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Big Brother star rushed to hospital for emergency surgery 'screaming in unbearable pain'
Big Brother star rushed to hospital for emergency surgery 'screaming in unbearable pain'

Daily Mirror

time5 days ago

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  • Daily Mirror

Big Brother star rushed to hospital for emergency surgery 'screaming in unbearable pain'

A Big Brother legend has undergone emergency surgery after being rushed to hospital. Jenkin Edwards, who appeared on the show in 2013 during it's return to scenes on ITV, revealed he had been experiencing crippling pain in his stomach, which resulted him being diagnosed with appendicitis. He said: "Tuesday night I was experiencing the most unbearable pain in my stomach, I was bent over in pain sobbing my eyes out. Wednesday, I was rushed through for emergency surgery as I had appendicitis. I'll do a story time on this as it was rather funny (I thought I was just being dramatic and asked to go home 20 minutes before my results came back)." Jenkin continued: "I'm on the mend, and I can't thank the staff enough, I am yet to meet a single person who hasn't taken the time to be kind listen to me and be attentive. I've been alone while I've been here and everyone has taken the time to explain every little step to me it really has meant the world." It comes after a doctor's warning to people who drink even a 'single cup of tea'. He went on to say: "I did ask if I could get a tummy tuck while they were there but they were unable to do it so unfortunately you're not gunna see a massive change in me just yet. Jokes aside please please please if you experience any sort of aches or pains go and get them checked I was going to leave this and god knows what would have happened if I did." Shortly after his stint on the show, he claimed that while he was in the house, he was offered £25,000 and an unlimited supply of his favourite treat, a Kinder Bueno, to see a "mystery family or friend" for one minute. He rejected the offer and missed out on the chance to see his mum, Susan. He previously said: "I struggled with not seeing my family a lot more than I thought I would, from age twelve to eighteen I was a carer for my mum, every day we were on the phone. My mum has loved the show since season one and so has my nan, I partly went on it for her. She has always been my biggest supporter and the first to bring me back down to earth." Despite being branded as "moody" during his stint on the programme, Jenkin recently celebrated his time in the house. Reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the iconic show, he said: "25 years of Big Brother. "To some people it's just a show, but to me it was more than that, it was a way of showing that plus-sized neurodivergent gay men exist and deserve a seat at the table. "It was a way of making my parents proud , it was a way of putting a middle finger up to all the bullies I've encountered through my life , and in some ways it was a way of me loving myself again. Growing up Big Brother was a family favourite, my mum and nan were hooked from day one. "Weirdly it felt like big brother was always a part of my childhood. It was always on in the background ( if you remember the 24hr live stream you're a real one). grew up knowing I someday would be a part of my family's favourite show and can you believe I was lucky enough to get in on my first try. "I wish nothing but good luck to everyone going into the mad house this year. You're in for the ride of your life and you'll make friendships and memories that will last a lifetime. I'm jealous I can't do it again!!"

Big Brother star rushed to hospital for emergency surgery screaming in ‘unbearable pain'
Big Brother star rushed to hospital for emergency surgery screaming in ‘unbearable pain'

Scottish Sun

time5 days ago

  • Health
  • Scottish Sun

Big Brother star rushed to hospital for emergency surgery screaming in ‘unbearable pain'

Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BIG Brother star Jenkin Edwards said he was rushed to hospital screaming in "unbearable pain". The Welsh barman revealed he was sent straight into emergency surgery as he detailed the dramatic events of the past 48 hours. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 2 Jenkin Edwards almost left hospital before getting his results 2 Jenkin opened up about his ordeal The star shared a photo from his hospital bed on Instagram, wearing compression socks and a hospital gown draped over him. He told fans: 'Tuesday night I was experiencing the most unbearable pain in my stomach, I was bent over in pain sobbing my eyes out. 'Wednesday I was rushed through for emergency surgery as I had appendicitis.' The TV personality admitted he didn't realise how serious things were at first, joking: 'I thought I was just being dramatic and asked to go home 20 minutes before my results came back.' He praised hospital staff for their care, writing: 'I can't thank the staff enough, I am yet to meet a single person who hasn't taken the time to be kind, listen to me and be attentive. 'I've been alone while I've been here and everyone has explained every little step to me – it really has meant the world.' Keeping spirits high, he quipped: 'I did ask if I could get a tummy tuck while they were there but they were unable to do it – so unfortunately you're not gonna see a massive change in me just yet.' But his message ended on a serious note, urging followers not to ignore their health: 'Please, please, please, if you experience any sort of aches or pains, go and get them checked. I was going to leave this and God knows what would have happened if I did.' Jenkin recently celebrated his time on Big Brother with an emotional post to fans. The barman, 28, was labelled "moody" and "boring" by fans during his five week stint in the house. Ex-housemates Hallie and Chanelle previously told us that Jenkin's mood would often change if he was restricted from the smoking area. But he's now admitted he'd love to do it all over again and is glad he got to represent gay and plus-sized men on the show. He said: '25 years of Big Brother. 'To some people it's just a show but to me it was more than that , it was a way of showing that plus sized neurodivergent gay men exist and deserve a seat at the table. 'It was a way of making my parents proud , it was a way of putting a middle finger up to all the bullies I've encountered through my life , and in some ways it was a way of me loving myself again. 'Growing up Big Brother was a family favourite, my mum and nan were hooked from day one. 'Weirdly it felt like big brother was always a part of my childhood. It was always on in the background ( if you remember the 24hr live stream you're a real one ). 'I grew up knowing I someday would be a part of my family's favourite show and can you believe I was lucky enough to get in on my first try. 'I wish nothing but good luck to everyone going into the mad house this year. 'You're in for the ride of your life and you'll make friendships and memories that will last a lifetime. I'm jealous I can't do it again!!'

Hospitals that still let trans women use female toilets are breaking the law, NHS bosses warned
Hospitals that still let trans women use female toilets are breaking the law, NHS bosses warned

Daily Mail​

time05-05-2025

  • Health
  • Daily Mail​

Hospitals that still let trans women use female toilets are breaking the law, NHS bosses warned

