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The Sun
a day ago
- Health
- The Sun
My face COLLAPSED after botched Turkey teeth op – it's like broken glass smashed in my head & pain worse than childbirth
A MUM says her face collapsed and she was left in the 'worst pain of her life' after a botched dental procedure in Turkey went horribly wrong. Leanne Abeyance, 40, from Telford, Shropshire, flew out for dental implants to replace her 13-year-old veneers — but claims the trip left her disfigured and in constant agony. 11 11 11 11 11 The mum-of-two said she was advised by a Turkish dentist to undergo a sinus lift, bone grafts and have 15 implants fitted — eight on the top and seven on the bottom. DJ Leanne had all her teeth pulled, the implants inserted and returned to the UK, with a plan to go back months later for permanent crowns. But just weeks after the screws were fitted, Leanne said she began suffering with severe headaches, sinus infections, and noticed her face was starting to change shape. 'I'm in the worst pain of my life and I'm in and out of A&E,' said Leanne. 'I can't even touch my face. It feels like broken glass being smashed in my face and smeared around. I've been in a flood of tears." 'My face has collapsed. I'll never have a nice smile. "At the minute, I don't have any teeth in, just screws sticking out. The pain is worse than childbirth.' She initially chose to go abroad because the same work in the UK would have cost £40,000 — whereas the Turkish clinic quoted £8,000. Leanne paid £3,000 upfront and was due to pay the rest after the final fitting. 'When the first lot of injections went in and they started to remove my teeth, I could feel everything,' she said. 'I had about 25 injections in six hours. "The sinus lift felt like they were hammering something up my nose. 'It was like a horror movie that I was fully awake for. "I got picked up and taken back to a nice hotel where fellow customers were there having the same done. "I was on the phone to my friends and family crying my eyes out because I was in so much pain and there on my own. You can't eat because your mouth is so swollen and there are screws sticking out so I was starving.' Leanne left the surgery in May last year happy with her temporary smile, but the pain began before she even got on the flight home. 'In the airport, my face started to hurt so much I was literally buying cups of ice and putting them on my face,' she said. 'My face was black and blue like I'd been in a huge fight. "In the UK, I thought it was all worth it because it was the start of a perfect smile and feeling pretty. Four months later, I'm starting to get bad headaches, toothache where there are no teeth, and sinus problems which I'd never had before.' Despite multiple courses of antibiotics and even an overnight hospital stay on an IV drip, the pain wouldn't go away. A scan at Droitwich Dental Studio in March revealed that two implants had pierced her nasal cavity. 'One implant pierced through my sinuses and the other is in my nose,' she said. 11 11 11 Leanne is now fundraising for private corrective surgery, which she's been told could cost up to £45,000. Her dentist says she may need to have all of the implants removed and redone. 'The pain I'm in is excruciating,' she said. 'It's not as easy as walk in, walk out to the perfect smile like celebrities say. 'There's no such thing as the perfect white smile. I'm not asking for sympathy or anything for free. Now it's a waiting game. My dentist in Droitwich has been great and I'll be using them again in the future. 'I'm ready to have them all cut out and have horrible dentures, but hopefully it will stop the pain I'm in. I can't work, my face swells up, I get bad headaches, nose bleeds, mood swings and my mental health through the roof. 'I've lost two stone in weight and I feel like I'm failing as a mother to my two beautiful daughters. 'I don't want to be seen in public. "My mental health is severely suffering, I can't DJ, I can't be my happy, lively self and can't even do a caravan holiday with the kids. "It's been the worst year of my life. I just want it to be over.' What are the risks of getting surgery abroad? IT'S important to do your research if you're thinking about having cosmetic surgery abroad. It can cost less than in the UK, but you need to weigh up potential savings against the potential risks. Safety standards in different countries may not be as high. No surgery is risk-free. Complications can happen after surgery in the UK or abroad. If you have complications after an operation in the UK, the surgeon is responsible for providing follow-up treatment. Overseas clinics may not provide follow-up treatment, or they may not provide it to the same standard as in the UK. Also, they may not have a healthcare professional in the UK you can visit if you have any problems. Source: NHS 11 11
BBC News
a day ago
- General
- BBC News
Robbie, 10, makes Guernsey gymnastics history with medal
