It is a brave statement written from the heart, by a young woman fighting for her life. 'I am happy, I am alive and I was built to survive'. The words are part of a heartbreaking video created by young mother Abi  Rounds, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at just 22. After just two days to digest the news with her closest family members - including her mother, father and boyfriend - she decided to reveal her diagnosis to other loved ones via an emotional video on her Facebook page. The clip has now been watched almost 9,000 times all over the world and Miss Rounds said the messages of support have helped her face a double mastectomy and chemotherapy. Scroll down for video . Abi Rounds, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at just 22, shared her terrible news with loved ones via a video she uploaded to Facebook . In the video, the mother-of-one (pictured here with daughter Ruby May) who has watched her own mother and aunt fight the disease, vowed to do everything it takes to beat the disease . The video comprises a series of clips such as the above, explaining to her loved ones what has happened . Her brave words have been watched by thousands of people after the video went viral . The now 23-year-old, who has watched her own mother and aunt fight the disease, said: 'When they told me I had cancer It was terrifying.  I I felt sick and the worst went through my head. 'As soon as I came home from hospital, I got my two-year-old daughter from my sister who was looking after her, and got my cousin and sister to come to my house and I told them the news. 'But from there on I thought that's it, I'm going to do this - nothing is going to stop me now. 'From that moment I've got on well, I'm really positive and the support has been overwhelming. 'People around me knew there was something wrong and it was getting to the point where I was having to repeat myself - it was too much. 'I thought maybe if I do a video I can get my message across,' said Miss Rounds, from Leominster, Herefordshire, . 'It was probably one of the hardest things I have ever done, but looking back it is one of the best things too. 'The support has been absolutely amazing and has really got me through the tough times. 'It has been incredible getting messages from strangers telling me to keep strong. Miss Rounds was just 11 when her mother Julie, 46, was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a single mastectomy. Two years ago her aunt had the same treatment for a tumour. Her own cancer was diagnosed last December. Miss Rounds has now shaved off her blonde hair and is undergoing chemotherapy following surgery . Miss Rounds - along with various family members - has also raised more than £2,000 for Breast Cancer UK by shaving their heads . Miss Rounds had been watching TV when she felt an itch on her right breast and found two lumps. After a GP appointment she was referred to Hereford County Hospital where doctors went against convention to perform a biopsy because of her family history. Just a week later medics asked her to come back - with family members for support - and delivered the news she had two cancerous lumps, grade two and three. 'It was a shock to be told - I didn't expect it at all,' said Miss Rounds. 'I thought it was nothing to worry about because I was so young, fit and healthy, so I didn't think it could be cancer. 'They don't normally do a biopsy until you are 25, but because of my family history I had one. 'They rang me and told me to make an appointment and they said did I have someone to come with me, and I had a feeling.' In the video - which has been viewed nearly 9,000 times, said: 'The reason I am posting this is because I have had so many lovely kind messages off so many people. Miss Rounds (with her daughter) was just 11 when her mother Julie, 46, was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a single mastectomy . In the video, she says: 'I never thought I would be sitting in the same position as my mum, at the age of 22, getting told I have breast cancer. It is scary, and it is a shock, and you just don't think it will ever happen to you' 'I just thought instead of me repeating myself to everyone, this would be the  easiest way for me to say it, and you will all find out sooner or later. 'I never thought I would be sitting in the same position as my mum, at the age of 22, getting told I have breast cancer. 'It is scary, and it is a shock, and you just don't think it will ever happen to you. 'But with the support of my amazing family, fantastic friends, and my daughter, I will do that and I will kick cancer's butt!' After a family Christmas with partner Jamie, 23, and daughter Ruby May, two, she had a double mastectomy in a four hour operation on January 13. However further tests have revealed the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes, so she is now undergoing chemotherapy. 'I'm doing really well and I just want people to know that you can have cancer at this young age, and always just go and get checked'. Miss Rounds - along with various family members - has also raised more than £2,000 for Breast Cancer UK by shaving their heads. To donate to her cause, visit: www.justgiving.com/abigialjeanrounds .

Abi Rounds found two breast lumps and was diagnosed last December . Mother, father and boyfriend were with her when she got the awful news . Two days later, she decided to share the news with other loved ones . Felt the easiest way was to create a video and upload it to Facebook page . In the emotional video, she declares she is going to 'kick cancer's butt' Miss Rounds is currently undergoing chemotherapy as cancer has spread .

[not her real name], who is waiting for surgery to repair the injuries she sustained in the Westminster attack last March. The 27-year-old, along with her partner and their friends, were caught up in the horrific events. One friend, 34-year-old James, died instantly when a knife-wielding terrorist struck.
In the video, the family of four describe their lives prior to the attack, including the highs and lows. They are shown out in the open countryside, laughing and joking and loving life to the full. There was no indication of the horror that was to come a short time later.
“James’ death was a big shock and our lives changed forever but our story is not over,” Abi says. “He is still very much a part of our family. Our baby, our daughter, James’ daughter, is alive because of the life-saving actions of the police and first responders.
“I am sure James would love to meet her – to be a dad – and now that won’t happen. I want him to have every moment with his daughter. But I cannot help but feel like I have let him down."
In the video – recorded just months ago before James’ death – Abi discusses life as a 27-year-old mum and what the terrorist attack means for them and their family.
‘I am a mother – I am very protective’
Abi, who has asked for her last name to remain private, tells the camera: “I am a mother. I am a mother. And I am very protective. But there is another side to me.” The mum-of-one then explains her life before the Westminster attack: “I did not know him as well as I should have done. I did not understand his motives for travelling to such a place. James made me feel safe – so I didn’t understand the danger. James made me feel alive – so I didn’t understand the horror.
“James was a kind and caring husband and a devoted father. He would have been a great dad. I will never get to see him do that. I will never get to see our daughter grow up or take her first steps. I know that will break my heart every day for the rest of my life.
“I am a mother. But I will also always be a fighter.”
Her daughter Isla is due in October. The family are waiting to


A high-profile RSPCA prosecution of the renowned Cattistock Hunt in Dorset has spectacularly collapsed amid claims that the hunt was the victim of a politically inspired campaign, funded by a mystery backer. The Cattistock's joint master Will Bryer has accused the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – which brought the prosecution – of co-ordinating a campaign of harassment and surveillance over more than three years, in a failed attempt to prove the hunt had broken the law. He also claimed a wealthy anti-hunting businessman intent on landing a 'prize scalp' had bankrolled surveillance of him, his employees and hunt followers, saying: 'We believe the campaign is funded by a Dorset-based company. A high-profile RSPCA prosecution of the renowned Cattistock Hunt in Dorset has spectacularly collapsed amid claims that the hunt was the victim of a politically inspired campaign . Hunt saboteurs at our meets this year were all wearing T-shirts advertising the firm. We don't believe that to be a coincidence but a statement.' The animal rights organisation, which has been criticised for spending £22.5 million pursuing animal welfare prosecutions last year, formally withdrew its case on Friday – after admitting it had no realistic chance of a conviction. Mr Bryer, whose joint master of the Cattistock is one of the richest women in Britain, the Honourable Mrs Charlotte Townshend, claimed the campaign had been 'focused and sophisticated'. He went on to say: 'Despite the endless footage taken of us by so-called covert investigators, this is the only time anyone associated with the Cattistock has ever faced a charge and now it has been dropped. Cattistock's joint master Will Bryer (pictured) claimed a wealthy anti-hunting businessman intent on landing a 'prize scalp' had bankrolled surveillance of him . 'I'm afraid the time has long passed when we thought these people were seriously interested in the law. As far as we are concerned, this is just another way of attacking people who participate in hunting.' Yesterday, the pro-hunting Countryside Alliance said the RSPCA was at a crossroads, and would have to decide whether to continue to bring what it described as 'malicious' cases or 'embrace sanity and change tactics'. Mr Bryer's solicitor, Jamie Foster, claimed that the case had been flawed from the start. He explained: 'There is video footage of my client laying legal trails before and after the alleged breach of the hunting ban which was not disclosed to us by the RSPCA.' He said the laying of a trail, or a scent which the hounds can track rather than chasing a live animal, showed that the Cattistock had behaved responsibly, not recklessly as the prosecution claimed. Cattistock chairman Robert Atkinson said: 'We are very pleased that common sense has prevailed and the case has been dropped. The hunt and all its staff, in particular Will as master, make every effort to hunt within the law and be seen to do so. We are glad that our stance has been so demonstrably and categorically vindicated by the court.' The RSPCA has the power to bring its own prosecutions rather than rely on the police or the Crown Prosecution Service. However last October, a report commissioned by the charity recommended abandoning the policy and leaving the job to the CPS, which has more expertise. An animal rights organisation formally withdrew its case against the hunt (pcitured) on Friday – after admitting it had no realistic chance of a conviction . Last year, The Mail on Sunday reported that the RSPCA had spent £22.5 million on prosecutions in two years, and had been obliged to take out an overdraft facility with its bank, Coutts, for the first time in its 190-year history. Discussing the dropped prosecution yesterday, an RSPCA spokesman said: 'We have not at any stage been made aware of a trail being laid or of any alleged footage of such a trail being laid. But having considered all the evidence now available, we concluded there no longer remains a realistic prospect of securing a conviction.' Addressing the Cattistock's claim that the RSPCA had mounted a campaign of surveillance, he said: 'This is an outrageous slur and completely untrue. We did not monitor this hunt. The RSPCA does not monitor any hunts.' He went on to reject the claim that the prosecution had been effectively paid for by a wealthy backer, insisting: 'This prosecution was funded by the RSPCA.' Philip Mansbridge, the UK director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare – which shot the disputed footage and provided it to the RSPCA – said: 'We are very disappointed that the case has been dropped. We do understand the reasons and the difficulties in getting these cases through the courts. But we stand by our evidence completely; this case was dropped, not lost.' He went on to say: 'We have now reached the reluctant conclusion that having tried everything under the current judicial system, we now need to make changes to strengthen the Hunting Act. Time and time again, hunts flout the law and escape prosecution by using the false alibi that they were trail hunting. The pro-hunt lobby continually drag out cases and waste public and charity funds.' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.