Hospitals are breaking the law by continuing to allow trans women to use female facilities in defiance of the landmark Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces, NHS bosses have been warned. Campaigners said female employees are being forced to work in a 'degrading and humiliating' environment because trusts are still following outdated advice that says transgender people should use the toilets and changing rooms they feel most comfortable with. They urged the NHS Confederation to withdraw its 'legally illiterate' guidance immediately in the wake of last month's far-reaching judgment that the definition of a woman is based on biological sex rather than gender identity, which has already led to those born male being barred from female football, netball and cricket. Maya Forstater, of women's rights charity Sex Matters, wrote to the umbrella body's chief executive, Matthew Taylor, to say: 'The Supreme Court has now put it beyond all doubt that the terms 'man' and 'woman' in the Equality Act refer to biological sex and single-sex services. 'Yet the NHS Confederation is still refusing to take responsibility and withdraw its guidance and tell its members it was wrong.' She warned: 'Those [trusts] that are following the current guidance from the NHS Confederation are breaking the law. There is no reason for delay. 'The fact that your guidance is 'informal' is no excuse. It encourages NHS employers to uphold policies that create an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating and offensive environment for staff who do not wish to share single-sex spaces with members of the opposite sex, and to breach workplace health and safety rules.' As the Mail revealed two years ago, the NHS Confederation's guide also claimed patients have no right to know if they are being treated by a transgender doctor or nurse. It said patients cannot request a same-sex staff member 'if there is no clear clinical benefit'. Even those with dementia 'should still be challenged' if they express discriminatory views while their relatives should be 'removed from the premises' if they do the same, the 97-page document recommended. It stated: 'Trans and non-binary people should be supported to use the bathrooms they feel most comfortable using. 'At no time is it appropriate to force staff to use the toilet associated with their assigned sex at birth against their will.' The guidance was raised in the House of Lords last week with Tory peer Baroness Jenkin, who said: 'I ask the minister to join with Sex Matters, which has written to the chief executive of the NHS Confederation, in urging it that its current guidance is unlawful and should be withdrawn as a matter of urgency.' Health Minister Baroness Merron insisted: 'On guidance, the noble Baroness, Lady Jenkin, simply demonstrated the need to get language right throughout... That is exactly what will happen.' Health Secretary Wes Streeting has promised that fresh guidance for NHS trusts will be published before the summer and that he will not tolerate those that break the law. However the British Medical Association's resident doctors committee has dismissed the Supreme Court ruling as 'scientifically illiterate'. There are also still tribunal cases ongoing over the ability of trans women to use female facilities in the NHS. A group of nurses from Darlington are taking their bosses to an employment tribunal over the policy that allows a trans colleague to use the female changing rooms, with a hearing not due until October. And in Scotland, nurse Sandie Peggie's case against NHS Fife - in which she claims she was subjected to harassment by being made to share a changing room with a trans doctor - is due to resume in July. A spokesman for the NHS Confederation admitted last night: ' Following the UK Supreme Court ruling and the subsequent interim guidance from the EHRC, we recognise that elements of our guide on trans and nonbinary allyship are now dated. 'This has been reflected in the document and on our website. We understand our members will want to take the ruling and interim guidance into account in their local policies and decisions. Up until this point, our guide has been based on the Equality Act 2010 and the advice from the EHRC as it stood prior to April 2025. 'We will update the guide more fully as soon as the Government has responded to the EHRC's updated Code of Practice after it has been publicly consulted on, so that the implications of the judgment for NHS services are fully known. 'We will continue to work with our members while we do this. The resource on our website remains as guidance and is not official policy for the NHS.'

'My psycho ex gouged out my eyes- now he's being let out and will strike again'
'My psycho ex gouged out my eyes- now he's being let out and will strike again'

Daily Record

time01-05-2025

  • Daily Record

'My psycho ex gouged out my eyes- now he's being let out and will strike again'

A mum is scared for her own safety as her abusive ex - who gouged out her eyes and left her blind following a shocking attack - is about to be released from jail. Tina Nash, 44, believes the first thing evil Shane Jenkin is going to do is "come straight for her" once he is allowed out of prison. In April 2012, he was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of six years. However, after some time in high-security jails and psychiatric hospitals, he was moved to an open prison – often used to prepare prisoners for release, reports the Mirror . And now, as early as this summer, the 45-year-old thug will be allowed to walk the streets unsupervised, look for work and visit family, Tina has been informed. "I'm terrified. He could be stood right behind me in a shop and I wouldn't have a clue because he blinded me. I know he wishes he'd killed me that night because then there would have been no witnesses," Tina said. Using his fingers, Jenkin had gouged out Tina's eyes, rendering her blind, during a 12-hour assault. Truro Crown Court heard it was one of the worst cases of domestic abuse the UK had ever seen. Although he was jailed , Tina now finds herself having nightmares about encountering Jenkin again. The mum, from Cornwall, continued: "I feel very scared for my safety, the Parole Board has said he is vengeful and I've heard from people on his landing [prison wing] he couldn't stop talking about me. I've been warned the first thing he's going to do is come straight for me." Over 25,000 people have signed a petition opposing Jenkin's release . The Ministry of Justice says all prisoners, including those serving life, must pass "a robust risk assessment" before they are let out of jail. It is little comfort to Tina, who had to stop training to become a nurse - her dream - due to the injuries she suffered in the attack . She had glass eyes fitted four years after the attack, which means her blindness isn't immediately obvious, and technology enables her to send text messages and shop online. But Tina, who met Jenkin in a nightclub in Penzance, Cornwall, in 2009, is too scared of being attacked again to leave her house alone and has yet to meet up with many friends she knew before losing her sight. His first instance of domestic abuse happened within months - on New Year's Eve - after the pair lost each other at a nightclub. Mum-of-two Tina said: "He spat at me, pulled my hair and pushed me on to the pavement so hard my head smacked against the ground. I was devastated, confused, heartbroken." Other episodes eventually led to the sickening 12-hour attack, which happened in o around April 2011. Jenkin admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent at Truro Crown Court. Tina's memoir, Out Of The Darkness, was published in October 2012, and she became a campaigner for a domestic violence charity, reports Mail Online. A Ministry of Justice spokesman told the publication: "This was a horrific crime and our thoughts remain with Ms Nash. All prisoners, including those serving life sentences , must pass a robust risk assessment before any move to open conditions and we do not hesitate to move them back to closed prisons if they break the rules."

