21 h. ago Erin Patterson discharged herself five minutes after doctor warned she may have death cap mushroom poisoning, court hears

Doctor tells Victorian triple murder trial he called the police in a bid to have Patterson return to the hospitalWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA doctor who treated Erin Patterson has told her triple murder trial that he was surprised she discharged herself from hospital five minutes after being told she may have been exposed to potentially fatal mushroom poisoning.Dr Christopher Webster, who was working at the Leongatha hospital two days after Patterson served beef wellington to her in-laws for lunch, gave evidence on Wednesday at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Sergio Agüero: ‘Dad never said I played well. He didn’t want me to become cocky’

Now the subject of a documentary, the former striker opens up on his strict upbringing in Argentina, the heart troubles that ended his career and that Manchester City goalDuring a visit to Madrid in 2007, Anatoliy Byshovets, the then head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow, said watching Sergio Agüero was like visiting the Prado. Pep Guardiola said he was a legend. Jorge Valdano said he could invent anything, anywhere, a unique footballer who had lost all fear, although he was wrong on that. Lionel Messi said he did the impossible. Diego Maradona said Agüero reminded him of himself, phoning one day to apologise for not playing him more. “I was a dickhead,” Maradona said.Sometimes it can feel like the one person who never said Agüero was good was the one person he really wanted to. When the former Manchester City striker announced he was retiring at the age of 33, forced to stop by a heart problem, all the stress accumulated beneath the surface since his debut at 15, his dad called and said h...

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1 week ago Pope Francis’s final moments revealed: How doctor knew he was gone, and his last regret

‘In that moment I knew there was nothing more to do. He was in a coma’

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1 week ago Doctor reveals details of Pope Francis’s final moments, and the pontiff’s last regret

‘In that moment I knew there was nothing more to do. He was in a coma’

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2 w. ago Mum of two left 'scared to death' by her doctor after holiday has transformed her life around

She lost 2 stone 10lbs and made the lifestyle change after being warned by her doctor that she had become morbidly obese

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4 w. ago Diego Maradona should not have been sent home in days before death, says doctor

Seven medical professionals who made up Diego Maradona's care team have been accused of culpable homicide

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4 w. ago Boy, 16, who dreamt of being a doctor, stabbed to death just days after moving from Wales

Ahmad Mamdouh Al Ibrahim was stabbed in the neck in Huddersfield town centre and died in hospital the same day

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4 w. ago Huddersfield stabbing victim, 16, 'thought he was safe' as heartbroken family pay tribute

Mamdouh Al Ibrahim, 16, thought he was safe in the UK after being injured in a bombing in Syria - the teen who dreamed of becoming a doctor was stabbed to death last week

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