High-profile RSPCA prosecution of Cattistock Hunt in Dorset has collapsed . Hunt joint master Will Bryer accused RSPCA of campaign of harassment . He said wealthy anti-hunting businessman bankrolled surveillance of him . The animal rights organisation formally withdrew its case on Friday .

s case was the subject of much publicity and a protracted six-year battle by the RSPCA.
The hunt, which celebrated its 70th anniversary last year, was targeted following the death in 2001 of the Queen's grandson, Prince Andrew, who was killed by a fall from a horse during a hunt. Its alleged offences included the alleged mistreatment of dogs by its hunt master and also the alleged "savage" killing of a fox in breach of the Hunting Act 2004.
The case against hunt master David Gillingham, 59, began in April 2005. It was the first prosecution under the Hunting Act 2004 to be brought by the RSPCA. A spokesman for the RSPCA said the hunt faced a total of nine offences, six of which were dropped in January this year, the rest of which were dismissed "with prejudice", meaning they cannot be prosecuted again.
An RSPCA spokesman said: "We think it has come down to the funding of the whole thing. There was a concerted campaign by one person or organisation and we think the public ought to know who this was. We think a great deal of money was invested. Someone is clearly trying to undermine legislation to keep horses in this country for hunting and it's extremely disturbing."
Mr Gillingham claimed his 21-strong hounds had "no idea whatsoever" that they had chased a fox across the Salisbury Plain to be killed on October 28, 2003. He was cleared of all charges at Weymouth magistrates' court in May 2006.
The Cattistock, which also runs three other packs in Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire, is one of 70 hunt packs in England and Wales to receive notices of intention to prosecute under the Hunting Act, the RSPCA said.
The RSPCA claims the hunt also lied about the killing of a fox on September 9, 2001, by providing the body of a fox to police which turned out to be the body of a greyhound.
The RSPCA was able to get a warrant for the search of the hunt's headquarters at Cattistock Farm near Sherborne in Dorset on the back of the new law, and arrested Mr Gillingham.
It accused the Cattistock of killing a fox on May 31, 2003. The huntmaster claimed the death was "an accident", but was charged


Ashley Judd is vowing to press charges against anyone who used vulgar and threatening language to harass her on Twitter last Sunday during the Southeastern Conference basketball championship. The 46-year-old Insurgent actress and longtime University of Kentucky fan received violent threats on social media after she posted a tweet saying that she thought the University of Arkansas was 'playing dirty' while watching the team play her alma mater. 'I am pressing charges,' she told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on Monday. Scroll down for video . Taking a stand: Ashley Judd told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts that she plans on pressing charges against those who harassed her on Twitter during the Southeastern Conference basketball championship . Online trolls: Ashley explained that after she tweeted that she thought the University of Arkansas was 'playing dirty' during the game, she received hateful comments that were extremely explicit and offensive . Ashley explained that if she was in a 'more calm state of mind' she would have perhaps phrased her initial tweet about Arkansas differently but noted that people should not be aggressively harassing one another on social media . She responded to the graphic and hateful comments she received that day reposting them on Twitter. 'When I express a stout opinion during #MarchMadness I am called a w****, c***, threatened with sexual violence. Not okay,' she tweeted. She added: 'I am sorry to retweet but this is a typical example. “@Leeroy_MAX: @AshleyJudd Go s*** on Cal's two inch d*** ye B**** w****.”' Shameful messages: Before the premiere of her new film Insurgent, the 46-year-old also sat down with NBC's Craig Melvin to discuss the amount of gender violence directed toward her on social media . 'Everyone needs to take personal responsibility for what they write and not allowing this misinterpretation and shaming culture on social media to exist,' she said on MSNBC, before insisting that she was going to file legal complaints against every Twitter user who sent her violent or abusive messages. Ashley also spoke to NBC national correspondent Craig Melvin before last night's premiere of her upcoming movie Insurgent. 'The amount of gender violence that I experience is absolutely extraordinary,' she said. 'And a significant part of my day today will be spent filing police reports at home about gender violence that's directed at me in social media.' Outrage: Ashley took to Twitter to speak out against the violent threats that she received during and after the game . Hitting back: The star wanted to highlight the sort of abuse that she received and shine a spotlight on those who think it is acceptable to use such violent language on Twitter . Super fan: Ashley can be seen cheering on the University of Kentucky during the SEC tournament final last Sunday . 'That many people?' Craig asked her. 'That many people. That explicit. That overt,' she replied. Since speaking out about the abuse, Ashley has received an outpouring of support from her fans on the social media site, many of whom have praised her for having the courage to pursue action against her abusers. 'Great interview w/ Thomas Roberts. The "c" words I choose are caring and classy!! Oh and go cats!!' one person tweeted. Another another added: 'As [an] Arkansas Razorback fan, I am very sorry for the pain that any Hog fan might have caused you. Simply unacceptable!!!' Number one fan: The 46-year-old stood in the stands as she watched her alma mater play the University of Arkansas during the championship game . Big smooch: ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale gave the University of Kentucky fan a kiss before the game started . Shake it off: The next day, Ashley attended the New York City premiere of her upcoming movie Insurgent . Despite having to endure such a horrific spate of abuse at the hands of the Twitter trolls, the game wasn't all bad for Ashley, who was able to watch her team claim a 78-63 win over their opposition. The screen star also ended up on the receiving end of a very enthusiastic pre-game kiss from ESPN announcer Dick Vitale. Shortly before the teams took to the court, Dick was pictured leaning in to kiss Ashley smack dab on the lips while she leaned away, her face in a tortured expression. She later took to Twitter to insist that the less-than-romantic smooch was actually her idea: 'Only surprise in my planting one on dear @DickieV is I've adored him for 10 years. At thrilling [University of Kentucky] games I've been known to kiss strangers!'

The 46-year-old received hateful messages after she tweeted that she thought Arkansas was was 'playing dirty' during Southeastern Conference . She responded to the vulgar comments by reposting them on her Twitter account . She told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts that society should not allow the 'shaming culture on social media to exist'

 remarks from a Twitter follower who apparently disagreed with her assessment of Kentucky’s win over Texas A&M in the semifinals.
Judd took to Twitter on Monday to issue her warning, "I'm not asking. You won't like the answer." She continued, "I'll press charges & bring witnesses. Your threats will be traced. You have 24 hrs to cease & desist. This is a serious request."
The Kentucky star, James Young, had a tough day Sunday against the Wildcats’ rival school, as Kentucky lost 69-61.
The harassment that Young, a junior, received on Twitter was “unbelievable,” Judd told her followers. Judd had tweeted that Texas A&M, in the game's early stages, had “found its voice," a comment that prompted her harasser's first response: "F--K JESSICA ALBA. We need you in D.C., BITCH!" The 35-year-old actress’s tweet was a reference to Alba's recent appearance in Washington to advocate for equal pay for women. The harasser then went on to call Judd a “traitor,” “bitch” and “f---,” and concluded the comment with, “I'll hunt you down like a rabid dog.”
“I’m sorry you think my opinion was so outrageous,” Judd added in her Monday tweet, adding that her words “offended some and empowered others,” but she felt the need to defend her right to express her beliefs.
Judd also called the Twitter follower a “f--king loser” and told him, “You need to take your meds & get help. You'll never be a man if you're going to harass women & use f---ing language. You've no life if you threaten anyone.”
The Oscar nominee noted that the threatening language was “illegal” and “wrong” and that she would take legal action if it was not stopped. She also said, “I'm not looking for any money. I just want the threats to stop.”
Twitter deleted one of the tweets the day after it was made. The other two are still active. Judd has not been accused of responding with similar messages, although she has tweeted about the incident and the harassment.
Alba has been criticized for not responding or taking action against the


