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Texas gender clinic dubbed ‘Frankenstein’s lab’ performs hundreds of experimental surgeries each year – including giving patients a penis AND vagina and ‘Barbie-dolling’ clients by removing both

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A gender clinic in Texas dubbed ‘Frankenstein’s lab’ has performed hundreds of unconventional genital surgeries that many experts describe as ‘dangerous.’

The Crane Center for Transgender Surgery in Austin bills itself as a world leader in operations for non-binary people – those who don’t identify exclusively with one gender.

The surgeries include giving patients a penis and vagina, or completely removing their sex organs, essentially ‘Barbie-dolling your genitals,’ as one critic put it.

The center director, Dr Curtis Crane, has

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Prince Albert says family have ‘showered him with affection’ after former adviser accused him of giving millions a year to ex-mistresses – but admits Charlene is ‘very upset’ by claim she hired illegal nannies

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A month after succeeding to the throne aged 47 in 2005, Albert was in for a shock as one of his closely kept secrets was about to be revealed to the world.

For few knew, the prince had enjoyed a secret six-year relationship with a glamorous ex-Air France attendant who had also given birth to his son around 18 months earlier, in 2003.

The relationship between Nicole Coste and the Prince began following a chance encounter on a flight from

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Year of the splitter? Once a dark art, the pitch is primed to take over baseball

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By Zack Meisel, Cody Stavenhagen and Stephen J. Nesbitt

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — A decade ago, on a dusty baseball diamond in Puerto Rico, a veteran pitcher shared with Fernando Cruz the secrets of throwing a splitter, a pitch treated like a black-market product, a dark art best learned in the shadows and deployed at one’s own risk.

Cruz was a converted infielder pitching in winter ball back home and trying to catch on with a major league organization. He couldn’t

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NAACP Image Awards 2024: Queen Latifah, 53, makes FOUR epic outfit changes and addresses pay inequality for Black actresses as she hosts ceremony second year in a row

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Queen Latifah returned as host of the NAACP Image Awards for the second year in a row on Saturday night at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium.

The multi-hyphenate, 53, made four epic outfit changes throughout the star-studded evening honoring Black excellence in film, TV, music and literature in 2023.

She kicked off the festivities with a speech that made mention of the ‘pay inequality’ experienced by Black actresses in Hollywood.

Latifah credited The Color Purple’s Taraji P. Henson for bringing the

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‘I have less than a year left with my baby and I’m exhausted from grieving – but miracle drug will give us more time together as a family’

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Parents of a baby boy with a rare muscle-wasting disease are desperately fighting to raise money for a miracle drug to keep their son alive. 

Ted Chadwick, now eight months old, had trouble sleeping and feeding shortly after he was born.

Then, when he was just six weeks old, his parents learnt these were symptoms of condition called spinal muscular atrophy type one (SMA1).

This is the most severe form of a neuromuscular condition which sees the spinal cord motor

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Why you NEED a cash Isa this year – and how to save and invest tax-free

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Savers and investors face another tax raid this year, making it even more important that they make the most of their Isa allowance.

Frozen thresholds mean more savers are being dragged into paying tax on interest. Meanwhile, investors face capital gains and dividend allowances being slashed. 

An Isa offers a way to keep more of your hard-earned returns and that’s never been more essential. In this special guide, we reveal why you need a cash Isa, how to choose the

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Ein Elektrofahrzeug, das Fahrer von ihren Benzinmodellen abhält, gewinnt den Car of the Year Award 2024

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Ein vollelektrischer SUV, der Autofahrer dazu ermutigen könnte, auf ihre Benzin- und Dieselmodelle zu verzichten, hat sich bei der Auszeichnung „UK Car of the Year“ die höchste Auszeichnung gesichert.

Der siebensitzige Elektro-Crossover Kia EV9 wurde von fast der Hälfte der 30-köpfigen Jury ausgewählt und lag damit knapp vor dem Ioniq 6 von Hyundai, der den zweiten Platz belegte.

Der Kia wurde für seinen Komfort und seine Technologie gelobt, während Experten auch auf seine beeindruckende Reichweite hinwiesen.

John Challen, Co-Vorsitzender der

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How the new weight-loss drugs may work BETTER than Ozempic and other jabs. So will they really be free of the grim side-effects which mean so many give up within a year or two?

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Tempted to try Ozempic or Wegovy? These weight-loss wonder drugs are riding a tidal wave of popularity, helped no doubt by celebrity endorsements, with seemingly everyone from Sharon Osbourne to Elon Musk reportedly benefiting from the weekly jabs.

But both may soon seem old hat, with new drugs around the corner that promise greater weight loss, come in more convenient forms or actually burn off fat while we go about our daily business without even noticing the medications at work

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One year on from Silicon Valley Bank collapse

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Presented by Nationwide

By JAMES FITZGERALD

with HANNAH BRENTON and ELEANOR MYERS

PRESENTED BY

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SNEAK PEEK

― Silicon Valley Bank collapsed a year ago: what’s changed?

― Ministers gather for U.K. Global Fraud Summit.

― Labour assembles crack team to advise on National Wealth Fund.

Happy Monday! Welcome to another week of financial services news and views.

To kick off the week we have an amazingly insightful review into a year on … Read more