11 h. ago 'Devoted' mum found dead next to disabled daughter after depression battle was 'concerned she wouldn't be well cared for' inquests hear

Inquests have begun into the deaths of Martina Karos and eight year-old Eleni Edwards

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12 h. ago 'Devoted' mother found dead at home with her disabled daughter, eight, was 'frightened she might be taken away from her', inquest hears

A 'devoted' mother found dead at her home with her eight-year-old disabled daughter was frightened her child might be taken from her, an inquest heard. 

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12 h. ago 'Devoted' mum found dead with daughter, 8, 'was scared child would be taken away'

The bodies of Martina Karos, 42, and her severely disabled daughter, Eleni Edwards were found at their home in Salford after Eleni failed to attend her special school on September 23, 2024

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6 d. ago Thousands left dead or disabled due to shortage of stroke specialists, medics warn

A lack of specialist consultants in NHS hospitals is leaving stroke patients without essential care, experts have warned

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7 d. ago Shortage of NHS stroke specialists leaving thousands dead or disabled, say doctors

Exclusive: Chronic lack of consultants across UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in timeThousands of people who have had a stroke are ending up severely disabled or dying because the NHS has too few specialists to treat them quickly enough, senior doctors are warning.A chronic shortage of stroke consultants across the NHS means that patients are suffering horrendous consequences because of delays in getting clot-busting drugs and surgery, they said.70% of stroke units are short of at least one consultant in stroke care, and many are two down.53 of 84 hospitals that responded had vacancies for a total of 96 consultants.The NHS relies heavily on locum doctors to fill holes in the workforce caused by the difficulty in recruiting new consultants.10% of the NHS’s 423 substantive (permanent) consultants are due to retire in the next five years, exacerbating the existing shortage. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Shortage of NHS stroke specialists resulting in thousands dead or disabled, say doctors

Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medicsThousands of people who have had a stroke are ending up severely disabled or dying because the NHS has too few specialists to treat them quickly enough, senior doctors are warning.A chronic shortage of stroke consultants across the NHS means that patients are suffering horrendous consequences because of delays in getting clot-busting drugs and surgery, they said.70% of stroke units are short of at least one consultant in stroke care, and many are two down.53 of 84 hospitals that responded had vacancies for a total of 96 consultants.The NHS relies heavily on locum doctors to fill holes in the workforce caused by the difficulty in recruiting new consultants.10% of the NHS’s 423 substantive (permanent) consultants are due to retire in the next five years, exacerbating the existing shortage. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'Horror moment on rollercoaster forced me to lose eight stone'

Once tipping the scales at over 18st, devoted mum Ivanna Bermudez struggled to be the mum she knew she could be. She tells how she's turned her life around...

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9 d. ago Euan McColm: Looming fight between SNP and Reform will see Scotland even further divided

Swinney facing Farage head on in Holyrood vote will make constitutional matters the battleground, rather than the public’s real concerns such as the NHS

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1 week ago Artist murdered at $2m home on millionaires' island 'by son, 45,' during bloodbath that saw her younger disabled son and second woman killed at nearby $1m house

Danielle Cuvillier was found dead at her home alongside her son Mackenzie Williams, 45. Her disabled son Nick and a woman were killed at a second $1m home.

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3 w. ago 'Devoted' Huddersfield mum of six 'murdered' as devastated friends pay tribute

Police are now treating an alleged attack on a 33-year-old Huddersfield mum as murder after she tragically passed away in hospital

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4 w. ago Tenerife hotel tragedy as man, 25, found dead hours after row with carer

Jamie Cole, 25, died whilst on holiday in Tenerife following a row with his carer, Lousha Rees, an inquest into his death heard

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