Hidden in a vault in Marrakesh, it has been one of the most highly-anticipated albums in music history. And tonight, after six years, the Wu-Tang Clan finally opened the handcrafted silver box that holds their unheard record Once Upon A Time In Shaolin - before sealing it away once more. In an attempt to break free from the Spotify and YouTube era of freely-shared music, rap's most influential collective is selling the 31-track double LP to one bidder for millions of dollars. After a private online-only sale this month through art dealers Paddle8 - which employs Britain's Princess Eugenie - the buyer cannot share the album for at least 88 years. DailyMail.com was there with the group's de facto leader RZA, producer Cilvaringz, a small group of prospective buyers and half a dozen selected fans in Queens, New York City, for the first and last time any of the album would be played before the year 2103. Scroll down for video . Unprecendented: This is the Wu-Tang Clan's record Once Upon A Time In Shaolin that was played on Monday night to a small group before it is sold and kept secret until the year 2103. It has been six years in the making . The record comes in a silver, jeweled box with a specially-designed wax seal and a leather-bound book . The box: It was displayed for potential buyers who are expected to pay millions to obtain the sole incarnation . The Staten Island-born group revived the East Coast as an epicenter for hip hop in the early 1990s . Confirming the rumors that she would make a guest appearance, Cher's voice bellowed out during the 13-minute extract. And though it wasn't played, DailyMail.com understands it to be true that Barcelona FC players also make a cameo appearance. Typical of the group's first record 36 Chambers, it features styles that shook the music scene in 1994 - soul samples, clips of dialogue from movies, and fierce rapping over sound effects of rain and thunder. Reiterating its own grandeur, there are regular skits and pieces of dialogue that say, 'this has never been done before.' All of the Staten Island clan's eight living members appear on it - but had no idea what they were recording when they laid down their parts. The record casing was handcrafted from silver and wood by artists in Morocco, with a seal designed and printed by wax-smiths in Serbia. 'This has never been done before,' RZA told DailyMail.com after playing the record. 'Music is just handed out now, the industry is in crisis. People feel like they deserve to have it for free. This is art. You can take a picture of the Mona Lisa but that's not art. 'The same with this: you can never reproduce it - this is the final thing.' The pre-sale event played up to the idea. Those invited were subjected to airport-style security checks, and electronic devices were confiscated. In a dark room, buyers spoke to auctioneers as light symphony music played. The nickel silver and jeweled case with black cow leather lining was sat on a podium under spotlight, with two bodyguards standing either side. While some  were fans, others were advisers who hailed from as far as Asia to inspect the 'artwork'. One adviser for a Chinese collector, who wished to remain anonymous, told DailyMail.com collectors are clamouring to get their hands on the record and its silver box - whether they like Wu-Tang or not. The box comes inside a cedar wood treasure chest covered with black cow leather and light beige velvet lining. Inside, is a cinematic-style record, plus a leather-bound 174-page manuscript printed on gilded Fedrigoni Marina parchment with lyrics, credits, tales about the recording. The adviser said: 'Someone said it would be worth $1 million. That's nothing. This is something completely different; completely new. I don't think I could put a price on it. 'The concept has not been seen before - and from the biggest rap collective in history... It is huge.' The Wu-Tang Clan formed in the early 1990s, reviving the East Coast's reputation as an epicenter for hip hop. RZA - pronounced 'rizza' - drew together nine MCs, including his own cousins who adopted the pseudonyms Ol' Dirty Bastard and GZA. The remaining slots were filled by Raekwon, Masta Killa, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and Inspectah Deck. Ambition: RZA, né Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, wants the long-awaited album to be treated like a work of art . Unlike their other albums, it has not been produced by the group's de facto leader RZA (pictured) but by his apprentice, Moroccan rapper and producer Tarik 'Cilvaringz' Azzougar . The new album pays homage to the Wu-Tang Clan's history and meteoric rise to dominate the record industry . With industry domination in their sights, RZA saw that each member of the Clan was signed with different production companies, while maintaining their loyalty as a group. Their first album, 36 Chambers, was hailed as unprecedented, with samples from soul music and kung fu movies. Spanning 128 minutes, the stories and rhymes were largely recorded in Staten Island, New York, and hark back to their original mid-90s lyrics about the Shaolin. It features all eight of the original members plus some affiliate rappers. And as for Cher's cameo appearance, RZA said: 'Did nobody ever have a crush on Cher? She's the ultimate. Ain't nobody like Cher.' Unlike their other albums, it has not been produced by the group's de facto leader RZA but by his apprentice, Moroccan rapper and producer Tarik 'Cilvaringz' Azzougarh - a Wu-Tang fan who visited the group's New York office five times until they took him on. Cilvaringz explains he and RZA were already developing the concept of a record charting the Wu's history when the music industry changed completely. Once Upon A Time In Shaolin has been stored in a handmade silver and nickel box embossed with the Wu's Shaolin symbol and a decorative design by Yahya, a British-Moroccan artist . Collectively, the group has produced seven albums - sometimes within months of each other . Within five years singles plummeted to the price of $0.99, and artists were streaming their work for free. Simultaneously, Cilvaringz was chairing an art festival in Morocco, where he saw three tent poles bought for thousands of dollars. 'That [was] the first time I asked myself: "Why and how are these artists valued at such a price?" People like Dre or Kanye or RZA are geniuses in what they do, and their music is valued at 99 cents. 'No disrespect to Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Damien Hirst, or any other artists, but if you walk down the streets and ask people randomly, "Do you know Damien Hirst? Do you know Basquiat?" they'll say "Who?" If you say, "Do you know Dr. Dre? Do you know Kanye?," they'll say "Yeah."' The album, he says, pays homage to the Wu-Tang Clan's history and meteoric rise to dominate the record industry. The group became known for their business genius as they created a collective but each had their own solo contracts, thereby dominating the recording industry . 36 Chambers: This was the collective's debut album which revolutionized the hip hop scene . And despite years of disputes erupting between the clan's members, RZA insists that there was 'no tension' when he informed his brethren he had been working on a secret album, adding 'the eight members, excluding myself, are the most talented MCs I have ever encountered. They are true artists because they aren't taught. You can't teach art.' Speaking later with Genius executive editor Sasha Frere-Jones, RZA described his ambitions: 'Maybe Richard Branson will just buy it and put it on one of his planes and send it to another planet. That'd be dope!' However, Cilvaringz conceded, the fact that the buyer cannot commercialize it means that they could distribute it for free. 'I hope they don't,' RZA said. 'This is unique and something only has value if it is rare.'

Wu-Tang Clan is selling new album for millions of dollars via Paddle8 . Sole buyer cannot share much-anticipated double LP for at least 88 years . On Monday night, group played the album to a few in Queens, New York . DailyMail.com among those to hear it for first - and last time before 2103 . RZA described the music as 'exclusive' and 'piece of contemporary art' Cher  appears on the record because 'who didn't have a crush on Cher?'

 Upon a Time in Shaolin and shared its contents to thousands of fans online.
The legendary album was first conceived in 1993, and then in 1995, Wu-Tang mastermind RZA was handed a small stack of tapes by the late Wu-Tang associate and rapper GZA. The two then met in GZA's kitchen and the plan was hatched: to record an album that would be created and mastered entirely with analog equipment and only distributed in physical format.
But then, as Wu-Tang's RZA tells Rolling Stone, "We just stopped talking about it after that."
The "only distributed in physical format" mandate was broken in 2013 when the Wu-Tang decided to sell off their 30-year-old gold Rolexes, in the band's words, "to create Once Upon a Time in Shaolin." They sold them for $2.4 million in a partnership with Jay-Z's Roc Nation and auction house Sotheby's.
"It wasn't really the gold that we're looking at," RZA says. "It was more like, 'Who wants to be the first to break the 30-year rule?' We're just throwing that in the wind to see which way the wind is blowing."
And then, with only 31 copies of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin left in the world, it was announced that RZA and Wu-Tang had decided to play the album for their fans in the Vault on March 23, and Rolling Stone was there to document the process.
The performance was unlike any others in hip-hop, including that of their contemporaries. Jay-Z and Beyoncé recently sold their entire music catalog to streaming service Tidal (and in Beyoncé's case, that's also including a bunch of other artists).
But unlike the self-produced tracks that would eventually become Jay-Z and Beyoncé's Everything Is Love, RZA and Wu-Tang's entire Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album is a piece of art that has taken thousands of man-hours to produce. The album was recorded on analogue tape with only a handful of modern effects, including a bit of mastering, to ensure it would hold up to the test of time.
"What I really, really wanted to do is create a timeless album," RZA said. "So I just knew I