'My psychopath ex who gouged out my eyes is about to be let out - and he'll strike again'
'My psychopath ex who gouged out my eyes is about to be let out - and he'll strike again'

Daily Mirror

time01-05-2025

  • Daily Mirror

'My psychopath ex who gouged out my eyes is about to be let out - and he'll strike again'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Tina Nash was subjected to one of the worst cases of domestic abuse the UK has seen when Shane Jenkin tortured her, gouging out her eyes with his fingers A mum is fearful for her own safety as her abusive ex - who rendered her blind following a shocking attack - is about to be released from jail. Tina Nash, 44, believes the first thing evil Shane Jenkin is going to do is "come straight for her" once he is allowed out of prison. He was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of six years in April 2012 but, after some time in high-security jails and psychiatric hospitals, he was moved to an open prison – often used to prepare prisoners for release. ‌ And now, as early as this summer, the 45-year-old thug will be allowed to walk the streets unsupervised, look for work and visit family, Tina has been informed. ‌ "I'm terrified. He could be stood right behind me in a shop and I wouldn't have a clue because he blinded me. I know he wishes he'd killed me that night because then there would have been no witnesses," Tina said. Jenkin had gouged out Tina's eyes with his fingers, rendering her blind, during a 12-hour assault. Truro Crown Court heard it was one of the worst cases of domestic abuse the UK had ever seen. Although he was jailed, Tina now finds herself having nightmares about encountering Jenkin again. The mum, from Cornwall, continued: "I feel very scared for my safety, the Parole Board has said he is vengeful and I've heard from people on his landing [prison wing] he couldn't stop talking about me. I've been warned the first thing he's going to do is come straight for me." More than 25,000 people have signed a petition opposing Jenkin's release. The Ministry of Justice says all prisoners, including those serving life, must pass "a robust risk assessment" before they are let out of jail. ‌ It is little comfort to Tina, who had to stop training to become a nurse - her dream - due to the injuries she suffered in the attack. She had glass eyes fitted four years after the attack, which means her blindness isn't immediately obvious, and technology enables her to send text messages and shop online. But Tina, who met Jenkin in a nightclub in Penzance, Cornwall, in 2009, is too scared of being attacked again to leave her house alone and has yet to meet up with many friends she knew before losing her sight. His first instance of domestic abuse happened within months - on New Year's Eve - after the pair lost each other at a nightclub. Mum-of-two Tina said: "He spat at me, pulled my hair and pushed me on to the pavement so hard my head smacked against the ground. I was devastated, confused, heartbroken." Other episodes eventually led to the sickening 12-hour attack, which happened in o around April 2011. Jenkin admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent at Truro Crown Court. Tina's memoir, Out Of The Darkness, was published in October 2012, and she became a campaigner for a domestic violence charity, reports Mail Online. A Ministry of Justice spokesman told the publication: "This was a horrific crime and our thoughts remain with Ms Nash. All prisoners, including those serving life sentences, must pass a robust risk assessment before any move to open conditions and we do not hesitate to move them back to closed prisons if they break the rules."

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