A mother who suffers from a rare disease that makes her vomit up to 60 times a day claims people assume she is bulimic.

Shimmi Munshi, 40, from Bolton, Lancashire, has even been doubted by doctors over her symptoms - which are similar to the eating disorder.

One psychologist, who didn't believe her, asked if she was 'an Oscar-winning actress lying about having an eating disorder'.

She has since been diagnosed with a severe form of gastroparesis - an incurable condition responsible for her symptoms.

It stops food moving through the body because her stomach muscles and bladder are dysfunctional, causing severe pain and nausea. 

After finally accepting her condition to be real, doctors fitted her with a device in her stomach and each buttock to improve her digestion. Munshi, who has a 20-year-old son named Ameen, said: 'People assumed - and still assume - I have bulimia because of the illness.

'My bladder doesn’t work so I’ve had stimulators implanted in each buttock and wires attached to my spine to help the function of my bladder. 

'My bowel does not work and I am on medication for this. They call me a bionic woman because of the machines I have inside me. She added: 'I can feel its undercurrents every day and my stomach starts moving as if there’s a baby inside.

'The thing people don’t understand is that I look very healthy but I have to throw up throughout the day - even at work. 'All my colleagues are surprised that I don’t complain but you just have to get on with it. On the outside you can look well but inside your body is falling apart.'

After doctors failed to diagnose the cause of her sickness - which first started in 2005 - she was bedridden for a year and lost two stone.

Consultants referred her to three psychologists to rule out that she has an eating disorder, the manager at a large energy supplier said. Current treatment 

She visits St James Hospital in Leeds every four weeks to have the machinery adjusted to keep her healthy.

Ms Munshi also takes 12 tablets every day, which includes painkillers, anti-sickness medication, nerve relaxants and antibiotics.

Stomach muscles are controlled by the vagus nerve which contract to break up food and move it through the gastrointestinal tract, which connects the mouth the anus.

The movement of muscles in this tract, along with the release of hormones and enzymes, allows for the digestion of food.

Gastroparesis can occur when the vagus nerve is damaged by illness or injury and the stomach muscles stop working normally.

Food then moves slowly from the stomach to the small intestine or stops moving altogether. People suffer in silence 

Currently there is no cure for this illness. Ms Munshi said: 'People suffer in silence because it is difficult to comprehend how someone can be sick without it being an eating disorder.

'Only the people who have this know the pain and suffering they have to go through.'

The Notting hill Carnival was branded a disgrace last night after it was revealed that 31 police officers were attacked during the two-day event.

They were slashed with broken bottles, spat at, bitten and had acid thrown at them.

In one of the worst confrontations, three PCs had bloody spit sprayed in their faces by a man claiming to be HIV-positive. Frontline police said 'enough is enough' and called for organisers to help safeguard those who dedicate their lives protecting others.

Four people were stabbed, more than 300 arrested and dozens of weapons seized during Europe's biggest street carnival. Although there were fewer arrests than last year's record 454, a three-week crackdown had seen hundreds banned from attending.

Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation representing the capital's 32,000 rank-and-file officers, said at least 31 officers were attacked.

'We cannot carry on like this. It is a disgrace,' he said. 'My brave colleagues were attacked for just doing their job.

'This is not acceptable. What other event would be allowed to carry on regardless with so many police colleagues under attack?' 

'There is a growing lobby calling for the carnival to be moved to Hyde Park and made ticket-only to deter opportunist criminals. Changes were first proposed in 2000 when two men were murdered. In 2008 there was a riot. 

The Met threw a ring of steel around this year's parade. Senior officers were concerned that feuding street gangs could hijack the event, spurred by simmering anger over the Grenfell Tower disaster.

They were also concerned that the huge crowds could be targeted by terrorists. Officers seized weapons including knives, CS spray, batons and a hammer. Several panics were sparked by troublemakers spraying acid-like liquids.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan and other senior politicians support the carnival in its current form.

But Met Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt said: 'I do not believe that, when policing an event of celebration for London, it is acceptable that 31 of my officers were injured.'

A drink-drive businesswoman who already had a string of motoring offences when she was caught three times the limit behind the wheel of her luxury BMW has been spared jail after she claimed a controlling boyfriend had driven her to drink.

Law graduate Foziea Parveen, 29, was seen to swerve around roads, mount kerbs and 'bounce' off a building during a 5am cruise through Manchester city centre.

A concerned driver who followed the 155mph BMW 5-Series at the request of police found Parveen, who worked for her family's retail business, was 'out of it' when he tried to stop her.  

When she eventually pulled over outside a railway station she began ranting that someone was in the back of her empty car and kicking the windscreen.

Police who breathalysed Parveen discovered she had another drink-related driving conviction and had later gone to jail when she was caught driving dangerous and whilst banned from the roads. She also did not have a full driving licence and had no insurance.