Suresh Raina hit an unbeaten 110 as India defeated Zimbabwe by six-wickets to ensure they finished the group stages unbeaten. Earlier, Brendan Taylor had hit an impressive 138 in his final match for Zimbabwe before moving to England to play for county side Nottinghamshire as a Kolpak player. However, the 29-year-old was denied a fairytale ending by Raina and MS Dohni as the reigning champions were pushed hard to ensure they kept up their winning momentum. Suresh Raina of India celebrates after scoring a century during India's victory against Zimbabwe on Saturday . Raina waves his bat in celebration as captain MS Dhoni congratulates his team-mate . Despite being an emotional day for Taylor, who had spoken about his sadness at leaving the international stage, he became the first Zimbabwean player ever to hit back-to-back World Cup centuries. And, on a record-breaking day Taylor passed his mentor Alistair Campbell for the most one-day international hundreds scored with his eighth ton. For India, they passed their first real test as they stretched their World Cup winning streak to 10 – behind only Australia on 25. On a green wicket, batting first always seemed like the ideal option but having won the toss Dhoni said he wanted his side to be tested and face a chase, so chose to bowl. It seemed unlikely that Dhoni was going to be granted his wish as his consistently impressive trio of fast bowlers, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma, each took an early wicket to reduce Zimbabwe to 33-3. Plenty of supporters were still finding their way into Eden Park when a fuller Yadav delivery caught the outside edge of Hamilton Masakadza’s bat (2) and Dohni took a low catch behind the stumps. Raina's unbeaten 110 earned him the Player of the Match trophy as India kept up 100 per cent record . Zimbabwe skipper Brendan Taylor hit an impressive 138 in his final international match . Six balls later Chamu Chibhabha (7) followed his fellow opener back into the hut as he sent a thick edge into the hand of Shihkar Dhawan in the slips off the bowling of Shami. And when Solomon Mire was caught behind off Mohit for a turgid nine from 22-balls, Zimbabwe looked to be buckling against the world champions. However, it arguably brought Zimbabwe’s two best batsmen, Taylor and Sean Williams, to the crease and together they rebuilt their side’s innings. The pair shared a 93-run fourth wicket partnership as both batsman battled against each other to reach their half-centuries first, with the chase won by captain Taylor. Williams (50) followed suit the very next ball but then fell tamely has he attempted to whack the ball hard past bowler Ravichandran Ashwin only to be caught sharply by the spinner. Taylor though wasn’t willing to leave the international stage without a personal milestone and he found a willing partner in Craig Ervine to help him to his ton. Taylor takes his helmet off as he celebrates his second successive century . As the wicketkeeper-batsman passed 73 he became the highest Zimbabwean run-maker in a World Cup, surpassing Neil Johnson’s 367 in 1999, finally finishing with 405 runs for the campaign. And, after reaching the all-important three figures Taylor exploded, smashing one Ravindra Jadeja over for 24 runs. However, he departed in the next over as he lofted the ball to Dhawan at mid-off off Mohit for an impressive 138 off 110 balls. Congratulated by many of the Indian players, Taylor walked off to a standing ovation by the 30,000 strong crowd. Zimbabwe’s progress could easily have been stunted by their loss of regular wickets but their deep batting line-up continued to impress as they regularly cleared the ropes. India’s spinners, Ashwin and Jadeja, who were seen pre-World Cup as their main bowling threat, disappeared for a collective 1-146 from their 20 overs. Taylor is congratulated by India batsman Raina - who would go on to win the match for the champions . A quick-fire 28 from Sikandar Raza helped propel Zimbabwe to 287 all out but India’s supposedly weak bowling line-up bowled out their sixth side in six matches. Buoyed by Taylor’s exceptional innings Zimbabwe strode confidently out on to the field after the innings break. Despite Tinashe Panyangara’s first over going for nine runs India struggled to get the ball away early on. The pressure of tight bowling and a build-up of dot balls saw the dangerous Rohit Sharma (16) attempt to drive a length ball from the right-arm bowler only to be caught by a back-pedaling Raza at cover. Dhawan departed just four balls later as Panyangara’s shattered his stumps to silence the shocked crowd, to give the bowler a double-wicket maiden. Zimbabwe have conceded on average just 3.25 runs in the first powerplay, the lowest of all 14 teams, and India struggled to 35-2 at the end of 10 overs. Dhoni embraces century-scorer Raina as India made it 10 wins in a row in World Cup matches . With their side struggling Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane shared a 50-run partnership before the latter was run-out as he attempted to test fielder at cover and failed. Zimbabwe were all over India and reduced them 92-4 as Kohli attempted to sweep Raza round the corner and was bowled for 38. With the run-rate creeping up Raina and Dohni continued to find it hard to get the ball away but the turning point in match came when Raina was dropped by Hamilton Masakadza on 47. It was a hugely costly error as the-28-year-old went on to score his hundred off just 94 balls, having hit seven fours and four sixes. And, for the ninth one-day international match of his career Dhoni (77 not out) ended the match by sending the ball clear past the ropes for six with eight balls remaining. Admittedly it was a disappointing end for Zimbabwe, who’s future once again looks unclear with the lost of one of their greatest players, whilst India’s march towards a second consecutive World Cup title continues at pace.

India beat Zimbabwe by six wickets at in Auckland, New Zealand . Suresh Raina hit an unbeaten 110 as India made it six wins in Pool B . Brendan Taylor scored 138 for Zimbabwe in his final international match . It was Zimbabwe's fifth defeat during the group stages .

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Zimbabwe made 285 in 50 overs with their top three batsmen failing to fire after Taylor’s dismissal in the 27th over.
Mohammad Ashraful then claimed two wickets while Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan and Praveen Kumar each got one as the Tigers chased down the target with five balls to spare.
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After rain disrupted their match against Scotland, this is India’s fourth consecutive win of the tournament after they had won their first two games against Bangladesh and Ireland. India will now face West Indies on Wednesday in the semi-final.
Meanwhile, India captain M S Dhoni won the Player-of-the-Tournament award at the prize giving ceremony while he also received the Man of the Match award for his 65-run knock against Zimbabwe.
Indian captain Sourav Ganguly received his award for being the top run-scorer of the competition. He had scored 386 runs in five matches at an average of 77.50.
Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin won the prize for the Highest Wicket Taker while former West Indies captain Brian Lara won it for the Highest Run Aggregater with 445 runs in five matches, an average of 98.88.
- India beat Zimbabwe in opening match - Jun 05, 2011
- India beat Zimbabwe by six wickets (Lead) - Jun 05, 2011
- India beat Zimbabwe in opening match - Jun 05, 2011
- Suresh Raina stars as India beat Zimbabwe - Jun 04, 2011
- India crush Kenya to enter finals (Lead) - Mar 16, 2012
- Tendulkar, Kohli take India to victory (Lead) - May 02, 2012
- S.Africa score highest T20 total of 192/5 - Feb 16, 2010
- Scoreboard of South Africa's innings against Zimbabwe - Feb 16, 2010
- West Indies vs India, semi-final - Mar 12, 2011
- India beat Sri Lanka in Super Eights - Mar 24, 2010
- Zimbabwe beat South Africa by 7 runs - Feb 16, 2010
- Scoreboard: South Africa vs. India, third test - Dec 15


Christina Lagogiannis, 12, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, in January 2014 . The family of a 12-year-old girl who has undergone eight surgeries in the last 12 months to treat an aggressive bone cancer has raised over $100,000 to help get her to Germany for life changing treatment. Christina Lagogiannis, from East Bentley in Melbourne, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in January of last year. She endured more than six months of chemotherapy and a string of operations before being told that her cancer has progressed to stage four. 'The worst part is when your own child comes up to you and says: "am I going to die, mum?",' Christina's mother, Nayree Lagogiannis, told Daily Mail Australia. 'She had already Googled everything, let me tell you, but I said "I will promise you that I will do everything in my power to help you get better and I will not let you die".' Mrs Lagogiannis watched as her daughter took on a full knee and femur replacement, further surgery on her knee due to infection, a biopsy and then keyhole surgery on her right lung followed by three more open surgeries on her lungs to remove a number of lesions. Scroll down for video . Christina spent six months receiving chemotherapy and has undergone eight surgeries since her diagnosis . 'The worst part is when your own child comes up to you and says: "am I going to die, mum?",' Christina's mother, Nayree Lagogiannis (right), said . The 40-year-old mother-of-three said she was furious at the lack of options provided by the Australian healthcare system for her daughter's ongoing treatment -- comprising more chemotherapy and more surgeries. 'They are offering her chemotherapy with no percentage rate of remission or survival,' Mrs Lagogiannis said. 'I'm not going to let them guinea pig her. I don't need that. She's not going to have any more of that poison running through her veins. 'Each time they go in they have to take out a piece of her lung, and then there's only so much of the lung they can remove and that's when they will put her on palliative care. I'm not going to let that be the last alternative. Mrs Lagogiannis watched as her daughter took on a full knee and femur replacement, further surgery on her knee due to infection, a biopsy and then keyhole surgery on her right lung followed by three more open surgeries on her lungs to remove a number of lesions . Christina's mother said she was furious at the lack of options in the Australian healthcare system for her daughter . Christina will be treated at the Medical Centre in Cologne in Germany where she will receive hypothermia and dendritic cell vaccinations - both of which are unavailable in Australia . 'I am very frustrated. There is so much funding for things like breast cancer, but the smaller cancers and less common things that have also been around for many, many years - the treatment hasn't changed for more than 30 years.' It was her promise to her daughter that led Mrs Lagogiannis to research treatment options available in Germany. She came across the Medical Centre in Cologne which offers hypothermia and dendritic cell vaccinations, both of which are not available in Australia, and promises a '95 per cent chance that she would either go into full remission or 50 per cent remission,' Mrs Lagogiannis said. Christina's family said they have been left completely overwhelmed by all the support they have received from their community which has led them to raise $100,000 . Christina (pictured with her little sister and older brother)  will travel to Germany with her family this week, where she will receive the $80,000 treatment over the next eight weeks . After raising over $100,000 through their My Cause page and by running a number of local fundraisers, Christina has been given the opportunity to travel to Germany with her family where she will receive the $80,000 treatment over the next eight weeks. Christina's family said they have been left completely overwhelmed by all the support they have received from their community. 'She's one tough cookie let me tell you and she makes everyone else around her stronger too because of her strength,' Mrs Lagogiannis said of her brave daughter. 'She's full steam ahead, saying "I just want to be healthy and live my life". That's all we want.'

Christina Lagogiannis was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in January last year and has undergone six months of chemotherapy and surgery . Through local fundraisers and an online charity page, her family has raised over $100,000 to get her to Germany . The 12-year-old will now receive the potentially life changing treatment which is not available in Australia .

