41 m. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Terry Smith, visionary Forth Ports Property Director who helped transform Leith

Terence Smith, Property Director, Forth Ports. Born: February 1947 in Kelvindale, Glasgow. Died: April 2025 at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, aged 78

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3 h. ago Mum leading youth violence campaign urges kids to speak up in wake of Kayden Moy's death

Kayden Moy, 16, died after he was allegedly stabbed to death at Irvine Beach last weekend.

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16 h. ago Road blocked as family and friends pay tribute to two teenagers killed in motorbike crash

The two teenagers sadly died in hospital after the crash in Lower Broughton Road

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18 h. ago Two teenage boys killed in Salford horror crash named as dozens of tributes left at scene

The two teenagers sadly died in hospital after the crash in Lower Broughton Road

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20 h. ago Salford crash horror as two teen motorbike riders, 16 and 17, killed after car smash

Police said the two males, aged 16 and 17, who were believed to be riding the same motorbike, collided with a Vauxhall Viva in Salford, and later died in hospital

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20 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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22 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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23 h. ago A life saved and what Erin Patterson allegedly confided to friends: week four of the mushroom lunch trial

Sole surviving lunch guest watches on as Victorian supreme court hears how hospital staff ‘thought he was going to die’ from death cap mushroom poisoningWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Ian Wilkinson sat in the Victorian supreme court, only metres from the woman accused of trying to murder him, as one of the men who helped save his life gave evidence.Prof Stephen Warrillow, the director of intensive care at Austin Health, had already spoken about the deaths of three people from death cap mushroom poisoning and the particular characteristics of their illnesses; “rapidly progressive deterioration”, the organ failure and of it being “non-survivable”. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago 'GP gave stepdad laxatives, but we knew something was very wrong'

Ronnie Haston was planning for retirement, but died two weeks after being admitted to hospital

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36 h. ago Young mum dies while on holiday in Turkey before autopsy reveals awful truth

Beth Martin, 28, flew to Turkey with her husband Luke and their two young children - but the trip ended in tragedy when she died in hospital just two days later

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38 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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45 h. ago Mum, 28, who died in Turkey had 'heart removed' as hospital probe mystery

A mother of two tragically died while on holiday in Turkey and her autopsy has now revealed that her heart was removed by doctors without the family's knowledge

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47 h. ago Boy, 15, collapses while playing football and dies after doctor's fatal mistake

Popular Jake Lawler, 15, collapsed for the second time in weeks during a game of football and later died in hospital after his family was given the wrong diagnosis, an inquest heard

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49 h. ago Boy, 15, dies after collapsing at football three weeks after hospital release

A coroner has ruled that it was 'probable' Jake Lawler would not have died if 'the correct actions been taken'

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53 h. ago Horror as mother, 28, mysteriously dies on holiday in Turkey

Beth Martin, 28, from Portsmouth, was rushed to hospital after she became 'delirious' just one day into a dream trip away with her husband Luke and two children, aged eight and five.

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3 d. ago Delay in improving NHS maternity care ‘costs lives of hundreds of babies a year’

Baby charities’ report shows that high rates of stillbirth and neonatal death are not reducing quickly enoughA delay in improving NHS maternity care is costing the lives of hundreds of babies a year, analysis shows.At least 2,500 fewer babies would have died since 2018 if hospitals had managed to reduce the number of of stillbirths and neonatal and maternal deaths in England, as the government falls behind on its commitment to halve the rate of those three events. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Tragedy as toddler, 2, dies after 'falling from height' as investigation launched

The two-year-old boy died after falling from height in Forest Hill, south east London - he was treated at the scene but died in hospital a short time later, police said

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3 d. ago Teen dying on beach 'only a matter of time' says mum of girl battered by gang

Kayden Moy, 16, from East Kilbride, died in hospital after being stabbed at Irvine Beach and now the mother of a schoolgirl beaten up by a gang is demanding more action against youth violence

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4 d. ago "Only a matter of time" Mum of schoolgirl battered by gang hits out after teen dies at beach

Sharon Bavaird has hit out over the Scottish Government's "inaction" to tackle youth violence after Kayden Moy, 16, was allegedly stabbed to death at Irvine Beach at the weekend.

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4 d. ago Irvine Beach stabbing: How teens at party desperately tried to save Kayden Moy

16-year-old Kayden Moy was at Ivrine Beach in Ayrshire, Scotland, enjoying the sunshine with his friends when he was fatally stabbed - dying of his injuries the next day

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