OLYMPIC STAR KELLY’S SELF-HARM SHOCKER
Deadly growth Drivers get call Dame: I cut myself over sporting injuries
CATTLE, sheep and horses could die because of this autumn’s lush grass.
The late flush of green caused by a wet summer can trigger a serious illness called grass staggers.
It develops due to a lack of magnesium found in fast-growing grass.
Animals can start to twitch and stagger and eventually die.
Vet Charlotte Mouland, of Synergy Farm Health, said: “Unfortunately, finding a dead animal, or multiple dead animals, is often the first sign farmers will see.” THE number of UK holidaymakers investigated for traffic offences overseas has soared.
Applications by foreign prosecutors for help pursuing UK motorists increased by 30% last year to 1,625, according to research by information supplier Thomson Reuters.
They believe the rise is primarily due to new EU laws allowing the sharing of driver details across borders. ¬
OLYMPIC legend Dame Kelly Holmes slashed her arms every day as she tried to overcome sporting injuries.
The 47-year-old gold medallist has revealed she used a pair of scissors to self-harm.
Her first major bout of depression came after she suffered a devastating injury in the 1997 World Championships, fearing her career could be over.
But she went on to become the first British woman to win double Olympic gold, triumphing in the 800m and 1,500m races in Athens in 2004. Dame Kelly said she cut herself when she was recovering from seven different injuries.
She said: “At my lowest, I was cutting myself with scissors every day that I was injured.
“The scissors were in the bathroom and I used them to release the anguish that I had. It was really a bad place to be.
“But my biggest message to people is that you can get out of that and you can still achieve.”
Dame Kelly has previously said mental health needs to be “shouted about more”.
Speaking at an NHS Confederation conference in Manchester, she praised the work of the health service and her own GP who she said helped her to fulfil her childhood dream of becoming an Olympian. ¬
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