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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...