A young squad has landed its first ever national medal for Tumbling Squad sent its largest ever team to the English Gymnastics Championships in Telford last week where 10-year-old Robbie won a bronze Bobby Montague said he was "really proud to see how far they've come as a squad and as individuals".Robbie is set to compete in the second qualifier for the British Gymnastics Championships later in June. Robbie said it had been "very nerve-wracking" to show his somersaults in Telford but that he "loves how it's really fun".He explained he had used a new combination of tumbles in the competition which included whips, flicks and a full twist and straight back said: "I was very pleased because because there were some very challenging people in my category."It was very exciting because when I started I didn't really know much about it and three and a half years later I won a bronze medal at the English Gymnastics Championships!"Mr Montague said it had been the first time a gymnast from the squad had competed in the elite said two of the members of the team, Rosie and Myra had been ranked 11th in the country and Mason had been ranked said his dream was to compete in the World Gymnastic Championships."Even if I came last, to get to that level would be amazing," he added.
BBC News
a day ago
- Business
- BBC News
Lottery funding to help reopen bridge in Telford Town Park
Parts of a town park, which were off-limits to visitors after a wooden bridge fell into disrepair, will be opened up again after a successful bid for lottery Friends of Telford Town Park said the £10,400 would help pay for a replacement for the Crannog bridge, which was built in the said there would be new concrete plinths to support the 7m (23ft) steel and plastic replacement, which will be delivered Smith, chair of the Friends group, said: "It is something the Friends have wanted to do but did not have the funds, and needed to employ professional services to complete." The project to replace the bridge will cost £14,800, with the remaining funding coming from Telford and Wrekin Council and the Friends group word Crannog is a Celtic word meaning "man-made island" and it refers to an area of the town park where visitors can study Friends helped to fund the original bridge. Mr Smith said the replacement work was "part of a wider major project by the Friends to renovate the whole of the Crannog and Grange Pool area".The project has been ongoing for a number of months and also includes the clearing of pathways around Grange Pool, the installation of new benches and tables, and the creation of a bird feeding area and have also been improvements to a nearby car parking area, the creation of butterfly feeding stations and bird boxes around the area and the planting of new bushes and trees. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
2 days ago
- General
- BBC News
'The abuse was almost daily' - Grooming survivors share their stories
Five women from across England who were groomed and abused as children or young adults have told BBC Newsnight about the ongoing impact it has had on their were targeted by adult men, mainly from a British Asian background, often against the backdrop of chaotic upbringings. They shared their stories on the same day the government confirmed the publication of a review into grooming gangs has been delayed. Kate Elysia Kate Elysia - not her real name - was abused by a gang of men of Pakistani origin in the Shropshire town of was first raped when she was 18, shortly after moving out of her family home into a bedsit, and has previously estimated she was attacked by more than 70 said her attackers treated her like "she was nothing" and that they "wanted to turn me into what they wanted me to be, so they could justify abusing me".She said her abusers would harass her on her doorstep and send men to her home asking for sex."The abuse was almost daily," she said, sometimes "multiple men a day".Kate, now 36, gave evidence to an independent inquiry into gang grooming in Telford, which found that 1,000 girls had been targeted and "nervousness about race" led to abuse being ignored for of the men who abused Kate - Mohammed Ali Sultan and Shahmeel Khan - were convicted of rape and sexual who was considered a ringleader of the gang, was released in February by the independent parole board - a decision the government said it was "disappointed" was approved for open prison conditions in is calling for the government to block her abuser from going into a low-security prison and be given the right to have day release."I'm very concerned for the public, and I'm very concerned for myself," she described him as a "scary, violent individual" and that she fears for herself and the public if he is allowed back into the community."I don't think that he would be safe to leave prison at all." Zara Zara - not her real name - the first victim of prolific abuser David Saynor to share their story publicly, told BBC Newsnight it left her fighting a "battle that I'll always be in".Saynor used his limousine business to lure child victims in Rotherham - his trial heard how we would pick up young girls at schools and children's homes and offer them "promotional work"."