Jasveen Sangha, allegedly known to her customers as “Ketamine Queen” and accused of selling Matthew Perry the fatal dose of the drug, is set to go to trial in September
A woman allegedly known to her customers as “The Ketamine Queen” and accused of selling Matthew Perry the fatal dose of ketamine is set to go to trial in September
A woman accused of supplying the fatal dose of ketamine that killed Friends star Matthew Perry is due to stand trial in Los Angeles next month.
Jasveen Sangha, 42, allegedly known among clients as the “Ketamine Queen”, is the sole defendant headed to court in connection with the actor’s sudden death of the 54-year-old. Four others, including the Friends’ star’s personal assistant and his doctor, have struck plea deals with prosecutors.
Sangha, who denies all charges, faces five counts of ketamine distribution, including one count of distribution resulting in death. A judge in Los Angeles has confirmed her trial will begin on 23 September, following four delays requested by her defence team to allow more time to examine evidence.
Matthew Perry died in his home in October 2023, aged 54, after getting ketamine from his regular doctor for treatment of depression, which is an increasingly common use for the surgical anaesthetic(Image: Getty Images)
Prosecutors claim Sangha portrayed herself as a “celebrity drug dealer with high-quality goods” and sold Perry at least 25 vials of ketamine just days before he died in October 2023. His personal assistant admitted in court to buying the vials for $6,000 (£4,508) in cash.
A post-mortem confirmed Perry drowned in his hot tub after taking a lethal dose of ketamine, a powerful anaesthetic increasingly used in mental health treatment.
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Investigators say the actor had been undergoing ketamine therapy for depression through legal prescriptions but was taking it up to eight times a day and began seeking additional supplies illicitly.
Jasveen Sangha has pleaded not guilty and has been in federal custody since her arrest last year(Image: @jasveen_s – Instagram)
Court documents allege the actor turned to Sangha after his physician, Dr Salvador Plasencia, refused to continue prescribing high volumes of the drug.
Plasencia later pleaded guilty to distribution along with Perry’s assistant, a friend, and another doctor. None have yet been sentenced.
Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing in the long-running sitcom Friends, had battled addiction for much of his adult life.
In his 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, he wrote candidly about his decades-long struggle with substance abuse, including multiple stints in rehab and near-death experiences.
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Despite setbacks, Perry had spoken openly about his hopes for recovery and his desire to help others struggling with addiction.
His sudden death in October 2023 at his home in Pacific Palisades sent shockwaves through Hollywood, and fans mourned the loss of one of television’s most beloved comic actors.
In September 2025, I am supposed to start a new life, not in war-torn Gaza, but in a lecture hall in the United Kingdom. After nearly a year of endless efforts, applications, exams, and navigating bombings, displacement and blackout zones just to apply, I was accepted. Not once, but five times, by the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Exeter, and Ulster. I even secured funding.
But instead of boarding a plane, I remain trapped in Gaza, a place where war has flattened homes, stolen futures and caged dreams. The bombs have not stopped. Neither has our will. Unlike students in other war-torn areas, we, Gaza Palestinian students, are not being offered any path out. Many countries, such as France, Ireland and Italy, have successfully evacuated their students through government-coordinated efforts and humanitarian corridors, like via the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). These governments made it clear that their students matter. The UK has not. Despite its global standing and historic reputation for championing justice and education, it remains silent.
This is not just my story. It is a collective cry from dozens of us, admitted to top British universities, with scholarships or personal savings, who survived bombs and sieges only to be abandoned at the final border: there is no visa centre in Gaza to submit fingerprints, and no route out without evacuation.
After the war broke out in late 2023, I was forced to pause my online university studies, as both the classes and the fees became impossible to maintain under the siege. But I did not give up on education. Instead, I began applying to UK universities through UCAS, a process that demanded a carefully written personal statement, recommendation letters, detailed documentation and weeks of waiting. I submitted everything using borrowed internet in relatives’ homes or from paid co-working spaces that I reached on foot, under the midday sun or pouring rain, with no transportation. There were days when I sat on a plastic chair in the street, emailing colleges and researching entry requirements while missiles flew overhead.
