10 h. ago 'I have nightmares over pocket bully dog attack which left me in hospital for days'

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Gina Evans was left needing 22 stitches after the out-of-control 'pocket bully' charged at her and sank its teeth into her left calf while she was walking her own dog

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20 h. ago Gaza’s sick children wait in torturous limbo for medical evacuations

For some the only hope is treatment abroad, but not all survive the long, desperate wait for Israel’s approvalAbdel Karim Wahdan no longer has the energy to speak. When visitors arrive, the eight-year-old pretends to be sleeping so that no one looks at him. Between his frequent dialysis sessions, he cries. His bones hurt, he says.Abdel Karim is dying. His death should be preventable but because he lives in Gaza he cannot access the treatment that would save his life. What started as acute kidney failure is now chronic: his small body has begun to swell and he spends his days between hospital beds and injections that he hates. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Parents who advised daughter against chemotherapy warned over inquest behaviour

Paloma Shemirani, 23, collapsed last July and was taken to hospital where she died five days later having earlier declined cancer treatment.

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33 h. ago Teenager died after police were called to her flat, but could not be saved after 'frustrating' delay

As police tried to find clues as to what could have happened to Alex Duce she was inside her flat. When she was found later that day she had hanged herself and died days later in hospital

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38 h. ago Man released after arrest in connection with death of 'popular' Aberdeen man

Austin Ironside was found badly injured at a property in the city and died in hospital two days later.

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5 d. ago Adult film star dies aged 28 days after family asked for ‘prayers’

Vitoria Beatriz had been in hospital in critical condition for a number of days before her death.

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5 d. ago Pensioner dies in hospital six days after being hit by car in Airdrie while riding mobility scooter

A man riding a mobility scooter has died after being hit by a car.

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7 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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8 d. ago I forced my reluctant husband to take my placenta home and blend it into a smoothie

Radio 1 host Vicky Hope consumed her placenta after having a baby with DJ Calvin Harris. Seeing the news reminded Jodie Gibson, Walthamstow, of when she drank hers in a smoothie

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9 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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1 week ago Loni Anderson, star of 1980s sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, dies aged 79

Actor died at a Los Angeles hospital after a ‘prolonged’ illness, days before her 80th birthday, her publicist saysLoni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy WKRP in Cincinnati, died on Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged” illness, said her longtime publicist, Cheryl J Kagan. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Rylan Clark shares a sweet birthday tribute to his mum Linda as she turns 73 and updates fans on her health after she was rushed to hospital

The beloved presenter, 36, informed his followers on Friday night that he wouldn't be hosting his BBC Radio 2 show the day after Linda was rushed to hospital.

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3 w. ago Man sucked into MRI machine while wearing large metal necklace dies

The man, who has not yet been identified, was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries but he sadly died a day after the horror incident.

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3 w. ago Athlete dies after competing in gruelling British Ironman event

Ironman Wales said the athlete received immediate medical care during the swim section of the Swansea race on Sunday 13 July, and died after four days in hospital

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4 w. ago Where Oasis, the Killers and Noddy Holder raised hell: Britpop’s debauched HQ, the Columbia hotel

Noel Gallagher named a song after it, Marc Almond practically moved in and the Killers had a bathtub reserved for puking in – but was it rock’n’roll, or just a bit tragic?In the early 2000s, a member of the New York dance-punk band Radio 4 was walking upstairs when he realised he’d forgotten the key to his room at London’s Columbia hotel. Rather than walk back down the several flights he’d already climbed, he drunkenly decided to jump all the way down to the reception level. When he regained consciousness, a bemused Courtney Love was staring down at his prone body. As was an irate hotel manager, who swiftly barred the band from staying there for years, before the crumpled musician was scooped up to go and spend a few days in hospital.It was not easy to get barred from the Columbia hotel, but Radio 4 were not the only ones who managed it. Once, at 6am, members of Oasis decided to throw all the furniture in the bar out of the window, piece by piece. When items landed on the hotel mana...

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4 w. ago British tourist plunges from Ibiza supermarket car park days after Scot dies at hotel

A 25-year-old man was rushed to hospital after the incident at the Mercadona supermarket in San Antonio, days after Evan Thomson died at the Ibiza Rocks Hotel.

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