ORBIT 42p NEWS a FREE holiday to Spain By Annie Dalton Teen pregnancy hits its all time danger point last Thursday when 15 year old Stacy Morris gave birth to baby girl Jade, 4 months before her due date. The infant was born 8.6 ounces; One of the smallest babies ever to survive. Stacy had been at a party 5 months before, when she had gotten drunk and slept with a boy she barely knew. When she had discovered she was pregnant her mother tried to urge her to consider adop- tion, but Stacy was determined to keep the baby no matter what. “I was terrified,” Said the new mum from her home in Great Park. “I had no idea how to be a mum. I hadn’t set out to get pregnant like most girls my age to- day.” The teenager was out shopping in North- field for baby clothes when her waters broke. Thankfully her mother had realized what was happening and though terrified, she had tak- en control of the situation and rushed Stacy to the hospital within the hour. “The labour was terrible! I felt like I was be- ing ripped in two!” Doctors had tried to pre-long the birth but had no luck and soon Jade Morris was born at 4 o’clock on Thursday 15th November. TURN TO PAGE 3 Stacy had to have 25 stitches after the Poppy day appeal ARGUMENTS about wether or not rememberence day should be banned has floodeed the na- tion, after an Mp was heard say- ing it no longer holds the respect it use to. After the digraceful act of a seventeen year old boy who urinat- ed on a poppy memorial last month, the country has been angered and upset, which is how the rumour was originally fueled. When the news of this possibil ity hit news stations and radios, people felt it was their turn to ex- press their ownopinion. Some agreed with the MP, that the tradition isnt feeling as respectable and sacred as once use to. Others were furious that this idea was even being suggested. We cant be sure right now whether or not this is true, but signs around birmingham has already started to appear, in a protest against this change. News yet of whether this rumour will follow through, but Re- memberence day is one of the last things we have to remember our families and friends who bravely thought in world war 1. Will we be disgracing their memo- ries if we take that away? OUR THOUGHTS ON PAGE 24 TROUBLE FOR TEENAGE PREGNANCY WIN! (Stacy with baby Jade and brother Josh) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 WWW.ORBITNEWS.CO.UK DETAILS: PAGE 3
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ORBIT 42p
NEWS
a FREE holiday to Spain
By Annie Dalton
Teen pregnancy hits its all time danger point last Thursday when 15 year old Stacy Morris gave birth to baby girl Jade, 4 months before her due date. The infant was born 8.6 ounces; One of the smallest babies ever to survive.Stacy had been at a party 5 months before, when she had gotten drunk and slept with a boy she barely knew. When she had discovered she was pregnant her mother tried to urge her to consider adop-tion, but Stacy was determined to keep the baby no matter what. “I was terrified,” Said the new mum from her home in Great Park.“I had no idea how to be a mum. I hadn’t set out to get pregnant like most girls my age to-day.”The teenager was out shopping in North-field for baby clothes when her waters broke. Thankfully her mother had realized what was happening and though terrified, she had tak-en control of the situation and rushed Stacy to the hospital within the hour. “The labour was terrible! I felt like I was be-ing ripped in two!”Doctors had tried to pre-long the birth but had no luck and soon Jade Morris was born at 4 o’clock on Thursday 15th November. TURN TO PAGE 3Stacy had to have 25 stitches after the
Poppy day appealARGUMENTS about wether or not rememberence day should be banned has floodeed the na-tion, after an Mp was heard say-ing it no longer holds the respect it use to. After the digraceful act of a
seventeen year old boy who urinat-ed on a poppy memorial last month, the country has been angered and upset, which is how the rumour was originally fueled.When the news of this possibil
ity hit news stations and radios, people felt it was their turn to ex-press their ownopinion. Some agreed with the MP, that
the tradition isnt feeling as respectable and sacred as once use to. Others were furious that this idea was even being suggested.We cant be sure right now whether or not this is true, but signs around birmingham has already started to appear, in a protest against this change. News yet of whether this
rumour will follow through, but Re-memberence day is one of the last things we have to remember our families and friends who bravely thought in world war 1.Will we be disgracing their memo-ries if we take that away?
DRAMA: Doctor fired after recomending too many pills
Doctor perscribed me an overdose!
By Tony Mirth
(Caroline Roberts at her home in Birmingham)
(The pills perscribed by Dr King)
her doctors advice. She briefly looked over the small
instructions leaflet that came with the medication, but as predicted, it told her to follow her doctors instruction.
Caroline did as she was told and soon began feeling dizzy and nauseous throughout the day.
An hour after her last dose, her son, Daniel found her in a coma-like state and quickly called the paramedics and told them what was happening.
Caroline was rushed into hospital and a team of doctors worked and her. they soon realized what the problem was and luckily, was able to revive her.
She felt incredibly disoriantated and had slight memory loss, but otherwise she was okay.
Dr King was temporarialy dismissed while an investigation takes place, to insure what happned was indeed an accident.
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Drinking
Dog saves drowning coupleFROM PAGE THIRTY SIX
Local couple, Rob and Sarah, were on the way home from a resturant in Harborne when they decided to follow through on a short cut passed the reser-voir.
Little did they know that this little detoir would almost claim their life.
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When heading through the shortcut Rob Wilkins got distracted by a child running into the road with no warning.
The 36 year old male swerved to avoid the child and inadvertently crashed through a fence and headed straight into the 24 inch deep water. Sarah unfortunately hit her head off the dashboard and fell unconscious as the car quickly sank deeper and deeper into the reservoir.
Rob noticed he had had his window rolled down while driving and now water was poring into the car through the opening.
He realized he could pull him and Sarah out through the window but unfortunately he couldn’t swim.
He decided he would try anyway knowing it was a matter of life and death for his wife.
He managed to struggle and unconscious Sarah and himself through the window, but as he couldn’t swim he felt himself start to sink to the bottom.
Just as he was about to lose consciousness he spotted a German Sheppard dog paddling down towards him.
The dog managed to latch onto robs sleeve and with surprising strength, pull him to the shore.
Rob had accidentally slipped his grip on Sarah and she was left behind.
Thankfully not for long as the brave dog jumped back into the water and fetched her out too.
It wasn’t long before the commotion of robs panicked screams for Sarah attracted some onlookers.
One viewer called and ambulance which showed in a matter of minutes. Sarah thankfully was bought round and other then a concussion and both having to remain in hospital overnight, they were both perfectly fine.
No authentic owner has come forward to claim this courageous dog, but there has been many people insisting on adopting this healthy German Shepard as their pet.
Although Rob and Sarah have expressed their own desire for the dog that saved their lives.
The German Shepard that has now been christened ‘Lucky’ will also be awarded a medal (that will be sent to the next owner) for his bravery.
We spoke to Rob and Sarah about how they feel about this whole situation.
“No one knew we were down in that water,” said Rob from her hospital bed on saturday. “We would most definately have died if that dog hadnt come out of nowhere.”
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Doctor perscribed her too many pills after falling down and hurting her knee.
Caroline Roberts had been cleaning her outside windows, when she lost her footing and fell from the ladder, hitting her kneee off one of the steps as she fell.
After enduring increasingly worse pain in her knee cap she finally decid-ed to have it checked up at her local doctors surgery in Northfield.
Dr King was her physician, and after examining her he deemed her knee was badly bruised and swollen.He told her the best thing to do
would be to rest and ice her leg. He also perscribed her some strong
pain killers called Opioid analgesics; the pills that almost killed her.
Dr King had told caroline to take four pills three times a day.
According to experts, as they were strong painkillers, the correct dosage would be: two pills twice a day.
When caroline went home that day, she never once thought to question her