[It] started off as that - just promoting, getting picked up in groups and driving around, drinking, dancing," she told was just 12 when she was first groomed by Saynor, a white British man who would give his victims alcohol, drugs and money before attacking them."The more you did, the more money he'd offer you... it became normal to do that," she said she and a friend were "getting picked up from school, getting picked outside our local youth club" but no adults raised concerns."It's impacted my whole life," Zara said. "From being the age of 12, I've not lived a normal life. "I witnessed Dave assault my friend, which is the first memory that I've got of that feeling of fear, like that unexplainable fear that comes over you. And I carry guilt with me for that."Last year, Saynor, 77, was jailed for 24 years after being found guilty of 15 offences against eight young girls - including two counts of rape and five counts of meeting a child following sexual Zara also alleged she was abused by another man from a British Pakistani background, who is due to go on trial. Zara said of that alleged abuse: "To me, in my head, he was my boyfriend... he didn't abuse me straight away, so I was convinced it was a normal relationship."Zara, who is from a mixed English and Asian background, said: "It was easy for me to accept the flattery and compliments and to feel wanted... I was kind of wanting to indulge in that side of my heritage because my dad wasn't present for a while."She said police officers stopped her and the alleged abuser on more than one occasion over suspicions about an older man being with a young girl, but that nothing was done which might have led to the abuse being uncovered. Fiona Fiona Goddard was abused by a predominantly British Asian grooming gang in Bradford from the age of 14, shortly after being taken into began after one of her abusers, Basharat Khaliq, took Fiona and her friend, also 14, to a petrol station to buy them vodka."The abuse started as being more coercive, but then the more you resisted it... by the end it was violent rapes," she said."The more you resisted and tried to point out what was going on the worse it got."Fiona recounted how she had told adults about the sexual assaults she had recalled being asked if she was being groomed, but at the time she didn't understand the meaning of the word. But when asked if the men had been violent, she said yes."We basically told them that we were being groomed without using the words, but they just never did nothing," she groomers plied her with drugs and gifts. A court heard that she was "in effect used as a prostitute" by another of her has previously recounted how she was driven to suicidal thoughts and self-harm as a February 2019, nine men were convicted of 22 offences against Fiona and jailed. Khaliq received 20 years for five counts of contacted by BBC Newsnight, a spokesperson for Bradford Council said there were "significant failings" in how Fiona was cared for and reiterated its apology to her. Chantelle Chantelle was groomed and raped by a gang of British Asian men in Manchester between 2003 and 2007, beginning when she was 11 years was in the care system at the time as her mother was in and out of prison."There was males approaching the children's home, giving us alcohol and drugs and putting us in cars," she ordeal began after she met a man in his early twenties who, at the time, she considered to be her has previously recalled how he introduced her to other men and she was given alcohol and drugs, before being forced to perform sex acts on them."They sexually abused us, drugged us... made us do things we didn't want to do," she said."It was the emotional and mental impact as well that used to make you feel like you only wanted them... so you keep going back."Chantelle also recounted the time she was reported as a missing child from the children's home and later found naked in a man's house by a female was then taken back to the children's home where she reported the abuse to the Chantelle later discovered that no police report was filed at the years on, she is now being asked by police to identify the officer who found her."The female officer who found me never put it on the system. The report is there that she found me, but none of the abuse that I told her had been logged," she case is being investigated by Greater Manchester Police. No one has been charged with an who is now 33, is also suing Manchester City Council for the abuse she endured while under its care.A spokesperson for the local authority said they were "deeply sorry" for what happened to her, and that she had been "let down by the system"."Not enough was done to protect her and other vulnerable young people in similar circumstances in the late 1990s and 2000," the spokesperson said. Jade Jade said she was abused by hundreds of men, primarily