12 months after being diagnosed with stage IV osteosarcoma has created a GoFundMe account to help with mounting medical expenses.
Christina Lagogiannis and her family recently held a bake sale. Photo: GoFundMe
Christina’s mother, Yuliya Lagogiannis, told ABC News in an interview earlier this year that she was shocked when the doctor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital told her that Christina had a “very aggressive form” of cancer. The cancer began in the tip of Christina’s elbow and was so rare that doctors didn’t know the best course of treatment. She has since undergone surgery twice and six rounds of chemotherapy.
Yuliya told ABC News that her daughter has undergone an array of treatments to treat the disease. One day, the family is looking forward to when her treatment is finished and her family can spend more time together, eating out as a family and enjoying the park and the beach. Right now, the family stays in close touch with other parents who have been going through the same situation.
She added that doctors told her that the next step would be a bone transplant – but this is something they’re trying to avoid. Yuliya said “There’s been so many changes in her that we were just hopeful that it was a fluke … and we’ve dealt with it, and then, you know, it comes back, and she’s lost more weight and hair and just everything.”
Yuliya told ABC News that her family has been trying their best to support Christina in this fight. She said, “We’re just so thankful for our family, and we’re so lucky to have each other because it makes it easier.”
Christina, who goes to St. Bernard’s School and plays on the soccer team, said that the hardest part for her is that she can’t play soccer right now. She told ABC News: “It’s depressing. I have to watch. It’s sad because it’s something I love to do.”
The GoFundMe account for Christina is almost $70,000 into her goal of $100,000. The family is raising funds so Christina can continue to access the best treatments – both in the United States and around the world. The family will be doing a charity run for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, along with a dinner dance and other fundraisers. Donations of any amount to


A young woman lies in a pool of blood alongside her newborn baby on the dusty floor of an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone. The Makeni unit is where West Africans believe they go to die, not 'to be born or to live', said British doctor James Meiring, who found the new mother. But in a place that's notorious for death and suffering, Dr Meiring's quick-thinking paid off and both mother and baby have survived. And the newborn's name? Doctor James, of course. Scroll down for video . Doctor James: This newborn was named after the doctor who helped saved him when he was born in an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone . Ebola worker: Dr James Meiring from Sheffield has been working at the Makeni treatment unit since February . Dr Meiring, 30, from Sheffield, is a married father-of-one who travelled to Sierra Leone last month to help halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, which has already claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people. He is  an infectious diseases trainee at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, but spent five weeks as an International Medical Corps volunteer  at the Makeni treatment unit between February 6 and March 15. The centre was built by the British Army, funded by the UK government, and has so far screened more than 385 patients - 105 of whom tested positive for the virus. Tragically, just 32 of those recovered. Dr Meiring has described in detail the morning of little Doctor James' birth after a 'fairly brutal' night shift earlier this month. 'There had been seven deaths in the day and two more overnight,' he said. 'That was my purpose for being in the red zone. 'Confirming death is one of the least enjoyable aspects of a doctor's responsibility. Here, confirming death is increasingly harrowing. 'Patients prefer to lie directly on the concrete floor, maybe it is cooler, which then involves continuously washing off not only layers of dust, but dust caked in their own bloody body fluids.' Mother and baby: Memunatu Kamara and her newborn tested negative for Ebola and were discharged earlier this month . Dr James Meiring dons his personal protective equipment before entering the high risk area of the International Medical Corps' Ebola treatment unit . He added: 'They lie, rigor mortis already setting in, in whatever position they happened to be in prior to passing. 'This particular morning my grim responsibility was thankfully complete. Shortly after this however, an employed Ebola survivor came running out of the suspect ward. 'The eight-month-pregnant lady was no longer pregnant.' Dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE), Dr Meiring re-entered the high-risk zone and found the young woman, Memunatu Kamara, on the ground under a blanket. Concealed under the simple piece of fabric was her newborn baby in an increasing puddle of blood. 'With my own heart rate rapidly increasing I was blessed by the imminent arrival of a far more competent national nurse carrying a birthing pack,' he said. 'With some hastily shouted orders over the fence, I scooped up baby and deposited him on to mum. 'Baby was quiet and a little blue. Now, I had seen on television that if you give them a rather firm rub they start to shriek; which he did right on cue. 'Without any prior experience of what I was about to undertake, I clamped the cord, cut it, delivered the placenta, checked it was all intact, gave her some oxytocin and massaged her tummy.' Lucky: A young woman was found on the ground under a blanket, which concealed this beautiful newborn baby . Medical staff wait to be disinfected after leaving a high-risk zone at an Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone . Soon the baby was wrapped up, the bleeding stopped and the woman was taken away to be cleaned up. 'The whole experience actually went just as it should have done,' Dr Meiring said. 'Just as it has done for millenia, across the world, thousands upon thousands of times. 'Except this, of course, was not like all those other times because unbeknownst to this little bundle of joy, he had arrived into the world in the middle of an Ebola ward.' International Medical Corps is one of a handful of international non-governmental organisations that is treating Ebola patients in West Africa. It is currently operating four Ebola treatment centres – two in Liberia and two in Sierra Leone – which provide not only isolation and care for Ebola patients, but also psychosocial support. To expand the pool of health workers capable of managing and working in emergency treatment units across the region, International Medical Corps is providing high-quality training for local staff, other partners and organisations in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Ebola management training centres have been opened. To date, International Medical Corps has trained more than 620 local and international  staff who are now helping combat this outbreak in West Africa. In addition, it is working to find ways to strengthen local non-Ebola health care capacity. 'This is where people believe they come to die, not to be born or to live,' he added. 'His cord was cut by the double-gloved hand of a nervous British medic in a suffocating yellow suit. 'The reality is that mum was a suspected Ebola patient and if positive, then he was almost certainly positive too.' After the ordeal, Dr Meiring joked with the mother that she could call the baby James. To his surprise, Memunatu gave her newborn the title of Doctor James Bangura. The centre was built by the British Army, funded by the UK government, and has so far screen more than 385 patients - 105 of whom tested positive for the virus. Tragically, just 32 of those recovered and were discharged . Hope: The survivor wall at the Makeni treatment unit. Each hand print represents a life saved by the medical team . Subsequently, both mother and baby tested negative for Ebola and were discharged soon after. 'Having begun his existence in such desperate surroundings you might think that things can only get better,' Mr Meiring added. One of the deadliest viruses known to man, Ebola is spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of the recently deceased or an infected person showing symptoms. The World Health Organization said Ebola can still be transmitted in sperm 82 days after a patient carrying the virus is cured. Ebola causes hemorrhagic fever and induces internal and external bleeding, profuse vomiting and diarrhoea. The world's worst Ebola epidemic has killed more than 10,200 people in total in the three most affected countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since March 2014 when it was first confirmed in the forest region of Guinea. Ebola cases in Sierra Leone have dropped sharply from a peak of more than 500 in December to around 50 cases a week, helped by British military assistance. From tomorrow, the entire population will stay at home for three days on the order of president Ernest Koroma in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. It comes as a goal is set for cutting off the spread of the disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone by April 16. Liberia previously reported that it had reached an end to the epidemic  but a new case appeared in its capital Monrovia last week. The infected woman is the wife of a man already cured of the disease, it has been reported. Thousands of people still remain at risk of Ebola in Sierra Leone and International Medical Corps is on the ground treating patients. If you would like to support their work in West Africa, please visit www.internationalmedicalcorps.org.uk/ebola/. The world's worst Ebola epidemic has killed more than 10,200 people in total in the three most affected countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since March 2014 . Contagious: One of the deadliest viruses known to man, Ebola is spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of the recently deceased or an infected person showing symptoms .

Dr James Meiring worked at Makeni Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone . The father-of-one from Sheffield found a woman lying in pool of a blood . Under her blanket was her newborn baby, who was quiet and looked blue . The baby, named Doctor James, and mother have since been discharged .

', says Oxfam. More than 150 children have been born since September.
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It's a grim moment. I'm in the Makeni health centre, a converted warehouse in Sierra Leone with red plastic sheets strung between the columns, its main space divided into two: a treatment unit for sick people, and the family-mobilization unit, where families stay on the ground floor while waiting for loved ones upstairs.
Outside the building, a crowd has gathered around the door. I can hear the sound of the motorbike – that's the young man, Mohammed Kamara. A doctor is telling me that they think the woman on the floor is dead; she was brought in at dawn by the motorbike man with no pulse and no blood pressure. She has a baby in her arms and is lying next to a bag, the only possessions the family had brought with them.
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The health care system is under severe strain here, with no end in sight. The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has become the biggest health disaster in history. Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea have been affected, with a huge toll in terms of both lives and livelihoods. While the numbers of cases have begun to decline, the virus remains in these countries, with new outbreaks reported weekly.
I've just come in from the rainy season, which has brought mudslides, flooding, and destroyed much of the country's infrastructure. When I arrived here in September, Makeni was one of the few health centres still functioning; now I am leaving, but it remains a functioning hospital. What I have seen in the past four months has been harrowing. Every day, the family-mobilization unit is full, with about 40 people waiting for news of loved ones.
At first, everyone was waiting to get in. But now it is full, and people wait on the other side to get in and out of the unit. Most of these people are women, who are responsible for fetching water from a tank in the unit, and for fetching food from vendors outside the unit. Some people have stayed here for a few days, most are here for several weeks. But most never find out what happened to their loved ones. This week I met a woman, who has been waiting for her son since September 26. A man sitting next to her – his third son to have died of Ebola – has been waiting for 15


