Gossip have teamed up with Alison Moyet to perform a cover of Yazoo‘s ‘Situation’.The Arkansas band were headlining BBC’s 6 Music Festival, which is currently taking place across Greater Manchester until Sunday, March 10.Midway through their set, Gossip began performing Yazoo’s ‘Situation’, with vocalist Beth Ditto introducing Alison Moyet on stage: “Please put your hands together for one of the icons of my life!”It is Moyet’s first live performance in over a year, as Moyet recently graduated from the University of Brighton in 2023 with a degree in Fine Art.Watch Gossip and Moyet perform ‘Situation’ here at around 44 minutes 20 seconds.NME spoke to Gossip in January, where Ditto opened up about Gossip’s reunion: “Well, I was doing a record with Rick Rubin in Hawaii.“I really wanted Nathan to play on that record because I was going to do a solo record. There was one day Nathan was playing something.
'I was helpless as my son died - this would've saved his life'
23.02.2024 - 06:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
As Julie Alfrey sat beside her son in his dying moments, she felt 'helpless'. She watched as his lips turned blue and his organs failed, constantly asking herself if she could have done more.
Johnny Alfrey died in 2022 after doctors at Fairfield Hospital in Bury dismissed signs his heart was failing. Last year, a coroner ruled that the 22-year-old, from Littleborough, Rochdale, would have survived if medics had spotted the heart failure and referred him to a cardiologist for treatment.
This week, the government gave the green light to plans for NHS funding to give seriously ill patients easy access to a second opinion if their condition worsens. Known as 'Martha's rule', the plan which will be rolled out from April follows a campaign by the parents of Martha Mills, who died aged just 13 after signs of sepsis were missed by medics.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Julie said she welcomed the rule as a 'first step', but described the moment as 'bittersweet'.
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"I know this rule would probably have saved Johnny's life," she said. "I am really grateful for what Merope [Martha's mum] has done."
She said Johnny, who was a student and talented musician, had visited A&E or other medical services eight times in the weeks before his tragic death. Each time he was turned away with a diagnosis of anxiety.
"I tried my best, but in the end, you are left completely helpless," she continued. "I had to take him home and just think okay, they must be right. You start to doubt yourself.
"That feeling of helplessness and having nowhere else to go - it is very traumatic."
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