内容摘要：The 24-year-old had been driving on the A34 near Manchester on Monday night when his car left the road and rolled before landing on its side, Greater Manchester Police said.

The 24-year-old had been driving on the A34 near Manchester on Monday night when his car left the road and rolled before landing on its side, Greater Manchester Police said.

Ms Clark said the talks would celebrate the most-read genre in the East Riding.''We are incredibly grateful for the support from Arts Council England which helps us bring these fantastic events into the heart of our community," she said.

The full list of author's talks are on theI step into the booth with some trepidation. I am about to be subjected to strobe lighting while music plays – as part of a research project trying to understand what makes us truly human.It's an experience that brings to mind the test in the science fiction film Bladerunner, designed to distinguish humans from artificially created beings posing as humans.

Could I be a robot from the future and not know it? Would I pass the test?The researchers assure me that this is not actually what this experiment is about. The device that they call the "Dreamachine", after the

of the same name, is designed to study how the human brain generates our conscious experiences of the world.

As the strobing begins, and even though my eyes are closed, I see swirling two-dimensional geometric patterns. It's like jumping into a kaleidoscope, with constantly shifting triangles, pentagons and octagons. The colours are vivid, intense and ever-changing: pinks, magentas and turquoise hues, glowing like neon lights."It was incomprehensible that my best friend would do something like that to me," she said.

Ms Piggin, who is now unable to work due to her mental health,said the assault left her with a sense of "confusion, betrayal and sadness".

She said she could not believe her former friend "abused" the trust she gave him.The attack on 29 April 2023, has left Ms Piggin with anxiety issues and led to her dropping out of her Open University course.