17 h. ago Tearful officer tells court ‘I’m not trigger happy’, after tasering amputee, 92

Police had been called to Park Beck care home in St Leonards-on-Sea after Donald Burgess had reportedly threatened staff with a serrated knife.

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41 h. ago Several people dead after small plane crash in San Diego neighborhood

FAA said a Cessna 550 crashed in the early morning, damaging several vehicles and a homeSeveral people are dead after a small aircraft crashed in a neighborhood in San Diego, California, early on Thursday morning, the San Diego police department confirmed, clipping one home and damaging several vehicles.The crash killed the plane’s passengers, Dan Eddy, the assistant San Diego fire chief, said at a Thursday morning news conference. The aircraft could hold eight to 10 people but it is unknown how many were on board. No one on the ground in the military housing neighborhood was injured. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Officer’s decision to spray amputee, 92, was ‘consistent with training’

The care home had called 999 after Mr Burgess, a single-leg amputee and wheelchair user, reportedly grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff.

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45 h. ago Officer who used spray on amputee, 92, did not see he was disabled, court told

Pc Stephen Smith is accused of using excessive force on Donald Burgess during an incident at a care home in East Sussex in June 2022.

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45 h. ago Actor Timothy West's cause of death revealed: EastEnders and Coronation Street star died after nasty fall

Actor Timothy West died 'peacefully with his family around him' at a care home where he was receiving palliative care after a three-month stay in hospital following a fall, an inquest has heard.

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45 h. ago EastEnders star Timothy West's tragic cause of death confirmed after dying aged 90

EastEnders actor Timothy West died 'peacefully' at a care home he was living in after he fell at home and couldn't support himself

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46 h. ago Timothy West died after nasty fall as EastEnders icon's cause of death revealed

An inquest into the death of EastEnders star Timothy West has confirmed the legendary actor died peacefully with his family around him, six months after he was found unresponsive at a care home

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48 h. ago Owners of care home where manager was wrongly arrested after three residents died criticise police for putting them under 'shadow of suspicion and speculation for seven months'

The manager of the Gainsborough Care Home in Swanage, Dorset, was arrested for manslaughter after the sudden and unexplained deaths last October.

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56 h. ago Woman, 27, was 'excited for future' before she accidentally took own life, inquest hears

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Emily Miller, 27, was under the care of a home-based treatment team from Greater Manchester Mental Health at the time of her death

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67 h. ago Police ‘joked about using full can of pepper spray’ on disabled 92

In a clip, one of officer said: “Oh my God, is there any left in your can?”

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2 d. ago Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers

A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers allege harm to residentsUnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest healthcare conglomerate, has secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to help slash hospital transfers for ailing residents – part of a series of cost-cutting tactics that has saved the company millions, but at times risked residents’ health, a Guardian investigation has found.Those secret bonuses have been paid out as part of a UnitedHealth program that stations the company’s own medical teams in nursing homes and pushes them to cut care expenses for residents covered by the insurance giant. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Nato base in Britain could be knocked out by undersea cable attack, MPs hear as Russia is blamed for string of seabed missions

Nato's Allied Maritime Command in Hertfordshire, could be hit by a major communications blackout if deep sea cables linking the UK to Europe and the US are sabotaged, MPs have been warned.

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3 d. ago Eleanor the Great review – June Squibb takes on Holocaust survivor trauma in Scarlett Johansson’s iffy directing debut

The 95-year-old actor gives an enjoyably twinkly performance in a film that misjudges how seriously its story should be takenScarlett Johansson’s directorial feature debut, from a screenplay by Tory Kamen, is honestly intentioned and sweetly acted – notably by the film’s 95-year-old star June Squibb, whose remarkable career renaissance began with her being nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar for Alexander Payne’s 2013 film Nebraska. But this frankly odd film is misjudged and naive about the implications of its Holocaust theme. Its bland, TV-movie tone of sentimentality fails to accommodate the existential nightmare of the main plot strand, or indeed the subordinate question of when and whether to put your elderly parent in a care home.Squibb plays Eleanor Morgenstein, a widowed Jewish lady with a waspish way of speaking her mind to condescending youngsters, including the blandly unhelpful teen working in a supermarket who presumes to tell Eleanor that all pickles taste pre...

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3 d. ago Strachan House celebrates the return of student nurses to care home

Staff at Strachan House in Edinburgh were delighted to welcome back Student nurses to the home. Student nurses play such a huge role in the future of nursing in Care homes and we couldn’t be happier to celebrate their placements here and develop the nurses of the future.

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3 d. ago Man, 92, vowed to murder care home staff before being tasered, trial hears

A care home boss said 92-year-old Donald Burgess looked ‘possessed’ before the alleged assault by police officers,

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4 d. ago Deal with EU on defence ‘first step’ to further cooperation, minister says

Defence Secretary John Healey says the agreement opens the door to more collaboration as MPs hear the amount the UK will pay is still to be decided.

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6 d. ago I was ostracised after I was wrongly accused of attacking two children... but it was my paedophile neighbour

Ex-care home manager Mandy French, 55, (pictured) was arrested for shooting two 13-year-old boys with an air rifle - despite police taking one from her neigbour's home.

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6 d. ago Home care company owner in West Lothian appeals to UK Government to reconsider national insurance hike

Home Instead joined thousands calling for the social care sector to be exempt

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6 d. ago Brazil legend Lucio taken to 'intensive care' after suffering burns in accident

Former Brazil and Inter Milan defender Lucio suffered burns at home and he remains in intensive care at a hospital in Brasilia following an incident on Thursday

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7 d. ago Voices: Readers call for compassion in assisted dying debate – ‘I should have the right to die if I want to’

Many argued for greater autonomy, referencing the suffering of loved ones and calling current restrictions cruel and outdated

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