4 d. ago Constance Marten’s partner tells court ‘no laws on how to raise your children’

Marten and Mark Gordon have denied the gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter Victoria and causing or allowing her death in 2023.

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5 d. ago Senior doctor’s failures in teenager’s care at London hospital ‘amounted to gross negligence’

A medical tribunal found that Professor Richard Thompson’s failures in the care of Martha Mills were ‘particularly grave’

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5 d. ago UK teenager who killed herself was ‘highly affected’ by terrorism arrest, inquest finds

Rhianan Rudd died of ‘self-inflicted act’ after facing charges but coroner says failures in her case were ‘not systemic’A vulnerable teenage girl who died five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped was “highly affected” by her arrest but failures in her case were “not systemic”, a coroner has concluded.Rhianan Rudd died at a children’s home aged 16 in May 2022, as the result of a self-inflicted act, said the chief coroner of England and Wales, Alexia Durran.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Senior medics in England say more resident doctor strikes would be futile

Exclusive: Letter from six top figures says more walkouts by junior colleagues would help those who oppose the NHSLetter: Resident doctors should vote against strike actionSix senior figures in England’s medical profession have criticised potential strikes by resident doctors as “a futile gesture” that will harm patients and help those who oppose the NHS.The move is the first public evidence of the significant unease many senior doctors feel about the possibility of their junior colleagues staging a new campaign of industrial action in England. Continue reading...

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1 week ago People with cancer face ‘ticking timebomb’ due to NHS staff shortages

Royal College of Radiologists warns of long delays to have surgery or treatment, raising chances of disease spreadingPeople with cancer face a “ticking timebomb” of delays in getting diagnosed and treated because the NHS is too short-staffed to provide prompt care, senior doctors have warned.An NHS-wide shortage of radiologists and oncologists means patients are enduring long waits to have surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy and have a consultant review their care.“Our waiting times for breast radiotherapy are now the worst I have ever known in 20 years.”“Current wait for head and neck cancers [is] six weeks, meaning possible progression before radiotherapy.”“A multiple week wait for palliative treatment has sometimes led to deterioration to the point is no longer possible.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Falling Into Place review – earnest romantic drama aims to nail the thirtysomething dilemma

A magical encounter on Skye leads to real life back in London in Aylin Tezel’s honest but difficult-to-care love storyGerman actor Aylin Tezel writes, directs and stars in this strident, fervent, oddly unreal romantic drama set in London and Skye; it is like the world’s longest TV banking ad without the humour that something like this needs. Yet for all its faults it’s an honest, flawed attempt to show how complicated it is to meet someone in your 30s who may be The One when both of you already have entanglements or relationships or ex-relationships.It looks like a very personal work from Tezel, with moments that could be taken from real life. Chris Fulton plays Ian, a guy who has come back to his home town in Skye for difficult family reasons, and in the pub he meets-cute, or meets-intense, with German set-designer Kira, played by Tezel. They have a magical night where they stay up all night talking, but then have to part, both back to London where they pursue their separate imperf...

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1 week ago Divers' horror deaths over 48 hours after being sucked into 30

Four divers were killed in a horror accident while carrying out maintenance work on an underwater pipe off the coast of Trinidad with the investigation pointing towards gross negligence

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2 w. ago Russian doctors face prison after 'selling babies' in twisted £500K plot

Eight doctors and senior clinic officials have been detained in Russia after being accused of orchestrating a sinister scam which saw embryos arranged for birth - for the purpose of selling them abroad

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2 w. ago Russian captain of container ship in devastating fatal crash into oil tanker in North Sea denies manslaughter by gross negligence

Vladimir Motin, 59, appeared at the Old Bailey in London via video link from HMP Hull. Assisted by a Russian interpreter, he spoke only to confirm his name and plead not guilty to manslaughter.

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2 w. ago Lover of aristocrat Constance Marten who is accused of killing baby served 22 years in a US jail for rape

Mark Gordon, 50, who stands accused of killing his daughter by gross negligence, had previously been convicted of armed kidnapping, sexual assault, burglary and battery.

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2 w. ago Elderly couple killed in horror house blaze pressed panic button but their cries for help were missed by call operator

Caroline and Bernard Cleall, both in their seventies, perished in the blaze in Addiscombe, south London in January 2022 when an emergency care responder was sent instead of the fire brigade.

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2 w. ago Elderly couple killed in house fire despite desperately pressing alarm button

Bernard and Caroline Cleall, both in their 70s, died in a house fire in Addiscombe, south London, despite pressing their alarm button as a care operator missed something crucial

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2 w. ago Elderly couple killed in horror house blaze pressed panic button but their cries for help were missed by 999 call operator

Caroline and Bernard Cleall, both in their seventies, perished in the blaze in Addiscombe, south London in January 2022 when an emergency care responder was sent instead of the fire brigade.

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Doctor gave 'false information' about girl, 13, before she died after bike accident

Martha Mills, 13, who died from sepsis, was referred to the paediatric intensive care unit at London’s King’s College Hospital “far too late” by Prof Richard Thompson, heard a medical tribunal

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