95 minutes ago Clydesdale MSP seeks consideration of firework control zones for constituency

Mairi McAllan says local residents have raised concerns about the impact of firework misuse on pets and on emergency services

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3 hours ago Mothers demand action over 'boiling' maternity ward likened to 'scene from war movie' as babies go floppy, women faint and discharge themselves early

Among those raising concerns is Anna Clarkson (pictured), who described conditions at Homerton University Hospital as 'boiling' and 'like a scene from a war movie'.

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4 hours ago Babies go floppy in the heat, mothers faint and others discharge themselves early from 'boiling' maternity ward despite more than a decade of complaints

Among those raising concerns is Anna Clarkson (pictured), who described conditions at Homerton University Hospital as 'boiling' and 'like a scene from a war movie'.

Society

12 hours ago Lucy Letby's parents wanted doctors who raised suspicions about her killing babies 'instantly' sacked, public inquiry hears

John Letby, 78, repeatedly rang and put 'pressure' on his daughter's support worker at the Countess of Chester Hospital, when she was moved off the neo-natal unit amid fears she was harming children.

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16 hours ago Lucy Letby's dad's 'angry' phone call demanding doctors sacked for branding daughter a killer

The father of Lucy Letby told hospital bosses that two consultants should be "instantly dismissed" after raising concerns that she was deliberately harming babies, a public inquiry heard

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19 hours ago Lucy Letby’s father ‘wanted dismissal of two consultants who raised concerns’

John Letby was also said to have ‘exerted pressure’ via phone calls to members of staff at the Countess of Chester Hospital, a public inquiry heard.

Politics

19 hours ago Covid victim’s daughter says legislative change needed over hospital visits

The Covid-19 Inquiry heard that Martina Ferguson had to argue with staff at a hospital for access in the days before her mother died in 2021.

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22 hours ago Welsh MP says 'incompetent' Met Office 'let people down' over Storm Bert

Concerns have been raised about the type of weather warnings issued before Storm Bert

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