A mental health patient was held in a police cell for almost two days because there were no beds available at nearby hospitals, it has emerged. The patient is one of almost 200 people in Wiltshire held by the county's police force in the last two years because there was no suitable healthcare provision. Meanwhile across the UK last year, 7,000 people with mental health problems ended up being held in police cells. Of those, 236 children and young people were detained alongside criminals. Mental health experts have branded the practice 'shameful', adding it highlights the fact there are not enough suitable crisis beds across the country. A mental health patient in Wiltshire was held in a police cell for almost two days because there were no suitable mental health hospital beds available (file picture posed by model) A Freedom of Information request, submitted by the Swindon Advertiser, reveals the longest holding period in the last two years was 37.5 hours, while a 16-year-old was detained for eight consecutive hours. Ninety-four people were detained in Swindon and Wiltshire in 2013 and in 2014, the figure was 95. Condemning the practice, which is seen across the country, Mark Winstanley, chief executive of mental health charity, Rethink Mental Illness, told MailOnline the situation must change. 'It's scandalous and shameful that thousands of people with mental health problems, including children, are being locked up in police cells because they can't get the care they need,' he said. 'That has to change, because it's costing lives. 'The real problem is that there simply aren't enough suitable crisis services across the country, and where they do exist, they are badly underfunded and overstretched. 'We need much greater investment in crisis care, so that anyone experiencing mental health problems can get quality emergency support close to home, whenever they need it. 'We also want to see more funding for early intervention services, to help people avoid reaching crisis point in the first place. 'Without this urgent reform and investment, the mental health system will continue to fail people when they are at their most vulnerable.' Dr Peter Carter, chief executive  of the Royal College of Nursing told MailOnline the practice is just one of the 'detrimental consequences' of severe cuts to mental health services. He said: 'Mental health trusts have had their budgets cut by eight per cent over the last five years, losing 1,500 beds and 3,300 nurses in the process. 'Given these ongoing reductions in funding resources it is no wonder that trusts are struggling to cope. Across the UK last year, 7,000 people with mental health problems ended up being held in police cells, according to mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness . 'Mental health services are under immense pressure, not just in Swindon and Wiltshire, but across the UK. 'The Government promised the equal treatment of mental and physical health but this situation has illustrated just how far this equality currently is from fruition. 'Nurses and other mental health professionals are working tirelessly to provide their patients with high standards of care, but without a rapid increase in funding, resources and understanding, some of the most vulnerable members of society will continue to be failed by the health service.' The responsibility for caring for mental health patients in the county falls to the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership. But when there is a shortage of beds, the police force has step in. Wiltshire Police told the Advertiser its policy is not to put patients in cells, but staff are often left with no other choice. A spokesman said the force signed the national Crisis Care Concordat last year, a national agreement between services and agencies involved in the care and support of people in crisis. He said: 'It specifically states that police officers should not have to consider using police custody as an alternative location if there is a lack of local mental health provision. However, in practice this does still occur but is rare and seen by police as a last resort.' The AWP said the opening of a new unit at Southmead Hospital, in Bristol, would help prevent similar situations in future. A spokesman told the Advertiser: 'The unit has been used by 1,000 people and we have received some great feedback. 'The Place of Safety unit is very well run and is nursing led with medical input. The nursing team focus on giving the service user the least traumatic experience possible and also address their physical health.' Mental illness accounts for 23 per cent of the total impact of ill health in the UK, but gets only 13 per cent of the NHS budget. In addition mental health trusts in England have seen their budgets fall by more than eight per cent in real terms over the course of this Parliament.

Almost 200 mental health patients detained in police cells in Wiltshire . Nationally, 7,000 mental health patients were held in police cells last year . Charity brands practice 'scandalous and shameful' and calls for change .

 their custody last year and which were then admitted to local hospital emergency departments in breach of national rules.
Wiltshire Police admitted the failure to discharge the patient by January 5 this year – as ordered by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – although it later reported that the patient had been released by January 10.
The CQC has now found the force's failure to admit the individual was the result of a series of "serious shortcomings" including problems with discharge and transport processes. It raised concerns about staff being under pressure and a failure to follow protocol. The CQC said it is unlikely to find that the individual would have been admitted in any other county police force and that it is "deeply concerned" by the impact the incident may have had on the person's health.
The person was one of more than 200 held in a police cell under the Mental Health Act last year. It was found that 10 of those were held illegally – five in police custody and five in hospital – and another 36 were held for longer than the legal limit. There were concerns about how the person was assessed when they were held in police custody, and about the adequacy of their care.
The CQC's report into the incidents found a range of issues, including that Wiltshire police's assessment of the individual was based on incomplete information and that the force's response to concerns raised by staff about a particular person's admission was "uncoordinated".
It found that one of the 11 mental health service users whose assessment had been carried out while they were in police custody was assessed in a "one-stop shop" assessment unit where their case was considered by a team not well trained in mental health issues.
The individual's notes were not completed and they were later released without a follow-up appointment in the psychiatric emergency department and later readmitted for a further detention in police custody. The patient was released by January 10 and the CQC said the force had found a bed in the next day.
"This incident has caused deep concern to the CQC. The evidence we have shows that this individual was held in police custody illegally for longer than was lawful, and that there were serious shortcomings in the way that the force handled the case," said Professor Steve Shrubb, chairman of the Care Quality Commission.
"The CQC was right to insist that Wiltshire Police discharged this individual as soon as possible. The


Host commentator . That's it from Sportsmail's live El Clasico Q&A. Thanks for following and thank you for some brilliant questions. Until next time! Pete Jenson: A lot depends on who makes a move and on how much they are willing to pay. If a club bid £90million for Bale or £65m for Ronaldo (bearing in mind he is 30), I think Real Madrid would consider it. Ronaldo because it would make economic sense and Bale because it would not be unpopular with Real supporters. They definitely won’t sell both! And quite possible both will stay but it will be an interesting summer, especially if they win nothing and supporters are demanding an overhaul of the squad. Pete Jenson: The better players were in playing the Clasico and yet the best goal of the six that were scored came at Anfield from Juan Mata. I enjoyed both games. There were away fans in the Liverpool vs Manchester United game – that is something that is always missing from a Clasico. Pete Jenson: Fair assessment, yes. Ronaldo was as motivated as I’ve seen him recently. Perhaps a week of talk about Messi being the greatest ever had contributed to that. He also helped set the tone of the first half with the at run at Alves as soon as he got the ball. He took his goal well and was one of those Madrid players who didn’t deserve to be on the losing side. Messi had a strange night. He seemed to be staying out on Marcelo’s wing because that is where there is usually plenty of space. But Madrid pressed so well he didn’t see a great deal of the ball. He certainly didn’t run the game as he did against Manchester City. But I agree once Modric and Kroos had faded in the second half he began to impose himself. Pete Jenson: It was the 42nd Clasico he’d played some part in – no Barcelona player has played in more. What he always contributed was calm. By Spanish football standards Barça vs Madrid games are usually very frenetic and yet he always seemed to have an extra second of time and a extra yard of space. He’ll come back to this fixture as Barcelona manager one day, you can count on it. Pete Jenson: The most shameful thing about it is that we have seen incidents in recent years of players collapsing on the pitch and sometimes even dying. So to feign serious injury is pretty unforgivable. I don’t mind the roll-over-ten-times merchants so much because it has a certain comic value, but the hand over the face when actually you’ve just been hit in the shoulder is very tiresome. Pete Jenson: He was poor in the first half and it was his miss just before Ronaldo equalised that made the game such a contest. He improved in the second half but I think sometimes the more frenetic and physical the game the more he tends to just get bumped around the pitch. You have to give him some credit for that double-breasted red leather blazer he was wearing after the game though. I don’t think he’s very happy for several reasons. Firstly he is not really sure why scoring the winning goals in the Copa del Rey final and the Champions League final last season does not seem to have earned him any respect from the club’s supporters – he gets whistled in at the Bernabeu if he puts one pass out of place and so-called ‘fans’ have tried to kick out at his car when he drives away from the training ground (it happened again in the early hours of this morning). He is also not too sure why when he was such a success as an out-and-out forward last season he is being asked to do a more defensive job this year. CLICK HERE to read the full story as angry Madrid fan attacks Bale's car . Pete Jenson: He wants to come back to England, no doubt about it. Arsenal would give him all the job security he has missed out on at first Chelsea and now Madrid. Paul Clement would I’m sure go with him back to his home city and Arsenal – who seem terrified that if they move Wenger on they will stop qualifying for the Champions League – would have a coach who has won the competition three times. It all sounds perfect, I don’t know why the wheels have not already been set in motion! Pete Jenson: In one sense he doesn’t have to adapt that much because this Barca does not play like the old Pep Guardiola, Barca. We saw that last night with their goals coming from a long ball and a set play. He has also come through the Ajax school, and Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool don’t exactly play like Harry Basset’s Wimbledon so a fast passing game is not exactly alien to him. It’s more about striking that fine balance between being selfish when the goal is gaping, and not ignoring his pal Messi when he is in a better position than him. Pete Jenson: Immense. Pique has developed a reputation over the last couple of years for being more focussed on his poker hand or his online games business than his football but he has blown away those theories this season. The greatest compliment paid to him last night was that he played like Carles Puyol. He will always be very different from his old central defensive partner but in terms of concentration and throwing himself in front of the ball when he had too it was a real leader’s performance. Pete Jenson: No one stays in the job very long. They had 25 managers in the 25 years that Sir Alex Ferguson was at Old Trafford and old habits die hard. It’s incredible to think that Ancelotti hasn’t been immortalised by adoring supporters after winning ‘La Decima’ but he hasn’t and unless they win the league or the Champions League this season there will be a change. Zidane will almost definitely manage Real Madrid one day. It could happen this summer but that will be down to him deciding if he is ready as much as anyone else putting him in charge. Pete Jenson: Bale is at his best when he is given free reign going forward. Last night in the first half he was asked to play wide right in a four-man midfield as opposed to up-top in the three of a 4-3-3. He put a decent shift in but if he’s working back he can’t also be on Jordi Alba’s shoulder waiting to pull away. This is why I still think from a purely football perspective he could still be tempted by a move to a club where he would be the star striker with fewer defensive responsibilities. He also faded last night because the team did – Modric and Kroos both ran out of juice in the second half and the team suffered. Pete Jenson: It’s been a long time since I can remember seeing him dive. I think the Premier League cured him of that. And he is also alongside Messi now, and Messi very rarely dives. But he does lay it on a bit thick sometimes when he goes down I agree. Look at it from his perspective though, he is up against Ramos and Pepe, both are clattering him at every opportunity for 90 minutes; and Pepe enjoys the dramatics too. So if a little exaggeration gets him one extra favourable decision from the referee then he sees it as fair game. Pete Jenson: It was tough for him at first because he could no longer be as single-minded as he was at Liverpool. In the Premier League he knew that when the ball came to him his responsibility was to just to take the quickest route to goal. At Barcelona he’s got Neymar on one side, Messi on the other and he tried too hard at first to be unselfish. But Barcelona need him to be selfish sometimes and last night when Alves played the ball forward there was only one thing on his mind. I’m not sure he’ll score as many goals as he did at Liverpool in one season – but he will score more important ones. Hello and welcome to Sportsmail's live El Clasico Q&A with our Spanish football expert Pete Jenson. We've got all the key talking points covered, so stay tuned for some insight. The first questions is coming up shortly... To get in touch with Pete, leave your comments below or send your tweets to @MailSport using #MailClasico . Sportsmail's expert on Spanish football Pete Jenson answered your burning questions following Barcelona's El Clasico victory at the Nou Camp on Sunday night. Cristiano Ronaldo scored once again and told the Nou Camp crowd to 'calm' before former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez picked his moment perfectly on football's biggest stage to hand Luis Enrique's side a vital three points. What's happened to Gareth Bale? Will Carlo Ancelotti get sacked? Find out here...