from a British Asian background, in the Buckinghamshire area from the age of 14 began after she left her mother's home to live with her father, a drug addict who introduced her to a chaotic upbringing, Jade believed those dealers could protect her - but from that point on, she says she was repeatedly attacked by adult men at parties while 2008, she was placed into care and a year later was made subject to a special safeguarding order for children who repeatedly going Jade was arrested and convicted of causing or inciting another girl to engage in sexual activity after being found by police at a party with another said she was "accused of taking girls out to get sexually assaulted" but "didn't have a clue what was happening"."It's police failure, social services failure," she remains a convicted sex offender but believes that none of the men she says abused her have been convicted of a to her conviction, she said she's had to fight social services to keep her children."I've never been allowed on school trips with my children," she explained."I'm not allowed to apply for jobs for the work I want to go into with vulnerable kids."Still trying to clear her name, Jade said the experience has "been the worst experience of my life"."It's just as bad as the abuse."It feels like I'm still being abused by them. It feels like they're still controlling my life."The Maggie Oliver Foundation - a survivors charity set up by a former police officer who raised concerns about how abusers in Rochdale were investigated - said it is supporting Jade to have her conviction overturned. What the data on grooming gangs shows The BBC has obtained new police data on the ethnicity of suspects arrested on suspicion of gang grooming offences in England and Wales in National Police Chiefs' Council (NPPC) figures indicated that British Pakistanis were substantially over-represented among 2024, of grooming gang suspects where an ethnicity was recorded, just over half were white British, and around one in eight were British Pakistani - even though one in 40 people in England and Wales were of Pakistani heritage according to the 2021 NPCC told Newsnight that the figures should be regarded with caution because just under a third of suspects had their ethnicity widespread failure to collect high quality data on abusers, victims and offences was criticised by the 2022 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Chief Constable Becky Riggs, the NPCC's lead for child protection and abuse investigation, told BBC Newsnight that gang grooming offences had impacted every part of the country and cases were said: "I genuinely think out of 44 [police] forces, very few would say there isn't a crime of that type being investigated in their [area]." If you have been affected by any issues in this report, help and support is available on the BBC Action Line.
BBC News
2 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Telford woodland support group looks to help more veterans
A programme which supports former members of the armed forces and helps them adjust to civilian life has said it is always open to new project in the Lightmoor area of Telford, Shropshire, offers veterans the chance to learn new practical skills and preserve woodland, while allowing them to share experiences at the same group is funded by the Veterans Foundation and the woodlands programme is led by the Small Woods Association, with support from the Bournville Village TrustIt is based at a building known as Squatters Cottage where veterans "can enjoy and care for nature and in turn care for themselves," organisers said. Gary Morris left the RAF in 2004 after 23 years service and said it had been "a massive adjustment". Leaving the armed forces could be difficult for a number of reasons and many just missed being part of a community with a shared sense of humour, he peaceful environment in the woods gave him time "to shut off all the bad stuff that's happening in the world that I don't want to know about anymore thank you very much".Simon Cooper served for 10 years in the Royal Signals and said he suffered from a functional neurologic activities had given him back some of his mobility and strength, he enjoyed "sitting around having a chat with the veterans". Another veteran, Shaun Cleary, said it had taken him 10 years "to get back into civilian way of thinking and doing things". He said he valued the group because he got to be with people who "have been through similar type of things. "The military was one experience and coming back into civilian life is a completely different one".The Bournville Village Trust said "the programme is particularly vital for veterans facing challenges with their mental health".Bill Wells, who served in the Royal Logistics for nearly 10 years, agreed and said the programme "has given me a reason to get up every week, somewhere I feel I belong and a feeling of achievement while giving me the space I need when I need it". Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
