15 h. ago Gaza’s sick children wait in torturous limbo for medical evacuations

For some the only hope is treatment abroad, but not all survive the long, desperate wait for Israel’s approvalAbdel Karim Wahdan no longer has the energy to speak. When visitors arrive, the eight-year-old pretends to be sleeping so that no one looks at him. Between his frequent dialysis sessions, he cries. His bones hurt, he says.Abdel Karim is dying. His death should be preventable but because he lives in Gaza he cannot access the treatment that would save his life. What started as acute kidney failure is now chronic: his small body has begun to swell and he spends his days between hospital beds and injections that he hates. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Fort Stewart shooting suspect was relentlessly mocked for stutter, soldiers say

Friend says Quornelius Radford, man accused of shooting five fellow soldiers at an army base, was ‘bullied a lot’US politics live – latest updatesA friend of the man accused of gunning down five fellow soldiers at the Fort Stewart army base in Georgia earlier this week recounted how the suspect had been repeatedly bullied for having a serious stutter, according to a news report.Meanwhile, soldiers who acted swiftly to suppress the gunman and prevent the possibility of a much higher death toll were being hailed as heroes for their bravery in the terrifying moments after shots rang out on the sprawling military base on Wednesday morning. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Harvey Willgoose: Five red flags 'that could have saved stabbed schoolboy'

There were 'at least five red flags' that could have prevented Harvey Willgoose's death at the hands of his classmate, according to the stabbing victim's distraught mother

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5 d. ago Parents believe Harvey Willgoose’s death could have been prevented

Harvey’s mum Caroline Willgoose believes there were ‘flags’ in the days and hours before his death at All Saints Catholic High School, in February.

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5 d. ago Call from suicidal mum, 27, who died two days after alleged rape 'should have been escalated', inquest finds

The coroner ruled that doing so 'would not have prevented' Jessica Smithson's death

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6 d. ago Scots council fined £80k over 'preventable' death of dementia care home patient

Allan MacLeod, 69, died after disappeared from his bedroom at St Brendan's Care Home in Castlebay on the Isle of Barra on March 9 last year.

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6 d. ago Council fined after ‘preventable’ death of care home dementia patient

Allan MacLeod disappeared from his bedroom at St Brendan’s Care Home in Castlebay, Barra, and was found injured about four hours later.

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6 d. ago Western Isles Council fined £80k after care home failures led to 'preventable' death of vulnerable patient

The council was fined £80,000 at Lochmaddy Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

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8 d. ago Care home firm fined for 'completely avoidable' death of vulnerable patient

Pensioner’s ability to leave home unnoticed ‘hugely concerning’ says watchdog

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9 d. ago I was slapped an £18 Clean Air Zone fine then wasted FIVE months and £100s fighting the tickets... council is to blame

Colin Griffiths was initially handed a reduced penalty of £18 but, despite paying it immediately, saw it increase more than 10-fold to £267 after the council claimed he had not coughed up the cash.

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9 d. ago With Trump wreaking havoc, a question for the US Democrats: when will you ever learn? | Timothy Garton Ash

I see little sign here that the liberal establishment truly acknowledges the failures that led to the Biden election debacle. There must be a reckoningNothing is more insufferable than someone saying “I told you so”; so please forgive me for being insufferable. On 29 September 2023, after a couple of months spent in the US, I published a column that was well summarised in its Guardian headline: “Unless Joe Biden stands aside, the world must prepare for President Trump 2.0”. We can never definitely say “what would have happened if ?”, but there’s a very good chance that had Biden cleared the way for a Democratic primary in autumn 2023 the strongest candidate could have defeated Trump. The entire world would have been spared the disaster now unfolding.“No use crying over spilt milk,” you may say. Yes, but it’s always worth learning lessons for the future. I’m back in the US now, and a recent poll for the Wall Street Journal found that 63% of voters hold an unfavourable view of the Dem...

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3 w. ago Tyler to help 'rescue' Enid in Wednesday season 2 as fans predict reunion

Wednesday season two will see Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) face her biggest challenge yet as she tries to prevent her best friend Enid Sinclair's (Emma Myers) death.

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3 w. ago Family of man killed after his tent was crushed by a bulldozer sues Atlanta

Cornelius Taylor was killed during a sweep of a homeless encampment in city’s preparation for MLK weekendThe family of a man who was killed after city workers crushed his tent with a bulldozer during a sweep of a homeless encampment in Atlanta, Georgia, filed a lawsuit against the city on Friday over his death, calling it “tragic and preventable”.The lawsuit filed by Cornelius Taylor’s sister and son alleges that city employees failed to look to see if there was anyone inside the tents in the encampment before using a bulldozer to clear it in the 16 January sweep. Taylor, 46, was inside one of the tents and was crushed by the truck when his tent was flattened, the lawsuit says. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Family of man killed in tent crushed by bulldozer sues city of Atlanta

Cornelius Taylor was killed during a sweep of a homeless encampment in city’s preparation for MLK weekendThe family of a man who was killed after city workers crushed his tent with a bulldozer during a sweep of a homeless encampment in Atlanta, Georgia, filed a lawsuit against the city on Friday over his death, calling it “tragic and preventable”.The lawsuit filed by Cornelius Taylor’s sister and son alleges that city employees failed to look to see if there was anyone inside the tents in the encampment before using a bulldozer to clear it in the 16 January sweep. Taylor, 46, was inside one of the tents and was crushed by the truck when his tent was flattened, the lawsuit says. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Failures by senior care home staff led to murder of teenage girl, coroner says

A “catalogue of failures” allowed Jason Conroy to strangle Melissa Mathieson at a care home in Bristol

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3 w. ago Inside Elon Musk’s plan to rain SpaceX’s rocket debris over Hawaii’s pristine waters

Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victimThe north-west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched by the gods. Bisected by the Tropic of Cancer latitude line, it is deep in the Pacific Ocean, about 400 miles from Honolulu. The island’s steep rocky cliffs give way to indigo blue waters dotted with monk seals and stony coral. No humans have lived on Mokumanamana, but it has the world’s highest density of ancient Hawaiian religious sites.“It sits as a boundary between what Native Hawaiians refer to as ‘pō’, the darkness, and ‘au’, the light,” said William Aila, the former chair of Hawaii’s department of land and natural resources. “When a Hawaiian passes, their soul makes its way from wherever it is in the main Hawaiian Islands, up to the North-western Hawaiian Islands. And at that juncture, at pō, they’re met by their ancestors.” As Aila tells it, if a person has been good, they ca...

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3 w. ago Revealed: Five patient deaths were linked to junior doctors' strikes

An audit shows strikes by the BMA in 2023 and 2024 were raised in five Prevention of Future Death Reports issued by coroners.

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4 w. ago UK council to fine people £100 if they're caught swearing in public spaces

Thanet District Council has launched a fresh bid to introduce a public space protection order (PSPO) after it was scrapped last year following a threat of legal action

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4 w. ago Constance Marten's life behind bars as killer aristocrat 'befriends Sara Sharif's stepmother' and moaned about treatment in prison magazine cover star interview

Aristocrat Constance Marten, 38, was convicted yesterday alongside Mark Gordon of causing their newborn Victoria's death after going on the run to prevent authorities taking the baby away.

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4 w. ago Council's new plan to fine people £100 for swearing in four towns

It would see enforcement officers able to dish out £100 fines for bad language

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