MOVING obese corpses has become a safety hazard for hospital morgue staff, says the NHS.

Rising obesity rates mean workers face a greater risk of putting their backs out lifting and shifting heavier bodies.

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Many morgues now have bigger fridges and wider doors, and must keep larger corpses in a special store room to minimise contact.

NHS guidance states “lifting and moving of bodies” is now a health and safety issue owing to a rise in “people with excess weight”.

It says “appropriate refrigerated storage” should be provided with bigger store rooms “to minimise un­necessary handling of the body”.

Workplace accident lawyer Lisa Fairclough said ­manual handling accidents account for a fifth of all reported workplace incidents.

The NHS said: “It is important the right procedures are in place to manage bodies with respect and in a safe way for staff.

“That is why the NHS has provided up-to-date guidance on lifting and moving of bodies, and trusts are advised to consider the most appropriate refrigerated storage that will minimise unnecessary handling of the body.”

Thirty per cent of Brits are now severely overweight, double the level for 1993.

A GREAT British Bake Off Halloween special was served up with a trigger warning for being spooky.

Channel 4’s streaming service ruled the family show’s first and only “Halloween Week” in 2022 “isn’t suitable for younger viewers”.

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The woke message, under a red “Guidance” symbol, was put on the sixth episode — popping up on the app and website before viewers click play.

Those brave enough to press ahead see comics Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas in the legendary tent decked out with orange and black balloons, fake skeletons and spider webs.

Contestants, including eventual winner Syabira Yusoff, are shown making apple and pumpkin dishes for judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood.

Warning labels are usually applied to shows with strong language, violence or nudity but have also been given to classic comedies due to “language of the time”.

Senior Tory MP Sir John Hayes said: “Most people find these type of trigger warnings very bizarre.

“The idea that Bake Off could be risky or dangerous is for the birds.”

Last night the alert was dropped after The Sun intervened, with bosses insisting it was an error.

CORONATION Street’s Charlie Lawson has revealed he was nearly driven to suicide by years of physical abuse at the hands of his ex-wife, admitting: “Life was a ­living hell.”

In a heartbreaking part two of our interview with the actor, he revealed that while he was playing wife-beater Jim McDonald on screen, at home he was the terrified victim and could see no way out.

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Corrie’s Charlie Lawson has revealed he was nearly driven to suicide by years of physical abuse at the hands of his ex-wife[/caption]

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The 65-year-old, who bears a scar from one attack, says: “I was depressed because of what I was going through and I had been prescribed pills.

“All I could think about was finding peace. And I meant it.

“I would kill myself, end it all.

“I was in a very scary place.”

Charlie’s tormentor was Corrie make-up artist Lesley Bond, who he married in 1999 and who died aged 55 in 2010.

The Northern Irish actor revealed that even their wedding day at idyllic Lucknam Park, Wilts, was marred by violence.

Lesley accused me of flirting with the bride and slapped me so hard that I nearly fell over…I loved her to pieces but she was very, very ill

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Speaking ahead of the release of his autobiography, That’s Life, So It Is, Charlie recalls: “We met another couple who were getting married there at the same time.

“Lesley later accused me of flirting with the bride and slapped me so hard that I nearly fell over.

“A few weeks later at home she flew into a rage and attacked me with an empty bottle.

“I loved her to pieces but she was very, very ill, bless her.”

Charlie was 35 and had been married for 12 years when he met Lesley on the cobbles set in early 1994.

It was love at first sight and led to him leaving his first wife Susie, who he shared daughter Laura with.

But her jealousy blighted their relationship from the start.

‘No more pain’

He says: “Once after chatting innocently to a neighbour while putting the bins out, I came inside to find Lesley waiting.

“She slapped me.

“It took several minutes to calm her down and work out she was convinced I was having an affair.

“I discovered she was seriously addicted to prescription drugs.

“She had been given Valium years before and had continued to take them.

“I found a stash of all kinds of pills.

“They made her paranoid, she always thought I was cheating.”

Charlie, who is now happily married to third wife Debbie Stanley, continues: “Once, when I was driving, she punched me on the side of my neck causing me to nearly crash.

“Once she came at me with a pair of scissors.”

It is then that Charlie stops our interview and fights back tears as he shows the scar which, years after the scissors attack, is still visible on his hand.

