4 h. ago My night of misery in A&E for a broken ankle left me in tears. I was treated with indifference verging on contempt. The NHS is broken: SARAH VINE

There is no question that violence against medical staff is totally unacceptable. Yesterday's report paints a worrying picture of assault in hospitals, with one worker attacked every two hours.

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12 h. ago Wicked Arizona stepmother's chilling 911 calls 'after she and boyfriend tortured girl, 10, to death'

Anicia Woods called 911 three times on July 27 to report she was taking her 'daughter' - later identified as Rebekah Baptiste - to an emergency medical service station because she was not breathing.

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14 h. ago Student who called hospital worker a 'Welsh c***' when staff were unable to help her sister as she had a seizure is convicted of racism

Layla Ahmed unleashed the verbal attack when staff at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff were unable to help her sister who was having a seizure on the floor.

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14 h. ago Student who called a hospital worker a 'Welsh c***' when staff were unable to help her sister who was having a seizure on the floor is convicted of racism

Layla Ahmed unleashed the verbal attack when staff at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff were unable to help her sister who was having a seizure on the floor.

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30 h. ago A&E waits fuel 4,000 attacks on NHS staff a year: One worker is attacked every two hours in 'tinder box' hospitals as nurses face violence and gun threats

Middle-class patients and their families are among those driven to rage by long waits and dehumanising care in corridors, the Royal College of Nursing said.

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3 d. ago Evil dad kills daughter, 5, for wetting herself and carries body parts around for months

A 'monster' father punched his little girl to death and scattered her body in various places. He refused to tell police where he'd hidden her remains in a cruel final insult to her family

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4 d. ago Reality TV winner beat toddler, 3, to death after girl threw

Ariel Robinson was a schoolteacher and stand-up comedian who found fame in 2020 after winning the 20th season of 'Worst Cooks in America', but in a rage after church the woman did the unthinkable

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4 d. ago Girl who was 'tortured to death' had begged her school not to let her go home

Rebekah Baptiste's father and his girlfriend have been accused of her murder.

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5 d. ago Black accounts worker who sued bosses for racial discrimination after she didn't get a birthday card from colleagues loses case

Black accounts worker Benabel Marston sued Excel Hospitality for race discrimination after colleagues at the Gatwick Hilton didn't give her a card on her birthday, but lost her case.

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6 d. ago Bizarre cause of death revealed for girl, 11, who fell off boat into lake and died

The horror unfolded around 4pm on July 27 on Wisconsin's Lake Alexander as the girl, Maisy Livingston, 11, lost her life. Her body was dragged from the lake around four hours later.

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6 d. ago Hospital worker tears up as she recalls death of girl, 14, left alone on ward

Ruth Szymankiewicz died after she was left unsupervised at a children’s mental health hospital by an inexperienced agency worker.

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6 d. ago Hospital ward ‘missing half its staff’ on day suicidal girl left unsupervised

Ellesha Brannigan told an inquest that her team at Huntercombe Hospital had to bring in staff from another ward so staff could take breaks.

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6 d. ago Girl, 14, died at hospital when ‘left alone by mental health worker with fake ID’

Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, was being treated for an eating disorder at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire, and should have been kept within eyesight at all times when she died, an inquest heard

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7 d. ago Council issues update on Waterworld tragedy as probe into girl's death underway

A four-year-old girl tragically died after being found unconscious at Waterworld, Stoke-on-Trent, and now the city council has said that it would launch a "full health and safety investigation"

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7 d. ago Girl, 10, dies all alone in hospital 'after being tortured to death by father and his girlfriend'

A 10-year-old girl died all alone after she was brutally tortured by her father and his girlfriend, according to police.

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7 d. ago UK largest indoor water park "shocked" and "saddened" after death of little girl

Despite best efforts of staff and paramedics at the poolside of Waterworld in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, the tragic tot was pronounced dead in hospital.

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8 d. ago Girl, 14, died at psychiatric hospital after 'worker' with false ID left her alone

Ruth Szymankiewicz, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, had an eating disorder and was a patient at Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead, since October 2021.

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8 d. ago Hospital worker left UK ‘never to be seen again’ after girl died under his watch

Ruth Szymankiewicz should have been under constant watch at Huntercombe Hospital after an incident 10 days before her death, an inquest heard.

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3 w. ago Father Figure by Emma Forrest review – a slippery tale of teenage obsession

Bristling with sexual, political and emotional angst, this finely tuned coming-of-age tale thrives on the grey areas of adolescenceFather Figure opens with a memory of murders, bought and paid for; then skips briskly to scholarship girl Gail, who is on the verge of being expelled from her expensive London academy for writing a scandalous essay. The connection between death and day school is new girl Agata, the daughter of notoriously corrupt East End businessman Ezra Levy.Ezra, a man who takes phone calls from Putin, buys football clubs and has had people killed, wants more for Agata than he had when young. Her anorexia is killing her, and he, “fleshy and stupid”, can’t stop it. Gail sets her sights on Ezra: part compulsion, part seduction, an adolescent power game taken to dangerous conclusions. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Christie Brinkley details devastating heartbreak that 'nearly broke her'

Christie Brinkley revealed she was almost driven to tears while recording the audio version of her memoir, Uptown Girl, which recounted her four marriages and near-death experiences.

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