25 h. ago Schoolgirl dies just hours after being discharged from hospital with 'tonsillitis'

An inquest is due to be held into five-year-old Lila Marsland's death.

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27 h. ago 'Adorable' girl, 5, dies hours after being discharged with 'tonsillitis'

Rachael Mincherton's daughter Lila Marsland was taken to hospital after she started complaining of neck pain, a headache and had been vomiting

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27 h. ago Girl, 5, dies hours after being discharged from hospital with 'tonsillitis'

An inquest into her death is due to begin

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43 h. ago Senior doctor admits 'doubting his own judgement' after a teenage girl died from sepsis

Professor Richard Thompson is accused of numerous failings in his treatment of Martha Mills, 13, at London 's King's College Hospital two days before she died in August 2021.

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3 d. ago Kate’s touching words to brother of teenage girl who died from cancer

The Princess of Wales made a touching gesture to the brother of a teenage girl who died from cancer.

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3 d. ago Princess Kate’s touching words to brother of teenage girl who died from cancer

The Princess of Wales made a touching gesture to the brother of a teenage girl who died from cancer.

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3 d. ago Doctor gave 'false information' about girl, 13, before she died after bike accident

Martha Mills, 13, who died from sepsis, was referred to the paediatric intensive care unit at London’s King’s College Hospital “far too late” by Prof Richard Thompson, heard a medical tribunal

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3 d. ago Girl, 11, who died at Liquid Leisure waterpark party 'unlawfully killed,' says coroner

Kyra Hill, 11 went missing during a birthday party at Liquid Leisure in Windsor in 2022 but was tragically found dead in a swimming area leaving her loved ones devastated

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4 d. ago Doctor ‘gave misleading information’ on girl, 13, who later died of sepsis

The GMC says Martha Mills was referred to a paediatric intensive care unit ‘far too late’ after being described as ‘stable’.

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5 d. ago Disabled girl 'unable to scream' died in scorching hot car as mum had sex metres away

Cristina Pangalangan, who had cerebral palsy, was non-verbal, and used a wheelchair, suffered from hyperthermia after enduring nearly six hours inside the vehicle

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8 d. ago Man and woman arrested on suspicion of murder after death of 2

Police said a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a two-year-old girl died in hospital having suffered serious head injuries

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9 d. ago Hundreds of A&E patients needlessly die every week while waiting for hospital beds

More than 1.7 million patients waited 12 hours or more to be admitted, discharged or transferred from A&E

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9 d. ago Dad who left girl, 2, to 'die in hot car' goes on luxury holiday with two other kids

Christopher Scholtes, 38, from Arizona, is set to stand trial later this year after he allegedly left his daughter in a hot car while he played video games

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9 d. ago Schoolgirl cyclist, 15, dies three days after being hit by Ford Transit van

Police were called to reports of a crash in Felsted, Essex at 4.50pm on April 22 where the rider of a bike, a 15-year-old girl, was taken to hospital and died three days later.

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1 week ago Dad who 'left girl, 2, to die in 43C car' goes on beach holiday with his two other kids

Christopher Scholtes, 38, has been charged with first-degree murder and intentional child abuse after his two-year-old daughter was found dead inside his car on a scorching hot day

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1 week ago Girl, six, dies after routine operation left her vomiting 'green liquid'

Ruby Trussler, from Harlow, Essex, appeared to recover well from the operation in March 2024 but her health deteriorated in early October of the same year

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1 week ago Mum thought 'this can't go on' as girl, 6, died after routine appendix removal

Ruby Trussler, six, had her appendix removed in March 2024 and months later was rushed to A&E where she later caught sepsis - leading her family to have to make the 'hardest choice'

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1 week ago Pregnant mother, 29, and unborn baby girl die at home in double tragedy

Aliesha Fisher, 29, was found dead on her bedroom floor by her cousin just weeks before she was due to give birth.

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2 w. ago ‘Hollowing out’: New Zealand grapples with an uncertain future as record numbers leave

Surge of departures – mostly fleeing a weak economy - fuels concern over the longer-term impact on the country as some small towns scramble for survivalShe considers herself a diehard South Island girl, but Harriet Baker, 33, won’t be raising her children in the city where she’s spent most of her life.“When we bought our house I said, ‘You’ll be taking me out of here in a casket,” she says, of the Dunedin home she and husband Cameron Baker, 33, sold last month. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Girl, 6, playing outside her house dies after 'running out into road'

Six-year-old Myra Tahseen, who has been named for the first time, was tragically 'struck' by a car after she 'ran out into the road' while playing outside her home in Rochdale, Greater Manchester

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