After that he planned to kill himself.

He says: “I knew life could not go on like this.

“Leaving her would break my heart but if I wasn’t here everything would be solved.

“She could move on with her life and there would be no more pain.”

But at the last minute Charlie rang his close friend and former colleague Eva Pope, who had played barmaid Tanya Pooley in the soap.

He told her how he felt, and recalls: “She said, ‘Get your a**e over here right now’.

“While Lesley slept I packed my bag and went.

“Eva saved me that night.

“She held me in her arms and listened to me, she told me I had to get out before something goes badly wrong.”

Charlie continues: “I did go back but just for a short while.

“One night she came at me, attacked me and I pushed her to the floor.

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“And that was it.

“I thought, ‘If I lose my temper here then there’s only going to be one winner’.”

This fear of turning violent himself was a stark contrast to his brutal TV character Jim, an ex-squaddie who abused wife Liz (Beverley Callard) and their sons Steve and Andy, played by Simon Gregson and Nick Cochrane.

Charlie first played the role from 1989 to 2000 but has been regularly back for stints ever since — his most recent return was in 2018.

He says: “The years I spent on Coronation Street are some of the best of my life.

“Bev was a huge giggler and we would have so much fun.

“We got up to all sorts.

“We asked the director and writers if, as a prank, we could make up a fake storyline where Nick, who was only about 15, had to have an affair with a 50-year-old woman.

“An extra agreed to be the woman.

“Nick was a cocky young lad.

“We stitched him up something rotten.

“There were several scenes where he meets this woman and kisses her.

“Nick was in a complete state of terror.

“As we filmed, Bev and I couldn’t keep it together.

“Finally, we shouted, ‘Gotcha’.

“Everyone was in stitches, he was mortified.”

A much more settled life

Off set Charlie developed a reputation as a hellraiser, along with partner-in-crime Phil Middlemiss, who played bookmaker Des Barnes.

They became regulars at Manchester club La Gitane, where they would drink with Manchester United footballers and singer Lisa Stansfield.

Charlie says: “We would be there until breakfast time and straight into Granada [Studios].

“We’d grab an hour’s sleep and then film.”

Charlie now lives a much more settled life with Debbie, 60, a businesswoman.

She was at his side when he learned Lesley had died in her home in Oxford.

She had fallen and knocked herself out, then died of hypothermia.

Charlie had to identify Lesley’s body and was later given her ashes.

He says: “God rest her.

“We scattered her ashes on her favourite beach up in the Highlands.”

Charlie married Debbie in October last year after 22 years together.

Now he is looking forward to a new career challenge, hosting a chat show on ITV in Northern Ireland.

He says: “We’re going to shoot a pilot in January.

“I’ll be like Eamonn Holmes!”

•  That’s Life, So It Is by Charlie Lawson (£19.99, New Generation Publishing) is out on November 7.

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CREEPING up the stairs at 2am, I carefully navigate the creaking floorboard and pad quietly into my bedroom.

I don’t even shower before getting into bed, the smell of the man I’ve just slept with is still on my skin. I like the reminder.

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It’s shocking, I know.

The bald facts are that I’m addicted to sex, cheating on my husband of 21 years so regularly that I’ve lost count of how many men I’ve slept with.

It’s over 50 but less than 100.

Some I’ve had short-lived affairs with, others are one-night stands.

I’ve slept with my husband’s colleague at a work function and made a pass at a friend’s husband – he was a rare one that turned me down.

I’ve been out at dinner with a group of friends and slept with one of them in the toilet of the restaurant while his wife and my husband sat at the table.

I’ve even left the marital bed in a hotel to go downstairs and sleep with the barman that I fancied.

I can’t tell you how easy it is to find men that are up for it, married or single, from barmen to tennis coaches to men I’ve met on trains, as well as friends and colleagues.

I’m brazen but all it takes is a whisper in the ear, a stroke on the arm, or slipping them your number.

I don’t worry about people gossiping about me because most of the men I meet are either married so they wouldn’t breathe a word, or they’re fleeting — like on holiday or a work trip.

As far as I know my husband has no idea or has chosen not to notice.

I’ve had my suspicions about him over the years too and have no desire to talk to him about it.