Barcelona earn 2-1 victory against La Liga rivals Real Madrid . Pete Jenson answered your questions in our live Q&A . Gareth Bale is unhappy at Real Madrid . Luis Suarez has cut out his play-acting since move to Spain . Carlo Ancelotti is under pressure and looking for return to England . READ: Gareth Bale slammed by Spanish press after El Clasico loss . READ: Five things we learned from El Clasico .

 in which direction. The players available at the moment for PSG are very good, and the same is true for United, but their two stars, Messi and Ronaldo, have one significant advantage over Mbappe and Neymar - neither of them is a centre forward or striker. They are all three world class players but they don't all do the same job. Messi and Ronaldo are more or less always there, and both still create chances. It will be fascinating to see what happens in January.
Pete Jenson: They have always seemed to do better in the domestic league and in Europe, than against big rivals such as Barcelona or Madrid. It will be interesting to see if they can prove that wrong. The good thing for the French fans, is that this match is one of the few occasions on which the world's two best teams play each other!
Pete Jenson: The best chance is to have a good game, win well, score a lot of goals and have the most points at the end. It's a long time ago since I played football against Barcelona, and the football has changed a lot since then. I remember one game at Stade de France in the early 90s, where we lost 4-0 or 5-0, and our only hope was to stop them scoring! But with great players, that's not necessarily the best way to beat them. You can only stop them scoring so many times before you need to take the game to them, and then you have to beat the very best, and I'm not sure United are there yet. Their away form this season has been pretty good.
Pete Jenson: It may well be a good game, but it's still not going to be as good as watching the game with a cold beer at a bar, on a warm day, with the sun shining. Or in a stadium, surrounded by passionate fans!
Pete Jenson: If Messi plays then Neymar should play. I've said for some time that, if Neymar is fit, he should be left out because he takes the ball too often and doesn't pass to the player on his right. He seems to do it deliberately but that's just him. If both Neymar and Mbappe play, I'd still prefer one of them to be playing in the middle - and I'd give the advantage to Mbappe. In the last four years, Messi has played more than any other


Britain's First World War debt has finally be repaid in full – more than 100 years after the outbreak of the conflict. The Government repaid some £1.9billion still owed to more than 100,000 people who held 'War Bonds', issued in 1917 to help fund the military effort. George Osborne said he could pay off the debts because he can borrow the money cheaper elsewhere. More than 100 years after it started, the First World War debt has been paid off by the Coalition government . The Government was paying 3.5 per cent in interest to the 120,000 people who bought the bonds in 1917. The Debt Management Office estimates that Britain has paid some £5.5 billion in total interest on the loans since 1917. Current low interest rates mean the Government is able to pay off the debt with new bonds which pay a much lower rate of interest. Mr Osborne said: 'This is a moment for Britain to be proud of. We can, at last, pay off the debts Britain incurred to fight the First World War. 'It is a sign of our fiscal credibility and it's a good deal for this generation of taxpayers. It's also another fitting way to remember that extraordinary sacrifice of the past.' British artilleryman in action during the Battle of the Somme in France in 1916 . British soldiers negotiating a shell-cratered landscape along the River Somme in late after the close of the Allied offensive . The debt repayment comes after the Government repaid £218million of debts from the First World War in October – the first time that the government paid off the war's debts in 67 years. The Tories claim that Britain can borrow at such low interest rates because the Government has got a grip of the public finances and international investors know they will get their money back if they lend it to the UK. They claim the Labour Party's spending plans would see billons added to the national debt. Treasury Secretary David Gauke said: 'There is a clear choice at this election: sticking with the competence and stability of David Cameron and the Conservatives' long-term economic plan that's securing a better future for Britain – the deficit has been halved, there are 1.85 million more people with the security of a regular wage and the economy is recovering from Labour's Great Recession. British soldiers in a trench in France with paper hats from Christmas crackers while a sentry uses a mirror to keep watch on No Man's Land . 'Or abandoning that plan for the SNP and Labour with hardworking taxpayers paying the price for the economic chaos that would result.' The warning came after Labour's shadow chancellor Ed Balls claimed George Osborne's spending plans would mean £70billion of cuts – more than double the amount admitted by David Cameron and George Osborne. He said if the Tories were to keep to their promises to protect spending on health, schools and overseas aid, this would mean the Foreign Office and Department for Transport being shut down altogether. Mr Balls said the government's cuts were 'so extreme that they would lead to the smallest police force since comparable records began, the smallest army since Cromwell and over a third of older people receiving social care losing their entitlement to it'. He added: 'The Tories now have a choice. They can either say that these unprecedented, extreme and close-to- impossible cuts to our police, armed forces and social care are the true consequences of their spending plans,' he said. 'Or they can confess that their plans are in fact impossible to achieve without breaking their promise to protect the NHS. 'If David Cameron and George Osborne cannot spell out how their sums add up for non-protected departments in order to achieve their fiscal surplus, the British people can only conclude - and would be right to conclude - that alternative plans do exist: to cut NHS spending and introduce charging. 'David Cameron and George Osborne must come clean or the British people will draw their own conclusions.'

Government repaid £1.9billion still owed to more than 100,000 people . Debts can be repaid because the cash can be borrowed cheaper elsewhere . Debt Management Office estimates thew UK has paid £5.5billion in interest .

'First World War-time' loans.
The repayment had been made possible after a legal victory in 2012 for 90-year-old widow Edna Munn from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. She had been among several who won against the Government over their rights.
In December, the High Court ruled that all surviving loan-debt holders from the First World War should have their payments repaid in full – no matter how long it took the Government to do it.
The loan-debt was owed under a system devised in the early 1920s by the then Liberal Chancellor of the Exchequer and future prime minister, Lloyd George.
Called 'Liberty Bonds', the Government sold the bonds to savers who could take out loans at an attractive rate of interest, paying the money back over the ensuing years, with added bonuses.
But after the war ended, the Government repaid the money in small instalments for years and then finally in full in 1931.
There were some 1,300 Liberty Bondholders. Each received 18p in the £1 in the repayments to date, which at the time was a lot of money, but not enough.
Many of the families involved found themselves bankrupted through the interest they had paid, and in some cases through further lending.
In 2012, the High Court ruled the State was in breach of the original terms of the loan. The borrowers were awarded 95 per cent of the original sums outstanding, together with 8 per cent interest.
When that verdict was overturned on appeal by the Government's lawyers, the High Court awarded the interest, which was just 0.5 per cent a year. However, with the 8 per cent 'prejudice damages', and the 4 per cent legal costs, they could receive about £20million.
Munn had won £30,000 for herself in the High Court in December. Now she will be receiving around £22,000.
She told the Daily Mail yesterday (March 15): 'It has been such a long time coming, but I know it is the right thing to have done.
'I had to do something, because I feel it was unjust that people had been treated this way. But the money is a big boost for me to have after being in poor health.'
Ms Munn and her husband Norman borrowed money in 1913 to buy some land.
When Norman died in


