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Anger over plans to slash Government payments to victims of crime

Cash payments for victims of crime are set to be slashed under plans being drawn up by the Government The Ministry of Justice is pushing ahead with a secretive review of the compens...

Up to 400 women sue hospital trust

Hundreds of women are suing a hospital after a doctor made their incontinence problems worse, with some suffering "life changing" results. The Liverpool Women's NHS Trust is being sued by up to 400...

E. coli cucumber scare: Cases 'likely to increase'

A deadly E. coli outbreak in Europe is expected to worsen in coming days, a senior German scientist has said. Fourteen people have died in Germany and one woman has now died in S...

E. coli outbreak claims 14th victim

An E coli outbreak suspected to have been caused by tainted vegetables has claimed 14 victims in Germany, according to authorities. The authorities said that more deaths were “probable&rdqu...

Firm fined £180k after crush death

A Greater Manchester-based gearbox manufacturer has been fined £180,000 after an employee was crushed by a slab of metal and died. Renold Power Transmission Ltd were investigated by the Heal...

Seven school pupils hit with E.coli

The Health Protection Agency has confirmed two more children at a Bristol primary school have E.coli . Five cases of E.coli had already been confirmed at Redfield Edge Primary School, bringing...

Debate on terrorism compensation

Justice Minister Crispin Blunt has said that he will make a decision about providing compensation to British victims of terrorist acts abroad before the summer recess. The Minister made a commitm...

Mayor suffers 'rail workers' cancer

Swindon's 72-year-old mayor and former British Rail (BR) employee has revealed that he has a mesothelioma , form of cancer which has previously struck many fellow railway workers in the town. Rex ...

Patients treated in ambulances die

Two women who were given medical treatment inside an ambulance because there was insufficient room in an Accident and Emergency (A&E) department have died. Both the women, thought to be in th...

Facelift woman wins £6m in damages

A businesswoman has been awarded more than £6 million in damages after a facelift left her with nerve damage. Penny Johnson, 49, told the High Court in London that plastic surgeon Le Roux Fou...


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