The Daily Populous

Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 day edition

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A FORMER Royal Marine who served in the 2003 Iraq War is selling his war medals to help fund a four-year-old’s £200,000 cancer treatment.

Veteran Matthew Goodman, 35, read about little Lottie Woods-John’s battle with neuroblastoma and decided to step in and help the family.

HotSpot Media/Harvey Hook 7 Heroic Royal Marine Matthew Goodman is selling his war medals to fund a four-year-old’s cancer treatment.

Despite never meeting Lottie, the married father-of-one, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, felt touched by her fight and listed his three service medals on eBay.

“My medals were just sitting in the drawer doing nothing, and I thought they could be used for something worthwhile.

“The vaccine treatment prevents the cancer from returning, so Lottie needs the cutting-edge treatment straight away, meaning we need the £200,000 imminently.

“Once they’re sold, in the place of my medals I’ll be wearing a childhood cancer awareness ribbon. »

'You will never be forgotten' headstone left behind at airport

Authored by herald.ie

A headstone with the inscription "You will never be forgotten", a toilet seat and cistern, and a live turtle are among the more bizarre items left behind by passengers at Dublin Airport.

A toilet seat and cistern were also found abandoned at the departures entrance in the airport.

A "brown envelope" was left behind by a passenger on July 14, while a set of "cast iron dungeon keys" was found on June 11. »

Ukraine has removed all 1,320 statues of Lenin

Authored by independent.co.uk
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Ukraine has removed all 1,320 statues of the communist revolutionary Lenin following a government drive to rid the country of Soviet-era symbols.

Volodymyr Viatrovych, director of the Institute of National Remembrance, confirmed that every Lenin statue had been removed along with 1,069 other Soviet monuments.

According to United Nations figures more than 10,000 have died in Ukraine after Russia took control of Crimea in 2014. »

Military's annual physicals now require mental health assessments

Authored by pnj.com
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Starting this month, all members of the U.S. military will undergo mental health assessments as part of routine annual physicals.

Jason Bortz, spokesman for Pensacola Naval Hospital, said the mental health assessments are now part of the standard physicals given at hospitals to area sailors and Marines.

Air Force Col. Brendan Noone, an Eglin Air Force Base physician, said the mental health assessments are also part of routine physicals given to all airmen. »