At Manchester magistrates court, Parveen admitted drink driving but was spared prison after telling JPs she had been 'in distress' after she went to police a week earlier claiming she has been abusive towards her.

She also claimed to have called police as a recently as Sunday of this week saying he had smashed her phone and 'forced' her to drive down a motorway. He was said to be the owner of the BMW.

The drink driving incident occurred at 5.30am on February 5 whilst Parveen, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs was thought to have been visiting her unnamed partner in Manchester.

Prosecutor Matthew Treece said: 'She was driving a white BMW and a witness was driving behind her. To begin with, she was driving normally until swerving outside a Sainsbury's store where she then stopped in the road with no warning, causing the witness to slam his brakes on, nearly causing a collision. 'She then continued on up a road swerving in the street. The car mounted the kerb and bounced off a building before coming to a stop.

'The witness got out of the car and went to look inside the defendant's vehicle to which he described her as 'out of it' either drunk or on drugs. He then asked her 'what are you doing' to which she drove off. The witness called the police who advised him to follow her in the car.

'She continued swerving swerving backwards and forwards then finally stopped behind Piccadilly Station. The defendant then got out of the car. The witness found the defendant screaming and shouting saying that someone was in the back of the car and had begun kicking the windscreen.

'Nobody was in the car with her. She continued to shout and scream until the police arrived and took her into custody. 

This incredible picture shows a woman who delivered her baby, born in his amniotic sac, eight weeks prematurely in the front seat of her own car.

Raelin Scurry, from Pittsburgh, shared the image of the rare moment, which occurs in fewer than one in 80,000 births, on her Instagram page.

It is known medically as en caul and means the amniotic sac that her son Ean Jamal was carried in inside the womb did not break when he was delivered.

The sac is filled with fluid that allows the growing baby an environment to develop in the womb where it can breathe freely.

When women go into labour, this sac breaks and the liquid drains out. This is more commonly known as the waters breaking.

Miss Scurry was en route to the hospital, when she realised she had just given birth after she pulled her pants down and felt her baby's head.  

The baby was originally still, sparking panic. But he eventually 'rubbed his face' using Miss Scurry's thumb and 'pulled his little hands up'.

Miss Scurry said this reassured her that he was healthy. Ms Scurry, a mother-of-two was being driven to hospital by her fiance Ean on August 5 after she started to have intense contractions. She was 29 weeks pregnant at the time.

She initially dismissed them as just contractions, which tend to occur around the middle part of pregnancy.   pulled my pants off and reached down, sure enough his head was right there. I pushed one time and my miracle baby was here.'

Miss Scurry added: 'When I looked down I realised he was still completely wrapped in the amniotic sac.'

The couple believed they would make it to hospital quicker than an ambulance would reach them, so continued to drive.

The baby was originally still, sparking panic. But he eventually 'rubbed his face' using Miss Scurry's thumb and 'pulled his little hands up'.

Miss Scurry said this reassured them both that he was healthy.

The journey to the hospital took seven minutes. They were greeted by staff running to their car.

Medics opened the amniotic sac Ean Jamal, who weighed 3lbs 1oz, was in.

Miss Scurry added: 'He's doing wonderful all things considered. I know he’s going to be an awesome little man! He is truly a miracle​ baby. We are so blessed to be his parents. 

A doting mother who 'wrapped her son in cotton wool' killed herself after she flew into a bout of extreme rage at learning he had been smoking cannabis.

Businesswoman Susan Underwood, 38, was so enraged at finding the drug in her garden shed, she grounded eldest child Brandon, 21, before having a violent confrontation with those who gave him the substance.

Last April when Mr Underwood asked if he could go out again only to stay out 45 minutes later than usual, his mother dragged a knife down her own arm before resting it on his shoulder when he came home, asking 'are you ready?'

Less than ten hours later Mr Underwood found her dead on the living room floor with notes of intent scattered around after taking a fatal overdose of prescription medication mixed with Jack Daniel's and cola.

An inquest heard divorcee Mrs Underwood, who ran a tattoo parlour in Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire, was said to dote on her two children but she split up with her partner over rows about her mollycoddling Mr Underwood. She had also been experiencing severe panic attacks after the setting up of her own business and had been prescribed a beta blocker and an anti-depressant drug.

Mr Underwood told the hearing in Warrington: 'About two weeks before she died she found out I was involved with the wrong kind of people and smoking. She confronted me about it and I told her the truth. 

Britain could be bound by the rulings of EU judges for years after Brexit , the government admitted today.

Ministers have left the door open for the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to continue to have jurisdiction over Britain for an 'interim period' of up to three years after March 2019.

The UK may still be forced to abide by ECJ rulings even after we quit the Brussels club for good under one model being considered by British officials.