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking on my part, I hope he is then I needn’t feel guilty.

We both want to stay married for our children and because our marriage works in other ways.

The reasons behind my numerous infidelities are complicated.

I love sex but find my husband boring in bed — it’s all far too familiar.

I also crave validation from men.

I’m attractive by most standards.

I’m slim with long legs, and I’ve got good hair.

But as a teenager I had greasy, mousy hair and was plagued with acne.

I love sex but find my husband boring in bed — it’s all far too familiar. I also crave validation from men. I’m attractive by most standards

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While my friends were constantly asked out by the boys at school, I didn’t even warrant a second glance.

When I was 17 I blossomed, I discovered running and hair dye and my acne cleared up.

I started to get male attention and I loved it.

There was one boy who I’d had a crush on for four years.

I’ll never forget the buzz when he came sidling up to me and asked me out.

It gave me a feeling of power but also confidence, I was no longer invisible.

And having sex only increased those emotions.

He was the first man I slept with and I loved it.

Not just the act but the confirmation he found me attractive.

It ended when we went to different universities and knew it wouldn’t work out.

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Judy said: I once took a boyfriend with me on a work trip and my husband found out because this man’s girlfriend found out and told him’[/caption]

At university I played the field but most of us did.

When my friends started settling down once we left, I realised I didn’t want to.

I liked the novelty of sleeping with different men. It was exciting when they realised I was up for it.

I think my mistake was ever getting married.

I should have just dated multiple men with them all knowing it wasn’t exclusive. But back then you expected to get married.

I met John and he swept me off my feet. I found him very attractive and the sex was great to start with.

While I enjoy my extramarital sex and crave it, I know I’m out of control and addicted

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We got married after a year, when I was 26.

Though I was excited on my wedding day, I remember the night before worrying that I’d never sleep with anyone else and how much I’d miss it.

I was unfaithful a year later while I was away at a conference with a stranger at the hotel.

We were standing at the bar, got chatting while waiting for the barman to serve us and it went from there.

Though I was happy with John, I craved the novelty of sex with someone new and just feeling a different body.

I like finding out what men like in bed or learning something new from how they touch me.

I’ve become more reckless

After that first time, I did feel guilty. I remember going home to John, building myself up to confessing. But I couldn’t do it. I wanted to be married to him.

I’ve carried on being unfaithful continually except for each time I was pregnant and the first six months afterwards as I was too tired and on maternity leave I have little reason to leave home to find a new man.

We have two daughters aged 15 and 13. I always have safe sex so I’m in no doubt he’s their father.

But otherwise the practicalities of my infidelities are easy. I work long hours and travel quite a lot.

I’ve got two friends who’re always happy to be my alibi — one of them has a chaotic life and often asks me to come over to help her through some crisis or other, so I can always pretend I’ve gone to her house.

But I’ve become more and more reckless as the years pass.

I once took a boyfriend with me on a work trip and my husband found out because this man’s girlfriend found out and told him

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I used to confine my infidelity to when I was working away.

Now I will do it under John’s nose.

We were once at a wedding and I had sex with the man on my right during the dinner.

I told him I was up for it, we went outside, did it in the bushes then I walked back in, without a care in the world and found John chatting to his mates by the bar.

I have had longer-term lovers, one man I’ve been seeing for several years on and off.

He’s the male equivalent of me and assures me I’m far from the only women looking for the quick thrill of sex with a stranger — and he should know.

I once took a boyfriend with me on a work trip and my husband found out because this man’s girlfriend found out and told him.

I swore blind nothing happened and he chose to believe me.

We have separate bedrooms because of John’s snoring but do still have sex occasionally.

But I stay out until all hours and just hope he doesn’t catch me coming home.

On the occasions he has, I have claimed I fell asleep at my friend’s house.

While I enjoy my extramarital sex and crave it, I know I’m out of control and addicted.

I’m not alone.

Dr Patrick Carnes who came up with the term “sex addiction” reckons one in five of the four million Brits who are sex addicts, are women.

But the thing is, I don’t want therapy because I don’t want to change yet.

I know as well as being morally wrong, it is unhealthy because whatever I tell myself about it being fine I’d hate to see my daughters going down the same road.

• For more information, please contact the Association For Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, atsac.org.uk
• As told to: Claire Dunwell

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