A MAN,22, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a driver ‘ploughed into a group of people at a Freshers’ event’.
Two people remain in hospital after the horror unfolded outside The Tunnel Club – one of Birmingham‘s longest-running nightclubs – at around 3am on Friday.
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A police presence on Livery Street in BirminghamCredit: SWNS
A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said: “We’ve arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after a number of people were injured when a car was driven at people in Livery Street in Birmingham on Friday morning.
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“The 22-year-old was arrested at a property in the city just before 9am today and has been taken into custody for questioning.
“We were called to disorder in Livery Street at around 3am yesterday.
“A number of people were injured when a car was driven at a group outside The Tunnel nightclub.
“The car was then driven away from the scene. It’s believed six people were injured during the incident all together, and five were taken to hospital.
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“Two of the injured remain in hospital, but their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. One of them is under arrest on suspicion of affray.”
Det Ch Insp Dave Sproson, from Birmingham Police, said: “We’re working hard to understand exactly what happened and why.
“At this stage, we believe this to have been an isolated and deliberate attack linked to an earlier incident inside the nightclub.
“The investigation continues to make good progress, but we’d still appeal for anyone with information or mobile phone images to get in touch via our dedicated website.”
A British biotech company is hoping to harness an infamous side-effect of cannabis use, commonly known as ” the munchies”, to help improve the lives of cancer patients.
Use of the drug has long been associated with an increase in appetite.
Pharmaceutical firm Artelo has been working on a drug which it says imitates the effect of the cannabis plant but only on the body and not the brain, so patients will not get high.
OvarianVax teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer and researchers believe it could be given to women preventatively on the NHS.
What is the ‘cannabis’ drug?
The drug, currently referred to as ART27.13 was originally developed by AstraZenecca,
Researchers at pharmaceutical firm Artelo Biosciences and Trinity College Dublin have been experimenting with evolving it for use on cancer patients.
In a paper published in the journal Pharmaceuticals last November, they said it had provided a breakthrough in cancer cachexia, which is a change in the body causing people to lose weight despite eating normally.
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Depending on the type of cancer, between 60 per cent and 80 per cent of patients lose weight.
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And they believe it could protect against the muscle degeneration associated with colon and lung cancers (cachexia) and may also positively impact life expectancy.
Dr Steven Reich, Artelo’s chief medical officer, said last year that data from their research “supports our confidence in ART27.13’s potential as a supportive care therapy for cancer patients as it may not only increase appetite, but also prevent muscle wasting.”
How will it work?
Researchers hope ART23.13 will be able to restore appetite, reverse weight loss and improve the quality of life for cancer patients.
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Artelo has taken the drug and formulated it into a once-daily capsule which is currently being trialed in the Cancer Appetite Recovery Study (CAReS)
Dr Andy Yates, chief scientific officer at Artelo, said the drug activates the CB1 and CB2 receptors within the body but it is restricted from going to the brain.
He said: “Those receptors are known to be important in people’s appetite control, so if you switch them on they get hungry and they eat more.
“And that’s what we are looking to determine in the CAReS study.”
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What have researchers said?
Dr Barry Laird, from the University of Edinburgh’s Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, is the principal investigator in the CARes trial.
He said: “This really represents a new area of therapeutic development and really had the potential to improve things for our patients.
“What’s really key about this to me is it’s a change from standard cancer care.
“We are not just focusing on the tumour we are focusing on the patient.
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“That’s what it’s about, helping these patients live as well as they can.
“And if we do that, they will live as long as they can.”
While Dr Yates told The Times: “Ultimately, there’s a big correlation between the weight of a cancer patient and their outcomes.
“Sadly, there are not very many treatment options available for those who are suffering weight loss, so we hope that our drug will help transform that by giving people their appetite back.”
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However, he admitted getting the drug to clinical trials had been a “nightmare” because of the need to get licences from the Home Office.
That will be on the water slide that starts with a scary 90-degree drop.
Packing in 6,769 passengers and more than 30 places to eat and drink, World America will be island-hopping in the Caribbean from Miami starting in April, with prices from £779pp for seven nights.
The ship has lots of places to eat, even more places to drink, with no one telling you what to wear, and a sports complex that becomes a nightclub in the evening.
Aqua holds 3,571 passengers and will be sailing from Port Canaveral in Florida to NCL’s private island in the Caribbean from April, with seven-day prices from £1,041pp.
The World’s Biggest Cruise Ship
The Star of the Seas’ sister vessel Icon of the Seas was launched by Royal Caribbean earlier this year.
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It weighs 250,800 tonnes and is longer than The Shard is tall at 1,198ft in length.
It has seven swimming pools and 22 restaurants among the on board offerings for its 7,600 guests.
One of those pools is the largest ever built for a cruise ship. There’s also a swim-up bar, and not one but two infinity pools, both engineering firsts.
Kids’ clubs will keep little ones happy while parents enjoy the sun.
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However, families will also have plenty of chances to have a ball together with arcades, laser tag, mini golf and the largest ice rink at sea all among its attractions.
At the front of the ship is the multi-deck glass AquaDome.
It provides floor-to-ceiling ocean views, as well as a 55ft waterfall tumbling into a pool that by night promises thrilling aerial acrobatics and daring dives.
Meanwhile, the ship’s Royal Theatre features a West End-style production of the Wizard of Oz, and there are endless live music and theatrical performances, day and night.
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There are 28 different types of room for guests to stay in. Some have an ocean-view balconies, while others overlook the ship’s Central Park, which has 30,500 plants, trees and flowers between shops and restaurants.
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