7 h. ago My night of misery in A&E for a broken ankle left me in tears. I was treated with indifference verging on contempt. The NHS is broken: SARAH VINE

There is no question that violence against medical staff is totally unacceptable. Yesterday's report paints a worrying picture of assault in hospitals, with one worker attacked every two hours.

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17 h. ago Student who called hospital worker a 'Welsh c***' when staff were unable to help her sister as she had a seizure is convicted of racism

Layla Ahmed unleashed the verbal attack when staff at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff were unable to help her sister who was having a seizure on the floor.

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17 h. ago Student who called a hospital worker a 'Welsh c***' when staff were unable to help her sister who was having a seizure on the floor is convicted of racism

Layla Ahmed unleashed the verbal attack when staff at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff were unable to help her sister who was having a seizure on the floor.

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33 h. ago A&E waits fuel 4,000 attacks on NHS staff a year: One worker is attacked every two hours in 'tinder box' hospitals as nurses face violence and gun threats

Middle-class patients and their families are among those driven to rage by long waits and dehumanising care in corridors, the Royal College of Nursing said.

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4 d. ago DWP staff 'terrified' as another glass sheet falls from Welsh office

'Staff are terrified to go in yet are being told the building is safe'

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5 d. ago Black accounts worker who sued bosses for racial discrimination after she didn't get a birthday card from colleagues loses case

Black accounts worker Benabel Marston sued Excel Hospitality for race discrimination after colleagues at the Gatwick Hilton didn't give her a card on her birthday, but lost her case.

Economics

6 d. ago Hospital worker tears up as she recalls death of girl, 14, left alone on ward

Ruth Szymankiewicz died after she was left unsupervised at a children’s mental health hospital by an inexperienced agency worker.

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6 d. ago Girl, 14, died at hospital when ‘left alone by mental health worker with fake ID’

Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, was being treated for an eating disorder at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire, and should have been kept within eyesight at all times when she died, an inquest heard

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8 d. ago Girl, 14, died at psychiatric hospital after 'worker' with false ID left her alone

Ruth Szymankiewicz, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, had an eating disorder and was a patient at Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead, since October 2021.

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8 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.

Economics

1 week ago Brutal arrest of Black student in Florida shows benefits of recording police from new vantage point

A video showing the violent arrest of a Black college student in Florida has sparked calls for drivers to use cameras that show a view from inside their car

Events

3 w. ago When staff peered in black bags at a Welsh recycling centre they started an amazing chain of events

Police were called immediately and set to work

Politics

3 w. ago The brutal reality of Welsh rugby's current situation as insiders speak and axe looms

Welsh rugby's latest upheaval has left players and staff in limbo

Politics

4 w. ago South Carolina teacher makes shocking revelation as she appears in court charged with molesting boy when he was 14

Nicole Ballew Callaham, 33, was seen smirking in court Monday after turning herself in last week for allegedly molesting Grant Strickland when he was 14.

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4 w. ago South Carolina teacher makes shocking revelation as she appears in court for molesting boy when he was 14

Nicole Ballew Callaham, 33, was seen smirking in court Monday after turning herself in last week for allegedly molesting Grant Strickland when he was 14.

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4 w. ago Staff in one Welsh council department were off sick for an average of an entire month out of 12

The fact was revealed in a report on sickness absence at Carmarthenshire Council

Politics

4 w. ago Crimes of necrophiliac killer who abused at least 100 dead women and girls could be repeated, inquiry finds

The maintenance worker sexually abused the bodies of women and girls at two hospital mortuaries

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