Under the 'Modolva model' arbitration panels considering disputes between Britain and the bloc which involve EU law would have to refer the case to the ECJ and be bound by its ruling.

The revelations, contained in a Government Brexit position paper published today, could spark accusations Theresa May has watered down on her promise to end the court's jurisdiction in Britain.

They come just an hour after the Prime Minister insisted the UK will 'take back control of our laws' after we leave the EU.

Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, a prominent Brexiteer, told the Mail Online: 'Once we leave there must not be any direct effect of the ECJ judgements otherwise we have not left.' It does not rule out the ECJ continuing to reign supreme for an interim period.

It states: 'The UK will work with the EU on the design of the interim period, including the arrangements for judicial supervision, enforcement and dispute resolution.'

It does rule out the ECJ continuing to have 'direct jurisdiction' over the UK after this period.

And in future, legal disputes will be settled by committees or arbitration panels and it singles out the 'Moldova model' as one that could be emulated.

Under this, the arbitration panel would have to refer the matter to the ECJ if it involves the interpretation of EU law and 'be bound by its interpretation'. 

Remain supporters have claimed Mrs May has climbed down from a hard-line position on the ECJ in search of a more pragmatic solution. 

But the Premier, speaking today in Guildford, insisted the system would mean British law was supreme. 

She said: 'Parliament will make our laws, it is British judges who will interpret those laws and it will be the British Supreme Court that will be the ultimate arbiter of those laws. 

'We will take back control of our laws.'

Mrs May said business wanted to know how disputes would be resolved under the future trading relationship between Britain and the EU. She said there were a 'number of ways' the arrangements could be set up and the final version would be subject to negotiation with the EU.  

But she said: 'We are very clear we won't have the European Court of Justice but we will put in place arrangements to ensure businesses have the confidence of knowing they can continue to trade across the EU.'  

Justice Minister Dominic Raab earlier admitted British courts would want to keep 'half an eye' on rulings in Europe to ensure laws were kept aligned.

But he insisted the principle of removing direct interference from the EU court would be maintained by the Government in the Brexit negotiations.  

In the race to be the world's richest tech billionaire, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are closing in on frontrunner Bill Gates as their fortunes increase by $15billion each.

It comes as no surprise that Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, still holds the top spot with his fortune amassing $84.5billion, marking the Harvard dropout's 18th time as the world's richest billionaire.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, 53, gave Gates a run for his money, surpassing the computer whiz for one morning, but ultimately came in second with a fortune of $81.7billion.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 33, is the third richest person, valued at $69.6billion, one of the 50 Americans dominating the list, Forbes revealed on Wednesday.

Both Zuckerberg and Bezos are the first and second biggest gainers this year, respectively, each increasing their extraordinary wealth by $15.5billion. The rest of the top 10 continues with Sergey Brin at $42.7billion, Jack Ma at $37.4billion, Ma Huateng with $36.7billion, Steve Ballmer with $32.9billion and Michael Dell amassing $22.4billion.

Eight out of the top 10 are from the United States with the other two hailing from China.

Bezos and Zuckerberg both had an eventful year.

Bezos, the owner of online retail giant Amazon.com, briefly held the top spot as the world's richest person in late July when his personal wealth surpassed $91billion.

He briefly topped Bill Gates, the 61-year-old co-founder of Microsoft Corp, who has held the top spot since May 2013.

But Bezos quickly slipped to second best when Amazon reported its second quarter earnings showing a profit of $197million on strong sales of $38billion.

The dip in profit is a 77 per cent drop from $857million this time last year, and it's mainly due to Amazon’s aggressive investments in its own business. Bezos' company announced in June a $13.7billion takeover of Whole Foods Market.

The takeover would give the e-commerce giant more than 460 Whole Foods stores and the possibility of making big changes to the supermarket industry.

Zuckerberg's wealth grew by $15.6billion this year, thanks to Facebook stock surging by 34 per cent within the past 12 months. 

The Facebook CEO is said to be rumored to be eyeing a role in politics, as his foundation has hired several heavy-weight political advisers to be on the charity's board.

Plus Zuckerberg has recently made moves to propel Facebook into the world of augmented reality with a new patent. 

Three members of the company's VR arm Oculus applied for a patent for AR glasses that would allow wearers to see virtual objects - and presumably Facebook posts and notifications - in the real world around them. The glasses will take on the Spectacle from Snap, which has dominated consumer-friendly AR with its famed filters (which Facebook is known to steal). 

Other notables on the list are Snapchat founders Evan Spiegel, 27, and Bobby Murphy, 29, the two youngest billionaires on the list, each worth $3.2billion.

The two Stanford fraternity brothers are both tied for 76th place. It is Murphy's first time on the list.