When universities asked for English qualification submissions, I had no centre in Gaza to support me, not for training, not even to register. Most UK universities would not accept Duolingo, the only test I could afford and access online. So I stretched every resource and applied for each institution’s approved test, juggling freelance mobile programming by day to support myself and studying English by night, often under a mobile flashlight.
Some tests required constant camera and microphone monitoring, difficult in a war zone where displacement, noise and unstable internet made focus nearly impossible. One infraction and the test would be void. My laptop battery often died before the test ended. But I endured and succeeded.
My family shares this hunger for education. My brother is a mechanical engineer who won the competitive Qaddumi scholarship last year to begin a master’s programme at the University of Liverpool in January 2025, but it has been deferred. My sister was accepted into a Turkish government-funded medical programme at Samsun University, which was also postponed because of the war. Three of us, all with dreams and drive, are stuck in Gaza. We did everything right. So why are we left behind?
After much struggle, I finally passed the tests and converted my conditional offers into unconditional ones. I even secured funding, enough for at least the first year’s tuition fees and living expenses. I was also promised support from private foundations, conditional only on submitting my visa application.
But when I tried to apply for a visa, I hit a dead end: biometric fingerprints. The UK has no visa centre in Gaza. To complete the process, I would need to cross a border that is shut unless I am listed for evacuation. There are more than 100 Gazan students accepted to UK universities, 48 with full scholarships, who face the same deadlock. Many, like me, are running out of time. Inside the UK, institutions like the Gaza Scholarship Initiative (GSI) have stepped in to amplify our voice to the government because they believe in us.
Some have carried their offers from 2024, after universities generously deferred their admission. Most universities, however, will not offer such flexibility again. For all of us, 2025 is our last chance.
Other countries acted.
Ireland coordinated directly with Israel to evacuate its students via the Karem Abu Salem (known to Israelis as Kerem Shalom) crossing. France and Italy did the same. Students were transported to nearby countries to finish visa processing and begin their studies. They understood the stakes, not just academic, but human. These governments coordinated with humanitarian agencies to get their students out, then facilitated visas and asylum claims.
The UK has done nothing similar, despite numerous appeals from students, universities, advocacy groups like GSI, and members of parliament. We have written letters to MPs, university heads and the British Council. Even university leaders who support our admission cannot help unless the UK government steps in.
This silence hurts most because it is not due to incapability. The UK can act but it simply chooses not to. If the government coordinated with Israeli authorities and humanitarian groups like the ICRC, students could be evacuated through Kerem Shalom into Egypt or Jordan, where they could finalise visas and travel.
This is not speculative. It is exactly what other democratic nations have done. The difference? They cared enough to try.
What does this say about whose futures matter?
The UK has invested for decades in international education, offering prestigious scholarships like Chevening and the Commonwealth. It champions learning and opportunity and leads countless international partnerships. But when it comes to Gaza students, who embody that very ethos, we are being forgotten. What message does that send? Does our survival, our future, matter less? Are we invisible to the very system that welcomed us in writing?
I still believe in British education. I am inspired by its professors, challenged by its rigour, and drawn to its diversity and values. I fought for my place there. I hope, not just for me but for my peers, that the UK government remembers its legacy and chooses to act.
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Mike Henson
BBC Sport rugby union news reporter
Champions Gloucester-Hartpury will face Saracens in a re-run of last season’s final on the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby campaign.
The two teams will meet at Kingsholm on Sunday, 26 October.
Gloucester-Hartpury closed out their third successive title with a 34-19 victory at the Stonex Stadium in March.
Their success drew them level on PWR titles with Saracens – both teams have won the competition three times since it began eight years ago.
The first round of action begins on Friday, 24 October when Harlequins host Loughborough Lightning at the Stoop.
That match will be shown live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app as part of a new deal between PWR and BBC Sport.
With TNT Sports also showing one game from each round and the other two matches being streamed on YouTube, the forthcoming campaign will be the first from which every PWR game is broadcast live.
Saracens play London rivals Harlequins, who finished third in the 2024-25 table, in the second round of fixtures, before taking on Bristol Bears, who were fourth, in the third.
After this year’s final was brought forward to maximise England’s preparations for the Rugby World Cup, the 2025-26 showpiece returns to a more familiar slot in the calendar on Sunday, 28 July.
