8 h. ago Gordon McQueen's family call for 'football to do more to protect players'

The family of former Scotland defender Gordon McQueen have called for urgent action to make football safer after an inquest found that repeatedly heading the ball was “likely” to have contributed to the brain injury that played a role in his death.

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8 h. ago Family of Gordon McQueen in plea to make football safer after his death

An inquest found that heading the ball was ‘likely’ to have contributed to a brain injury which was a factor in McQueen’s death.

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11 h. ago Gordon McQueen inquest finds heading football 'likely' contributed to brain injury of former Scotland defender

A coroner has ruled that repeatedly heading a football was likely a contributing factor in the brain injury linked to the death of former Scotland, Manchester United and Leeds United defender Gordon McQueen, who died aged 70 in 2023.

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11 h. ago Gordon McQueen brain injury 'likely' caused by heading footballs

A coroner has ruled that repeatedly heading a football was likely a contributing factor in the brain injury linked to the death of former Scotland, Manchester United and Leeds United defender Gordon McQueen, who died aged 70 in 2023.

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56 h. ago Autistic boy's 'heartbreaking plea' before 'school prison brain death'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Joshua Sikes, 11, allegedly 'suffered brain death' after being trapped in a 'makeshift classroom prison', and is said to have been 'devastated' after not getting his final wish

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8 d. ago Autistic boy suffers brain death in a makeshift school 'prison' begging for mum

An 11-year-old autistic child suffered brain death after allegedly being 'imprisoned" in his own classroom, with his heartbroken mother claiming staff 'watched and did nothing' to help as he smashed his head against the floor

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1 week ago Kids with brain cancer were already in a life and death struggle. Then came Trump

The US president vowed to ‘end childhood cancer’. But his administration is dismantling the search for a cure and sending families scrambling for treatmentFor seven years, Jenn Janosko cared for children with cancer on the ninth floor of New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital.It’s the happiest sad place she knows. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Widow calls for frozen tissue law change after husband’s brain tumour death

Ellie James said she believes her husband would still be alive had the law been in place when he was receiving treatment

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2 w. ago My shock discovery made me rethink everything I know about death. This is exactly what happens after your heart stops beating... and what you'll see, reveals neurosurgeon

It's been said that, when you die, your life flashes before your eyes. While it's never been scientifically proven, one doctor's discovery has made him rethink everything he knows about death.

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3 w. ago Sir Alex Ferguson's new life after his wife died and he suffered brain haemorrhage

Sir Alex Ferguson has faced his fair share of adversity since retiring as Manchester United manager in 2013, with a brain haemorrhage and the death of his wife, Cathy, among the challenges he has had to overcome

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3 w. ago Divers' 'worst death imaginable' as organs and brain pushed out of body underwater

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The accident remains one of the most horrific and gruesome deaths on record.

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3 w. ago Diver's 'organs and brain expelled from his body' in horrifying underwater death

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Five men tragically died in horrific ways because of the incident and a sixth man sustained life-threatening injuries after being crushed.

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3 w. ago Inside Sir Alex Ferguson's new life after brain haemorrhage and wife Cathy's death

Sir Alex Ferguson turns 84 today - and to mark the occasion we take a look inside his new life after a challenging period of personal and professional loss

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3 w. ago Man, 26, who thought he 'had the flu' for years dies as heartbroken family pay tribute

The 26-year-old Kieran Shingler started getting symptoms in 2022 that he believed was Covid-19 before a CT scan uncovered a mass in his brain that led to his death

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