character.AI. to chat with trip planners, as well as dating and fitness coaches. Or they can play roleplay adventure games, like helping Nintendo’s Mario find Princess Peach. The latest addition…

SINCE hanging up her pointe shoes, Dame Darcey Bussell DBE has had one mission: to spread the joy of dance. The 54 year old set up the charity Diverse Dance Mix (DDmix), with the primary goal of getting dance fitness classes on to the national PE curriculum. 4Dame Darcey Bussell DBE has one mission: to spread the joy of dance There are no pirouettes or pliés, though – the classes are about freedom and fun, involving music from Ireland to Bollywood. “I wanted to create something entertaining, not competitive,” the former Strictly Come Dancing judge says. “Kids need a positive…

A SURVIVOR of the tragic 1972 Andes plane crash has revealed he was proud of his decision to eat his dead friends as it kept him alive. Eduardo Strauch, 76, was one of the 16 survivors who made it out of the horrifying ordeal after being forced to make some gut-wrenching choices in order to stay alive. 6Eduardo Strauch, 76, has revealed he was proud of the choice to eat his dead friends as it kept him alive after the Andes plane crashCredit: PREMIERE SPEAKERS 6The remaining survivors resorted to eating the flesh of those who had already diedCredit: basecampmedia…

SCIENTISTS say they have uncovered a “green monster” in a distant supernova. For the first time astronomers have combined data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope to study the well-known supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A). 3Can you spot the green monster?Credit: SWNS Cas A is located about 11,000 light-years from Earth and spans approximately 10 light-years. The research has helped explain an unusual structure in the debris from the destroyed star called the “Green Monster”, first discovered in Webb data in April 2023. The research has also uncovered new details about the explosion that created…

MORE than 90 per cent of people referred to NHS fat camps are no slimmer after six months, figures suggest. A third of the 134,445 offered the free 12-week programme by their GPs between April 2021 and December 2022 never went. 1Figures suggest that over 90 per cent of people referred to NHS fat camps are no slimmer after six monthsCredit: Getty And only eight per cent of those who turned up — 6,590 out of 87,320 — were proven to have lost weight and kept it off for at least 26 weeks. Some 20,000 others did start to lose…

A FORMER US cop is at the centre of claims he is in possession of the sex tapes secretly recorded by depraved Jeffrey Epstein. Court papers released in New York this week alleged that the tycoon had footage of the Duke of York. 7Former US cop John Mark Dougan claims to have footage of CCTV recorded by Jeffrey EpsteinCredit: 7Dougan says the FBI seized the footage but not before he took a copyCredit: And now controversial US former cop John Mark Dougan says he has a computer hard drive containing Epstein footage. He claims the videos were passed to him…

NETFLIX subscribers have been urged to hit pause and check their browser over concerns they’re not getting a feature they are paying for. The streaming giant has more than 1,500 titles available in 4K picture quality for those willing to pay the top fee of £17.99 ($22.99) per month. 1Netflix has more than 1,500 titles available in 4k picture quality However, some viewers may not be getting bang for their buck – and are none the wiser, according to tech expert Daniel Kim in a Medium post. Netflix restricts video stream quality on Google Chrome and Firefox over fears of…

DR Jeff Foster is The Sun on Sunday’s resident doctor and is here to help YOU. Dr Jeff, 43, splits his time between working as a GP in Leamington Spa, Warks, and running his clinic, H3 Health, which is the first of its kind in the UK to look at hormonal issues for both men and women. 1Dr Jeff Foster is The Sun on Sunday’s resident doctor and is here to help you See h3health.co.uk and email at drjeff@the-sun.co.uk. Q) I’M a 61-year-old woman and have a trapped sciatic nerve which has been causing ­agonising pain down my right leg for ten years. I…