I'm so grateful for the outpouring of love today. You have all made my 60th so special. Every single post, tribute, and wish touches my heart. I thank God for every additional day of life and for putting each of you in it. Wishing you all returned blessings & I look forward to seeing you soon.
I love you. ♥️ J
Janet Jackson reveals as she turns 60
“If Michael were alive, he’d probably be the first person to wish me a happy birthday today. Even a week before my birthday, he’d already be planning the perfect gift just to see me smile. I miss him so much. Keep resting peacefully, brother.”
In a remarkable display of resilience, a 9-year-old boy in Nersac, France, survived for two years completely on his own after his mother abandoned him.
Left to fend for himself in his mother’s apartment, the boy managed daily life with astonishing independence. He fed himself with whatever food he could find, occasionally receiving help from neighbors, and continued attending school regularly while maintaining excellent grades.
Despite living without consistent heat or electricity at times, and with his mother residing just five kilometers away but never returning, he kept up his routine and remained a top student. Teachers and neighbors were unaware of the full extent of his isolation until the situation was eventually discovered.
The boy’s quiet determination and ability to endure such prolonged neglect have drawn widespread admiration, while also raising serious concerns about how such a case went unnoticed for so long.
SHE REPORTED NHS FRAUD. THEY GAVE HER CANCER AND A P45
Sharmila Chowdhury @sharmilaxx spent 30 years working in the @NHS without a single disciplinary mark. Then she caught two consultant radiologists at Ealing Hospital NHS Trust billing the NHS for sessions they were spending at a private hospital down the road. Double-dipping on public money.
Straightforward fraud.
She reported it. To her line manager. To the Medical Director. To the HR Director. To Counter Fraud. To the Chief Executive. To Number 10. To the Treasury. She had a paper trail so solid that ITV later sent undercover cameras to the hospital and caught the same consultants still at it years later, taking cash from patients for private ultrasounds inside an NHS building.
The Trust's response? They sacked her. On fabricated counter-allegations.
The man who raised those allegations later sent an email signed off "0800-F***-YOU-B****." He received a 'Top Mentor' award from the Trust that same year.
Sharmila won at tribunal.
She won her appeal. The judge asked the Trust to reinstate her. The Trust said no. She was blacklisted across the NHS.
One job offer was withdrawn the moment they found out who she was. Her legal costs hit £130,000. She developed breast and lung cancer, which her doctors believe is linked to the years of sustained stress.
The consultants kept their jobs.
George Osborne couldn't get involved. Andrew Lansley couldn't get involved. David Cameron couldn't get involved. Because everyone decided it was an "employment matter."
A proven fraud case, covered by ITV, the Guardian, Daily Mail and Channel 4, and the official position of Her Majesty's Government was: not our problem.
This is what the UK does to people who try to protect public money. It destroys them and promotes the people they were trying to stop.
Read Sharmila's full case: sharmilachowdhury_com
Sources: Health Select Committee written evidence | @DailyMail | @Independent | @BBCNews | @Channel4 | @guardian | @thetimes | @DailyMirror | @Channel4News |
In some schools, graduating students give their t-shirts to the teachers who made the biggest impact on them.
Thank you to those who leave a lasting impression.