It was a case of Cristiano Ronaldo winning his battle with Lionel Messi but Barcelona emerging victors in the war with Real Madrid after El Clasico at the Nou Camp on Sunday in Spain. Goals from Jeremy Mathieu and Luis Suarez gave Barcelona a 2-1 win to move four points ahead of Madrid atop La Liga with 10 games remaining but it was only Ronaldo who got his name on the scoresheet, after a quieter display by Messi's imperious standards. Messi appeared relaxed in the tunnel, dabbling in conversation with his Barcelona team-mates, his fleece zipped up to his chin. Ronaldo stood poised, staring forward. The Nou Camp was an inferno, shrouded in gold, purple and blue with the 99,000 supporters in fearsome voice as the two superpowers of global football marched out on the pitch. Cristiano Ronaldo got on the scoresheet but it was Lionel Messi who was happiest after El Clasico . Messi (left) provided the assist for Barcelona's first goal in El Clasico from Jeremy Mathieu . Mathieu (right) headed in to give Barcelona the lead after only 19 minutes against Real Madrid . Messi (second right) celebrates assisting Barcelona taking the lead against Madrid . Cristiano Ronaldo (left) poked Real Madrid level after 31 minutes, completing a tremendous move . Ronaldo (second left) watches on as he brings Madrid level against arch rivals Barcelona . Ronaldo's first touch of the ball after 40 seconds was met with searing jeers by the Barcelona fans. He was eventually crowded out by Dani Alves and Ivan Rakitic and the dispossession of Madrid's talisman was met with emphatic cheers. Messi's start was subdued, the diminutive Argentina international lingering quietly in the centre of the pitch, exchanging the occasional pass with Andres Iniesta in the first five minutes. But he snapped into life in the sixth minute with a nutmeg on Madrid playmaker Toni Kroos. Six minutes later, the first clear chance of the game fell to Ronaldo, who escaped his defender on the back post but could only turn Karim Benzema's deft lob onto the crossbar with Claudio Bravo beaten. He should have scored and Barcelona were off the hook. Messi was still awaiting his first opportunity to get at Madrid's defence. Nutmeg aside, his first 15 was perhaps best summed up by Iniesta uncharacteristically hitting a looping pass over his team-mate, who had found space out on the right touchline. But two minutes later, Messi had the ball at his feet and he surged inside, picked out Neymar and burst into the area, where he met the cross with his head but sent it wide. Barcelona's breakthrough came on 19, and Messi had the assist. Suarez was fouled  on the left, Messi whipped a glorious ball into the area and Mathieu flicked it past Iker Casillas to give Luis Enrique's side the lead. It was Messi's 15th assist of the season and Ronaldo's miss after 12 minutes already appeared costly. The goal galvanised Barcelona and Suarez drew a foul from Pepe two minutes after the opener and Messi seized the ball again. This time he was central and 25 yards out but his effort was deflected out for a corner which came to nothing. Neymar missed a glorious chance for 2-0 on the half hour mark, meeting a ball across goal from Suarez six yards out, only to guide his effort safely into the hands of Casillas with the goal gaping. Ronaldo and Messi walked out to a formidable atmosphere at the Nou Camp for El Clasico . Ronaldo's goal came moments after Neymar (right) has missed a great chance from close range . Ronaldo (right) wheels away to celebrate after scoring for Madrid against Barcelona . Ronaldo (right) celebrates bringing Madrid level against Barcelona in the La Liga clash . Ronaldo hit the crossbar from close range with the scores goalless at the Nou Camp . It was a shocking miss and 30 seconds later, Madrid were level. Ronaldo led the surge forward and as Benzema collected possession on the right of the penalty area, the Portugal international continued his run through the centre. Benzema sensed his presence and picked out his run with a glorious swish of his heel. Ronaldo hit fifth gear to beat Bravo to the ball, poking it under the goalkeeper to haul Madrid level as the jeers spewed out at the Nou Camp. Eight minutes before half time, Ronaldo picked up the ball on the left and skipped past Alves but with Javier Mascherano and Gerard Pique closing him down, Ronaldo went tumbling. Television replays showed that Pique momentarily left his boot dangling, perhaps to entice a Ronaldo fall but the referee's decision to book the Madrid man was correct. In the 40th minute, Ronaldo thought he had assisted a goal from Gareth Bale, who poked Ronaldo's header into the back of the net. Bale was definitely onside but Ronaldo was not and the goal was rightly ruled out. But the Madrid man was finishing the first half in scintillating form. A ferocious shot from 30 yards out was tipped over by Bravo and Bale skewed a shot wide from the corner. As the second half began, it seemed Messi was in the shadow of Ronaldo. Madrid undoubtedly ended the first period of play in the ascendency. Messi (left) of Barcelona closes down Madrid defender Pepe in the first half at the Nou Camp . Ronaldo (right) was booked for diving in the first half of El Clasico . Ronaldo was jeered by Barcelona's supporters every time he had possession for Madrid . Ronaldo (third right) had strayed offside before flicking the ball to Gareth Bale to score . And it was Ronaldo who was involved in the first incident of the second phase, returning the ball into Benzema in a probing attacking move, before Bravo dived to his left to beat out the France striker's clever shot across goal. Messi was drifting deep to find the ball, and Mascherano picked out his compatriot on the halfway line on 52 minutes. He turned and sprinted at the heart of Madrid's back line and Luka Modric reached for the ball with his leg but only managed to clip Messi's heels. The free kick failed to worry Madrid like Messi's sprint forward did. Four minutes later, Barcelona went ahead with a tremendous finish from Suarez. The Uruguay striker was found by a forensic pass by Alves, who spotted Suarez had escaped the attention of Pepe and had curved his run to stay on side. The ball was floated over, Suarez caressed it under control with the outside of his boot and threaded it across Casillas and into the far corner. Ronaldo might have been worried after a clash with Mascherano on the hour mark. He was flattened by the midfielder but appeared to retaliate, with Mascherano exaggerating the contact made by the Madrid attacker. Messi (centre) attempts to evade the challenge of Marcelo, Ronaldo and Toni Kroos . Ronaldo enjoyed a formidable first half for Madrid but was quieter in the second . Ronaldo (second right) tries to block a clearance from Gerard Pique of Barcelona . But the referee was not fooled, only booking the Barcelona man for the initial foul. Tempers began to fray after the clash between the pair and it suited Messi's Barcelona side more as the clock ticked on. As 73 minutes passed, Messi went inches away from extending Barcelona's lead. Again out on the right, he ran inside and sprinted ominously through the centre before unleashing a fine strike from the edge of the area that went the wrong wide of the post with Casillas beaten. Barcelona manager Luis Enrique thought the shot was in and a minute later, he must have been certain his team were about to add to their advantage. Messi was again the engineer, perhaps buoyed by his attempt seconds earlier. With Suarez to his left and Neymar to his right, Messi played in the Brazil international, who blazed wide on an unusually wasteful night from the former Santos man. The pair combined again on 77, this time Messi shooting at goal but his low, right-footed strike was blocked and Madrid cleared. Benzema almost punished Barcelona and Messi for spurning their chances when his shot from 25 yards deflected wickedly off Mascherano, but Bravo managed to turn the ball away brilliantly. Messi (left) celebrates Suarez's goal as Barcelona moved ahead in the second half . Messi curled an effort from range inches wide in the 73rd minute for Barcelona . Messi was creating again four minutes from full time, unlocking Madrid's defence with a neat pass into Jordi Alba, who was denied by Casillas. Barcelona were pouring forward looked to extend their advantage. They did not manage to do so, but Messi's side held on. He might not have settled his duel with Ronaldo, but it is advantage Barcelona in the race for the La Liga title.

Lionel Messi assisted Barcelona's opening goal from Jeremy Mathieu . Cristiano Ronaldo finished a superb Real Madrid move to level on 31 . Luis Suarez won it for Barcelona with a tremendous finish on 56 .

 a 2-0 triumph, which has moved them up to second spot in the La Liga table, 5 points behind first place Real Madrid. Madrid have another game in hand.
While Los Blancos were looking for their first La Liga win of the 2016/17 campaign, the Catalans could have already taken one foot in the championship race if the team had been able to beat Villarreal on the opening day. But, it was not to be as they got off to a disappointing start by losing the match by one goal to nil at the Camp Nou.
The Blaugrana boss Luis Enrique has spoken about the defeat. El Mundo Deportivo claims the Real Madrid loss was the “worst we’ve ever had” against an opponent.
We are a strong team that can take the results you want. I said at the start of the season that we can’t compare to Real Madrid, we are a smaller club. In terms of the numbers, it’s impossible to compare. But, the team has to show its best on the pitch and when there is a difference of just a goal, we have to take that victory, because to lose to Madrid means that you have suffered a defeat that weighs down more than many matches, because it was unexpected in terms of results. But we tried, we were solid and we had chances at 0-0, which is the most important.
We tried to push up, we got closer and we had a better second half, but in the end it wasn’t enough, even though the team was well prepared to the match. I have a very good relationship with Zinedine Zidane, with his family.
I always go to the Bernabeu to support Madrid. We are both good teams and when we play against each other, there is always rivalry.
We always try to play with our philosophy, to entertain, we try to attack and we press in the midfield. We put ourselves in good positions and we don’t give teams many chances, and that’s why we are unbeaten. At the moment, there are some teams that are more solid and better at pressing than us, and Madrid is one of them.
At times we had problems, but we always tried to do what we usually do. We tried to win, but if it doesn’t work out that way, we are always satisfied with the result.
Against Madrid, the match took a turn when Real’s Kar