8 h. ago Hospital sexual assault victim was unlawfully killed, says coroner

Grandmother Valerie Kneale was assaulted after she was admitted to Blackpool Victoria Hospital following a stroke in 2018. She died four days later.

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37 h. ago Mum caught on hospital CCTV injecting toddler with deadly substance

Concerned medics noticed a decline in the toddler's condition, noting that there "appeared to be anomalies", whereby the little boy's glucose levels would fall and then stabilise.

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39 h. ago Mother caught on hospital CCTV subjecting toddler son to unimaginable act

Mum Alexandra Marie Frost will now serve 10 years behind bars after devastating CCTV footage confirmed hospital staff's worst suspicions about the treatment of her two-year-old son

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5 d. ago Haunting final moments of girl, 14, who was left with hospital worker with fake ID

WARNING MENTIONS SUICIDE: Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, took her life after she was left unsupervised by a hospital worker with a fake ID - CCTV shows the teenager's final moments at Huntercombe Hospital

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8 d. ago Caught Stealing review – Darren Aronosky’s violent, chaotic and highly enjoyable crime flick

After Mother! and The Whale, Aronosky’s new movie centres on a washed-up alcoholic former baseball star’s encounters with a villainous underworldBaseball fans will see the pun straight away; I had to look it up. The non-batting runner, having only made it a certain way around the field, gets tagged out by a fielder trying to “steal”, or sneak up, on a base from the one behind. As far as the non-metaphorical meaning goes, no one in this movie is actually apprehended in the act of theft. But in a world where home runs are unavailable to most, the idea of cheekily trying for covert advantage and survival through quick wits is clear.Charlie Huston’s violent crime novel of the same name from 2004 has been adapted for the screen by the author, and Darren Aronofsky directs with gleeful energy, flair and a dark humour that straddles the mischief/malice borderline. Incredible to think that his last film was the solemn and inertly sententious body-image drama The Whale. This has more of the c...

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8 d. ago Caught Stealing review – Darren Aronofsky’s violent, chaotic and highly enjoyable crime flick

After Mother! and The Whale, Aronofsky’s new movie centres on a washed-up alcoholic former baseball star’s encounters with a villainous underworldBaseball fans will see the pun straight away; I had to look it up. The non-batting runner, having only made it a certain way around the field, gets tagged out by a fielder trying to “steal”, or sneak up, on a base from the one behind. As far as the non-metaphorical meaning goes, no one in this movie is actually apprehended in the act of theft. But in a world where home runs are unavailable to most, the idea of cheekily trying for covert advantage and survival through quick wits is clear.Charlie Huston’s violent crime novel of the same name from 2004 has been adapted for the screen by the author, and Darren Aronofsky directs with gleeful energy, flair and a dark humour that straddles the mischief/malice borderline. Incredible to think that his last film was the solemn and inertly sententious body-image drama The Whale. This has more of the ...

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9 d. ago Mother, 51, wins £3,500 police payout after 'disgusting' officers were caught on their own bodycams handling her lingerie and laughing at her sex toys during raid

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Nichola Corr, 51, from Essex, says the officers were like 'children in a playground', throwing a G-string back and forth and pulling her erotic gadgets out of the box.

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3 w. ago Death of girl left alone by fake ID worker was unlawful, jury inquest concludes

Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, should have been under constant watch at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire when she was left unsupervised.

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3 w. ago Mother reveals 'unimaginable' loss after son, 30, died from 'smoking vape laced with opioid 20 times more powerful than fentanyl'

Freddy Ireland-Rose, 30, died last September following an accidental overdose of nitazenes, a drug thought to be around 20 times more powerful than fentanyl.

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4 w. 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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