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Teen with severe eating disorder dies, two months after judge said doctors could stop giving nutrition

Lawyers representing a mental health trust responsible for the teenager's care had applied for orders "permitting the ceasing of artificial nutrition and hydration".A 19-year-old woman with a severe e...

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Blood scandal victims need quick payouts

Victims of the infected blood scandal should receive compensation "immediately", a lawyer representing about 1,500 claimants has said.A judge said on Friday that provisional compensation of £100,000 s...

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Train strike set to cause widespread disruption

Widespread disruption to train services is expected on Saturday as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay.A 24-hour strike by about 5,000 members of the Aslef union will affect lines across En...

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Man shot dead and another man stabbed at gathering of up to 100 people in Waltham Forest, east London

Police believe 50 to 100 people were in and around Cheney Row Park at the time of the incident. One man, who was taken to hospital and later discharged, has been arrested.Police are appealing for vide...

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Tory leadership: Truss and Sunak promise crackdown on migration

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have vowed to toughen controls on migration into the UK as part of their bids to become next Tory leader and prime minister. Mr Sunak said he would tighten the definition of...

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Eurotunnel and Dover queues: Travellers facing third day of delays

Holidaymakers and hauliers trying to cross the Channel are enduring another day of disruption after two days of gridlock.Overnight, people reported sleeping in cars on the road as the approach to the...

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London Southend Airport offers to host flights being cancelled by bigger, struggling airports

The aviation industry is wildly off-kilter since the pandemic. While hubs like Heathrow and Gatwick are cancelling flights, Southend has spare capacity and is desperate for more business.London Southe...

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Sebastian Kalinowski: Mother and partner guilty of murdering teenage son

A mother and her partner have been found guilty of the murder of her 15-year-old son.Agnieszka Kalinowska, 35, and Andrzej Latoszewski, 38, tortured Sebastian Kalinowski for months before he died in H...

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Port of Dover gridlock 'could worsen' over weekend

Travellers have been warned the gridlock in Dover, which has led to six-hour queues on roads to the port, could get worse over the weekend.The Port of Dover declared a "critical incident" on Friday du...

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Defibrillators to be supplied to all state schools in England by next summer following campaign by Oliver King's family

The government commits to funding at least one defibrillator in every school after a decade-long campaign by the family of Oliver King, who died of a sudden cardiac arrest during a swimming race.Every...

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