The start of the 2025-26 season has been pushed back three weeks to allow star players to recover and be reintegrated after the World Cup, which concludes on 27 September.
Organisers hope the momentum from the tournament, which has sold more than 300,000 tickets already, can boost the nine-team top tier.
“The upcoming Women’s Rugby World Cup presents PWR with a huge opportunity to raise the awareness of women’s rugby and our incredible athletes,” said Genevieve Shore, the league’s executive chair.
“When putting together the fixtures, we were conscious of needing to start our season with a bang and keep those new fans engaged. The early weeks of the season are filled with blockbuster matchups and will undoubtedly provide a showcase of elite talent and top-quality rugby.
Opening round of 2025-26 PWR fixtures
Friday, 24 October: Harlequins v Loughborough Lightning (19:30 BST kick-off)
Saturday, 25 October: Trailfinders v Exeter Chiefs (15:00), Sale Sharks v Leicester Tigers (19:00)
Eating the placenta after giving birth has become an increasingly popular trend in recent years, with many women claiming it has a number of health benefits. One woman reveals what it’s really like after Calvin Harris shared snaps of his wife’s organ
Calvin Harris surprised fans when he shared snaps of his wife’s placenta (Image: Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Ima)
Music mogul Calvin Harris delighted fans after sharing snaps of his and his wife Vick Hope’s newborn son. But many weren’t prepared for the picture that came next, which featured a close-up of none other than Vick’s placenta.
The DJ also shared further photos of the organ cut into pieces and placed in a dehydrator to be made into pills, as his wife plans to reap the health benefits of her afterbirth by consuming it. Harris’ fans flooded the comments to congratulate him on the new addition, and praised him for “normalising the beauty of physiological birth”.
The placenta is an organ which is grown during pregnancy and provides the foetus with essential nutrients. It’s typically discarded after a woman gives birth, however some people choose to consume it in a variety of forms.
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Calvin Harris shared how proud he was of his wife(Image: @calvinharris/Instagram)
People generally consume the placenta as they believe it contains nutritional benefits. According to WebMD, those who support eating the placenta claim it can help with childbirth recovery, raise your energy and breast milk supply, and reduce pain.
The process has become an increasingly mainstream phenomenon. It’s even been endorsed by the likes of Kim Kardashian and Alicia Silverstone.
Charlotte Butterworth-Pool 35, from Leeds, is among those to give placenta encapsulation ago when she had her first child six years ago.
“I did some research about the benefits of it,” she told The Mirror. “I’m a scientist, so I work in clinical research and I have a biomedical science degree and it just kind of made sense to me on a physiological level.
Charlotte Butterworth-Pool ate her placenta
” Other animals eat their placentas and you’ve got to think there’s a reason behind that, other than obviously hiding it from predators.
“I found that there were lots of women who had had positive experiences with it. They said it really helped with their postpartum and their energy levels, milk supply, helping them not get postpartum depression and low mood. I just thought, like, why not give myself the best chance”?
Charlotte acknowledged that studies have not found evidence to support these claims, but still opted for the service, which cost her £220.
Charlotte encapsulated her placenta for £220 six years ago
“I think sometimes with stuff like this, you’ve got to go with tradition. There’s quite a lot of traditional Chinese medicine that’s to do with the placenta, and that’s been done for centuries”.
Before giving birth, a cool box filled with ice packs arrived at Charlotte’s house for her to take to the hospital. When she arrived in labour, hospital staff put the cool packs in the fridge.
After she delivered the placenta, they simply let them know, and a courier came to collect it.
“We didn’t have to look at the placenta if we want to because it was just in a bag. We put it inside the cool box and someone came to pick it up quite quickly, so it wasn’t a faff really”, she expplained.
Despite her positive experience, Charlotte opted not to go through with placenta encapsulation when she had her second baby.
“The first reason why I chose not to do it the second time round was because it’s hard to know if it makes a difference, right?
Calvin Harris shared a picture of wife Vick Hope’s placenta pills(Image: @calvinharris/Instagram)
” But I’d lost quite a lot of blood during labour and I had never had any side effects from that, which I put down to the fact that I was taking my placenta pills.
“It did get to a point where – I don’t know if I had a massive placenta – but I had so many pills and physically taking the recommended dose – which I think was four pills a day every day – seemed like it was never ending. That put me off a bit.
