News about Robert Wilson

Recently (and light-heartedly) I asked my husband how he found me during menopause. I knew I had suffered as a result of my hormonal chaos, with two years of insomnia, stress and anxiety from the age of 49, but I was sure that I'd skilfully concealed the inner turmoil pretty well, and my family had been left unscathed. Turns out, those years weren't as emotionally straightforward for him as I'd thought!

An independent police investigation was launched into the community hospital in Hampshire after a probe found hundreds of patients had their lives shortened through the use of opioids between 1987 and 2001. In 2018, the Gosport Independent Panel report concluded the lives of more than 450 people were shortened because of the routine practice of prescribing and administering opioids, and that at least another 200 patients were likely affected. The Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, which is managing the investigation, codenamed Operation Magenta, said it is reviewing the records of more than 750 patients and taken 1,200 witness statements.

Last week's controversial BBC Panorama episode, The Menopause Industry Uncovered, came as a shock to many. The first half of the 30-minute film raised concerns over expensive menopause supplements being sold in the UK, despite having no clear benefit. However, the second part of the documentary was more worrying. It alleged that some private menopause doctors are putting the health of women at-risk by prescribing extremely high doses of HRT. The show focused on one specialist and her clinic in particular - the celebrity menopause guru Dr Louise Newson.

The boss of Creative Scotland has insisted his organisation was unaware that they were funding a film featuring real sex, despite the director referencing 'genital contact' and STI tests in an application. Iain Munro (left), the organisation's Chief Executive, claimed 'hardcore porn' film Rein was never 'understood nor presented as involving anything other than simulated sex', as he was grilled by Holyrood's culture committee.  Director Leonie Rae Gasson (right) was awarded £84,555 to develop the project, now-described on its website as a 'fantastical' 45-minute art installation performed by a mix of dancers, sex workers and performers who will take the audience on an 'erotic journey through a distinctly Scottish landscape'.

According to a survey of 1,000 people from the Mumsnet website, 79 percent of those polled had experience with birth pains. After experiences such as an unplanned Caesarean section, emergency care, or a lengthy and painful delivery, women can experience birth trauma. Almost two-thirds of mothers who suffered with birth defects expressed a "lack of compassion" from healthcare professionals during labour, while 47% said words that indicated they were "a disgrace" or "to blame" for their experience.

In 2021, researchers at Oxford and Leicester universities published an annual report that revealed there were 3.54 stillbirths per 1,000 births, up from 3.33 in 2020. A similar rise was seen in 2021 for neonatal deaths - when a baby dies within 28 days of being born - from 1.53 percent live births in 2020 to 1.65 in 2021.

Charlotte Robinson, a Yorkshire woman, was staying at Invermoriston's Loch Ness Highland Lodge when she said the creature appeared about 50 feet away on the first day of her holiday. It took place just four days after Chie Kelly caught startling photos of a large unidentified creature spinning on the surface of the legendary loch. Mrs Kelly, 51, was photographing Dores, England, when she and her businessman husband Scott, 68, noticed a strange'serpent-like' creature moving over a distance of about 100 meters before disappearing. Mrs Kelly, a translator, was so shocked by what she saw on August 13, 2018 that she feared public ridicule and did not reveal the photos. After learning about the biggest search for Nessie in over 50 years that took place last weekend, she was inspired to share the images.

Nessie hunters claim to have made three separate sightings of the elusive creature, including the'most surprising' view of the legendary animal to date (top left). Volunteers descended on the Scottish Highlands over the weekend to participate in the largest hunt for the Loch Ness Monster in more than 50 years. Three sightings were discovered, including the 'first ever video' of Nessie, shot by a film crew using a thermal imaging drone (bottom left). Meanwhile, another searcher claimed to have taken the'most striking' photos of Nessie ever.

ROBERT HARDMAN: People from around the world have come together to compete in what has been described as the world's biggest coordinated hunt for the Loch Ness Monster in half a century. The result was predictable by last night: Nessie had eluded her pursuers for the second time. We're now left with two big unsolved mysteries this morning. First, what - if anything - actually lurks in the depths of Britain's largest body of water?Second, why are so many of us - not just in Scotland and the rest of the UK - but across the entire world, still so captivated by the myth of a Highland plesiosaur 90 years after the first inconclusive 'sighting'?

Last year, approximately 600,000 live births were recorded between the two countries, with 3.2 percent fewer than 2021. The figure has been in freefall for a decade, from a blip during 2021 to a mini baby 'bounce' by couples who put their family plans on hold at the start of the Covid pandemic. According to experts, the trend is partly due to women's focus on their education and careers, while couples that are waiting to have children wait until later in life.

Thousands of pine trees were planted by Captain Lewis Tregonwell in 1810 to ensure visitors could enjoy the pine-scented air. Due to the slew of luscious pines, the Dorset resort quickly became known as the 'Evergreen Valley.' Bournemouth was granted a coat of arms and the symbol of a pine tree topped the style, which is also used today. After a pair of pine saplings on the cliff top (left) were suddenly axed without warning (inset), local people suspect the local authority of environmental vandalism. They also accused the council, which declared a climate emergency in 2019, of attempting to mask the 'appalling act' by claiming that the trees were non-native. One resident was furious to discover only two piles of wood chippings (right) where the saplings on the cliff top had been growing.