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Keighley News
School injury claims rocket
Keighley News
“It's almost a plea for common sense in what's becoming a compensation culture with the ambulance-chasers approach.” He said there was a difference between situations where schools may be culpable for a child's health and safety and genuine accidents.

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The Changing Role of Women
Huffington Post UK
Tony Clarke :Ukraine Crisis: Is It Support for Self-determination or Self-interest That Shapes UK Policy? Matt Carr :Immigration: ... This figure includes over 950,000 women working in munitions, many of whom would die alongside male colleagues in ...

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Death metal: the island that's paying the price for your tablet
Wired.co.uk
Here, child labour, work-related injuries and fatal accidents are commonplace. After reaching the offshore platforms, the men -- all of whom are mining illegally -- quickly set to work. Three of them dive into the brown, muddy pool created by the ...

Yahoo Eurosport UK
Pistorius case - 'Everything is fine', Pistorius told guard after shooting ...
Yahoo Eurosport UK
Taylor's testimony comes two days after the court heard how Pistorius accidentally fired a pistol under the table in a packed Johannesburg restaurant - right next to a child - and then asked his friend Fresco to take the blame. Taylor, who broke up ...
'Everything is fine', Pistorius told guard after shooting girlfriendThe West Australian

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Washington Post
Chevron Offers Pizza In Wake Of Bobtown Gas Explosion
Huffington Post Canada
The outsized reaction from people not directly affected by the accident illustrates the larger passions surrounding the fracking debate. Many critics seek stricter regulations or bans to protect air and water from pollution, while supporters speak ...
In Bobtown, Pa., Chevron's Pizza Vouchers Fail To Make WavesHuffington Post

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Daily Mail
Police arrest drug-addicted parents of toddler dead 'from a heart attack after ...
Daily Mail
Last night the pair who were arrested made a secret midnight visit to a hospital mortuary to view the body of a two-year-old-child, who had not been identified. Three unmarked police ... Sacha Borrie, 28, I think it's just a tragic accident. I bet they ...

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ABC News
'Everything is fine', Pistorius told guard after shooting girlfriend
Reuters UK
The shooting stunned South Africa and millions of Pistorius supporters around the world. The 27-year-old - one of the most recognised men in world athletics - denies murder, saying it was a tragic accident and that he mistook her for an intruder. If ...
Pistorius case - 'Everything is fine', Pistorius told guard after shooting ...Yahoo Eurosport UK

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CNN
36 world-changing travel moments
CNN
Back then, people around the world mourned the deaths of 1,500 after this state of the art, supposedly "unsinkable" luxury liner struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912, four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York. The sinking also ...

Daily Mail
Toddler dead 'from a heart attack may have been given METHADONE to drink ...
Daily Mail
Last night the pair who were arrested made a secret midnight visit to a hospital mortuary to view the body of a two-year-old-child, who had not been identified. Three unmarked ... 'It could also have been alcohol but either way, I think it's just a ...

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Daily Mail
Woman 'adopted' by Pope Francis after losing two sons speaks about his calls
Daily Mail
A widow 'adopted' by Pope Francis after losing two of her four children has told how he moves her to tears every time he calls her. The pontiff ... She now cares for one son with Downs Syndrome and another who is in a wheelchair following a car accident.

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South Wales Argus
Newport people honoured for going the extra mile
South Wales Argus
Mr Coombes who suffers from cerebral palsy, has undergone more than 20 operations, but that didn't stop him from riding a specially designed bike that will now be used by children at the Serennu Centre in Rogerstone. Megan Pyke, a student at ... Ryan ...

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Bermuda Sun
Guide to supporting children of road crash victims released
Bermuda Sun
The books, made available in memory of Major Chris Wheddon, a member of the Bermuda regiment who was killed in a car accident in the UK in the autumn of 2012, are intended to help adults explain such tragedies to children. Thanks to the sponsorship ...

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Tributes paid to 'loving and caring' teen killed in lorry collision
Get Surrey
... Council, described the incident as a "tragedy". He said: “It was a tragic accident involving a teenager who had his whole life ahead of him. We have to feel for his parents. “Out-living your own child is something you never want to imagine doing ...

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Radio 1
Man given four-year sentence over Usher's stepson death
Radio 1
Investigators said the sea scooter Hubbard was riding hit the children as they were being towed on an inner tube. Hubbard's defence lawyers said he tried to avoid the children and that what happened was a tragic accident. Since the incident, a bill has ...
Sentence in lake crash that killed Usher's stepsonEmag.co.uk

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Bournemouth Echo
'My boys will never be the same again' – dad of hit-and-run brothers tells of ...
Bournemouth Echo
Jackie Brown of the Print Emporium told the Daily Echo: “We have seen quite a few accidents here because this road is dangerous – it is scary out there. “I'm just glad that the children are going to be all right. “It looked a lot more serious at the ...

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This Is Wiltshire
Boy, 2, loses finger in accident at store
This Is Wiltshire
A TWO-year-old boy was flown to hospital yesterday afternoon after losing part of his finger at the Tesco Metro store in the town centre. It is believed the child's finger became trapped in a check-out barrier within the shop shortly before 3pm. Rapid ...

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Swindon Advertiser
Boy, 2, loses finger in accident at store
Swindon Advertiser
A TWO-year-old boy was flown to hospital yesterday afternoon after losing part of his finger at the Tesco Metro store in the town centre. It is believed the child's finger became trapped in a check-out barrier within the shop shortly before 3pm. Rapid ...
Toddler loses part of finger caught in Tesco barrier in SwindonDaily Mail
Swindon: 2 Year Old Injured At TescoHeart

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Mum's hell as teenage son left just hours from death after doctors TWICE ...
Mirror.co.uk
They called a GP to visit him at home but the doctor never appeared so worried mum Fiona and dad George took him to the accident and emergency unit at Stirling Royal Infirmary. A scan revealed Stuart had a massive brain tumour which could have killed ...

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Daily Mail
I cry when Pope phones me, say grieving widow: Woman 'adopted' by Francis ...
Daily Mail
A widow 'adopted' by Pope Francis after losing two of her four children has told how he moves her to tears every time he calls her. The pontiff ... She now cares for one son with Downs Syndrome and another who is in a wheelchair following a car accident.

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The Guardian
UK widow wins court battle to preserve dead husband's sperm
Times of India
A London court instructed the regulators - Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority of UK - to store the sperm samples beyond April 2015 so that 28-year-old physiotherapist Beth Warren can use it to conceive a baby. Following the verdict ... My ...
Beth Warren "absolutely delighted" after winning the right to prevent her dead ...BBC News

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