” So I chose not to do it with my second, not because I had a negative experience with it, but just because I couldn’t pinpoint a specific positive experience. “
Another thing that put the mum of two off doing it again was the surprising taste of the pills. She explained:” Not the taste of the placenta, but the taste of the capsule. It had a chemically flavour. “
Like Harris, Charlotte’s husband was also supportive of her decision to eat her placenta. “I think he was quite used to me just making my own decisions about pregnancy, and he knows me and he knows that I like anatomy and science, so I don’t think he was too surprised, to be honest!”
Charlotte, who works as a doula, says eating your placenta is a way of” a way of honouring “the organ.
” There’s lots of other ways I know about now… things that you can do that are just as special as encapsulating it. Some people bury them, some people make prints with them… but just throwing it in the bin does seem a bit disrespectful it’s been keeping your baby alive. “
Vick had a water birth at home(Image: @calvinharris/Instagram)
Taking to Instagram on Monday, One Kiss hitmaker Harris shared the very first picture of his newborn son, and celebrated wife Vick, calling her “a superhero”.
Alongside an adorable photo of the couple’s baby cuddling into his dad’s chest, Calvin wrote:” 20th of July our boy arrived. Micah is here! My wife is a superhero and I am in complete awe of her primal wisdom! Just so grateful. We love you so much Micah. “
In the collection of photos Harris shared announcing the birth of Micah, it was revealed that Vick had a water birth as photos showed her in a blue birthing pool surrounded by candles.
Charlotte applauded the Instagram post, saying:” It’s so unusual that we see home birth in the media, and it’s so unusual that we see anything other than a clean, clinical birth with no blood or anything.
“So to post a picture of the placenta and have that in mainstream media is It’s amazing.
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” I’m very happy he’s done it, because that’ll probably be the first time a lot of people have seen a placenta. just the fact that a little bit more people know what one looks like is a is a real positive. “
Charlotte is a doula and antenatal educator at The Smart Doula, www. thesmartdoula.com
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Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has been called out after sharing the love on a post uploaded to social media by his son Landon’s girlfriend Skyla Sanders
Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian(Image: Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Travis Barker has been criticised for his online behaviour after liking a post shared by his son’s girlfriend. The Blink-182 drummer, 49, took to Instagram to share his support of his 21-year-old son Landon Barker’s partner.
But his actions were labelled as “creepy” by some fans. Travis, who is married to Kourtney Kardashian, clicked the like button on an Instagram post by Skyla Sanders, 20, recently. The images showed Skyla posing in a bed while wearing a revealing two-piece bikini.
One user hit out at Travis, saying his behaviour was “absolutely gross” and insisted “he should definitely know better!!” Another added sarcastically: “That’s not creepy at all…,” while a third chimed in saying: “Weird behaviour.” It comes after Travis and Kourtney were booed by a WWE crowd in California.
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However, the reel of images also included a number of shots of Landon with his girlfriend too, leading to other users defending the musician. “His son is included in the photos on this post”, one bluntly replied.
“He’s]sic] comes off more as a parent who just likes whatever his kids/family posts. They all like each other’s photos. Yall reaching a bit with this one”, claimed another.
It’s thought Landon and Skyla, who is the daughter of film director Rupert Sanders, have been dating for several months. As well as Landon, Travis shares daughter Alabama, 19, with his ex-wife Shanna Moakler. He is also stepdad to Shanna’s eldest, Atiana De La Hoya, 26.
Since marrying Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kourtney, the duo have welcomed son Rocky, one. He also is step-dad to her kids with Scott Disick, Mason, 15, Penelope, 13, and Reign, 10.
Last month Travis was also in the UK as part of the final concert for Ozzy Osbourne. Travis took part in an epic drum-off during Back to the Beginning at Villa Park with Tool’s Danny Carey and Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
The event was held so the legendary singer could take to the stage for one last time and raise millions for charity. Just weeks later, the Prince of Darkness died.
Landon and Skyla(Image: skylasanderss/instagram)
Ozzy died on July 22, aged 76, surrounded by his wife, Sharon, and children. This week his cause of death was revealed as being from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction (joint causes). His occupation was listed as “rock legend, songwriter and performer”.
