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Student died from sepsis after hospital error over antibiotics, inquest hears
A consultant paediatrician warned medical colleagues treating her son that they had failed to give him life-saving antibiotics hours before he died from sepsis, an inquest has heard.
William Hewes, 22, a history and politics student, died on 21 January 2023 of meningococcal septicaemia at east London’s Homerton hospital, where …
Domestic violence study that strangled rats should not have been approved, animal advocates argue
Animal welfare experts and advocates have questioned whether an Australian-led study that non-fatally strangled rats as part of research into the impact of intimate partner violence in humans should have been approved.
They argue that, despite gaining necessary ethical approvals, the study’s use of animals lacked justification given the potentially …
12 people injured after grenade thrown into packed French bar
Twelve people were injured, at least two critically, when a grenade was thrown into a packed bar in the city of Grenoble in south-eastern France.
An attacker carrying an automatic rifle reportedly entered the bar on Wednesday evening and threw the grenade before fleeing without saying a word.
The …
Windfarm profits should be used to screen Scots for rare diseases, says scientist
A leading geneticist has called for the profits from windfarms to be used for the mass screening of Scottish islanders at risk of rare cancers and blood disorders.
Prof Jim Wilson, who leads a Viking DNA project that has discovered hotspots of rare disorders in Shetland, Orkney and the Western …
As a young reporter, I was sent to cover the Moorgate train disaster. I had no idea it had killed my father
Friday 28 February 1975 was the day that changed my life. At half past eight that morning, I was sitting down to write a newspaper feature. At 9.35am, I was standing in the press enclosure outside Moorgate station.
I was 25 years young, a freelance journalist who covered occasional news …
Nottingham attacks public inquiry to begin within weeks, Starmer says
A judge-led public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks will start in “a matter of weeks”, Keir Starmer has told the families of the three people killed and the injured survivors.
At a meeting at No 10 on Wednesday, the prime minister said the inquiry would scrutinise a “number of different …
Hamas faces hard choice over next hostage release as ceasefire falters
Hamas is facing hard choices as the Israeli military bolsters troop numbers in and around the Gaza Strip and the three-week-old ceasefire falters.
The Palestinian militant group unexpectedly announced on Monday that it was postponing the next planned release of three Israeli hostages over the weekend, citing alleged Israeli violations …
Nottingham NHS trust fined £1.6m over three newborn babies’ deaths
An NHS trust has been fined £1.6m after admitting it failed to provide safe care and treatment to three babies who died within months of one other – the first time a trust has been prosecuted more than once for maternity failures.
Nottingham university hospitals NHS trust (NUH) pleaded guilty …
Wednesday briefing: Inside the US president’s chaos machine
Good morning.
Few words can fully capture the first few weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. Dizzying? Unrelenting? Disorienting?
Trump’s team has described its strategy as “flooding the zone” – in essence, overwhelming the opposition, the media and the public with a torrent of executive orders, mass dismissals of federal staff …
John Oliver to Jon Stewart: ‘Let me be the first to welcome America to its monarchy era’
Late-night hosts discussed America’s “monarchy era” as
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attempt to dismantle government regulations and oversight.