70 m. ago Patients dying of sepsis because medics too slow to spot it, warns NHS watchdog

Recognition remains an ‘urgent safety risk’ and relatives’ concerns are too often ignored, says Health Services Safety Investigations BodySepsis is causing thousands of deaths a year, a charity has said, as the NHS’s safety watchdog warned that doctors and nurses are too often slow to identify and treat it.“The recognition of sepsis remains an urgent and persistent safety risk”, despite previous reports highlighting the large number of deaths it causes when diagnosed too late, according to the Health Services Safety Investigations Body. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Vet issues urgent warning to dog owners over public drinking bowls

It might be tempting to let your thirsty pet take a sip from communal water bowls - but a vet nurse cautions that these bowls could be exposing them to serious harm

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2 h. ago Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death

Pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs previously lost material by experimental French composer on a new albumTwenty-seven previously unheard works by Erik Satie, from playful cabaret songs to minimalist nocturnes, are to be premiered a century after the death of the notoriously eccentric and innovative French composer.Painstakingly pieced together from hundreds of small notebooks, most of the new works are thought to have been written in the bohemian bistros of Montmartre in Paris where Satie worked as a pianist in the early decades of the 20th century. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Australia mushroom trial live: Erin Patterson jury to begin deliberations after judge’s charge concludes on Monday

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to Patterson’s evidence about the dried mushrooms.He says Patterson said she realised on 2 August 2023 that she may have put foraged mushrooms in a Tupperware container including store-bought mushrooms that she used in the beef wellington. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Abandoned UK village in the middle of nowhere left to rot for 80 years

A school building still stands with children's name pegs and examples of their work on the walls in what remains a poignant reminder of a village that once was

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4 h. ago OAP couple found keeping 43 pedigree cats in a rancid, faeces

Warning upsetting content: Ernest Frost, 71, and his 68-year-old wife Jean were living in a property which had the worst smell encountered by a RSPCA inspector in eight years.

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5 h. ago Australia mushroom trial live: judge’s charge to Erin Patterson jury continues on day 38

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder over a fatal mushroom lunch in 2023. Follow liveBeale turns to Patterson’s second alleged incriminating conduct - lying about where the dried mushrooms used in the beef wellingtons.The prosecution has labelled certain conduct as incriminating, meaning it is an implied admission of guilt, the court has heard. The defence has argued there are other innocent explanations for the conduct the prosecution relies on Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Former Venezuela spymaster pleads guilty to narcoterrorism charge ahead of trial

A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez has pleaded guilty to narco-terrorist charges

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7 h. ago Southwest Airlines considers adding premium class and airport lounges to compete in crowded market

In midst of transformation, airline looks to introduce services for high-spending travelers as it overhauls business model

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7 h. ago Creepy 'human whistle' heard in abandoned UK psychiatric hospital

More ghostly goings-on have been witnessed at the derelict Rosslynlee Hospital that used to treat psychiatric patients but has been closed since 2011 and lies abandoned

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8 h. ago American Airlines flight forced to turn around as witnesses see ‘flames and smoke’ coming from the plane

An American Airlines plane made an emergency return to the Las Vegas airport Wednesday morning after passengers and local observers saw smoke and flames coming from the engine.

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8 h. ago Moment man abandoned as baby in plastic bag with placenta still attached finally meets birth family

A man who was abandoned as a baby inside a plastic bag with his placenta still attached had an emotional reunion with his birth family on Wednesday's (25 June) episode of Long Lost Family on ITV.

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8 h. ago Call The Midwife 'to end after 15 series as the cast of long

The heartwarming show first aired in 2012 and has since put out 14 series, totalling to more than 100 episodes following the nurses and nuns in Poplar.

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9 h. ago Nearly seven million passengers denied plane boarding despite having ticket and passport

One strict airline policy is leaving millions stranded at the airport after being denied boarding to their flight.

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9 h. ago Republicans are worried ‘too many Medicaid cuts’ will derail Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Trump says ‘NO ONE GOES ON VACATION UNTIL IT’S DONE’ but Republicans still worry about rural hospitals

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9 h. ago Extraordinary way Lauren Sanchez chose Parisian pastry chef Cédric Grolet to design world's most extravagant cake for wedding to Jeff Bezos

The world's most in-demand pastry chef has flown to Venice with his model girlfriend to craft a top-secret cake for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's star-studded wedding.

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10 h. ago Nurse pleads guilty to abandoning her French bulldog at Pittsburgh airport because she couldnt take it with her on vacation to Mexico

Allison Lyn Gaiser, 46, confessed to abandoning the pet as part of a plea deal that allows her to avoid jail time.

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11 h. ago After weeks of severe delays United claims Newark is now the most on

United says that almost 84 percent of Newark flights have arrived within 14 minutes of schedule recently

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11 h. ago Prisoner who stabbed child killer Roy Whiting told nurses he did it to get taken off the wing, court hears

Andrew Light, 45, complained he 'disliked being among nonces' on D-Wing of HMP Wakefield.

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12 h. ago British woman stranded in Israel remains in dark about evacuation flights

Mali Smith, 66, said she has not heard from the Foreign Office since registering for the repatriation flights last week.

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