While Travis joined the world in paying their own special tributes to the star following the news of his death, the singer’s daughter Kelly waited until Monday to break her silence on the sad news.
She shared a moving tribute to her late father on Instagram, saying: “I’ve sat down to write this a hundred times and still don’t know if the words will ever feel like enough… but from the bottom of my heart, thank you. The love, support, and beautiful messages I’ve received from so many of you have truly helped carry me through the hardest moment of my life. Every kind word, every shared memory, every bit of compassion has meant more than I can ever explain.
” Grief is a strange thing—it sneaks up on you in waves-I will not be ok for a while-but knowing my family are not alone in our pain makes a difference. I’m holding on tight to the love, the light, and the legacy left behind. Thank you for being there. I love you all so much. “
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Faye Winter has taken to social media, furiously hitting out at those who have criticised the cast of this year’s Love Island, branding the social media trolls ‘ vile ‘
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Faye Winter has addressed the criticism that some Love Island stars are facing
A star who became the most complained about Love Island contestant has hit out at ‘vile’ trolls. Faye Winter, who found fame on the 2021 series of the ITV dating programme, has never shied away from talking about her experience on the show and how she turned things around after becoming the most complained about contestant.
But just days after the show came to an end on Monday, which saw Toni Laites and Cach Mercer crowned by host Maya Jama, winning an impressive £50,000 between them, Faye, 30, was quick to speak out on social media about the trolling that some of the Islanders have been receiving. It comes after reports of all the celebrities rumoured to be joining BBC Strictly Come Dancing 2025.
Taking to Instagram in view of her 1.1 million followers, Faye said: “Love Island is over. The comments I’m seeing are vile. Let’s get something straight: These islanders don’t know you, and you don’t know them. Before you post that nasty comment, ask yourself, will it actually make your life any better? You tuned in. You watched the drama unfold. You got exactly what you begged for, for years people have been saying it boring.
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Faye Winter hit out at people who have trolled Love Island contestants(Image: faye__winter/Instagram )
” But with drama comes real people, real feelings, and real consequences. The show’s over. The performing monkeys you were entertained by are out of the circus now. Let them rest. Let them decompress. Let them process the experience and do their eight sessions of therapy with someone who’s actually qualified.
“They don’t need Agatha from Accounts dishing out unsolicited opinions. If you liked them, support them. If you didn’t? Move on with your life. The cast, regardless, gave you the entertainment you begged for. Now give them what they deserve, a break”.
Harrison sparked anger during his time on the show(Image: ITV/Shutterstock)
Faye later went on to share a screenshot taken from AI software ChatGPT, showing the denotation of the word ‘ show’. It said: “A performance or production created to entertain an audience. It can take many forms, including television programs, stage plays, concerts, reality TV, or online content. A show typically involves scripted or unscripted elements designed to evoke emotion, tell a story, or spark engagement”.
This year’s series of the programme has since become the most complained about series since the show launched in 2015. One scene, in particular, attracted over 9, 000 complaints to broadcasting watchdog, Ofcom. Islanders had been accused of bullying Shakira, leading to 9, 339 people lodging official complaints.
Faye shared an AI-generated denotation of the word ‘show’(Image: faye__winter/Instagram )
Across four episodes in July, a staggering 9, 339 complaints were made about the show, with the majority relating to “alleged bullying behaviour towards Shakira”. These included 2, 272 complaints made on July 22, around 1, 716 complaints made on July 23 and 958 complaints made on July 25 following the aftermath of the Grafties.
Meanwhile, a press officer for Ofcom told the Mirror that a further 56 complaints were received over “alleged bullying involving Toni and Shakira towards Emily”. Ofcom also received over 1,000 complaints about “misogynistic” behaviour last month. In the regulator’s weekly audience report, figures confirmed that more than half of the complaints were made about the show on July 18, which saw Harrison Solomon, 22, and Lauren Wood, 26, leave the Spanish villa together.
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On 20 July, Ofcom said the “majority of complaints related to alleged misogynistic behaviour by Dejon”. Meanwhile, earlier in the week on 15 July, 107 complaints related to “alleged misogynistic behaviour by Harrison”.
In recent years, ITV has introduced extensive duty of care protocols for the Islanders, including training and information prior to entering the villa, and support once they head home.
