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Former plastics factory worker in Northampton appeals for help after asbestos cancer diagnosis
A former factory worker who believes he may have been exposed to asbestos at his job in a plastics and rubber factory in Northampton is appealing to former colleagues for help after his diagnosis with mesothelioma.
Coroner describes actions of nine-year-old's carers at the time of his death as “chaotic”
A coroner has described the actions of carers looking after a nine-year-old boy with disabilities who died after being taken ill while travelling to an activity trip as “chaotic”.
Family secures six-figure settlement after delay in diagnosing spinal abscess left father paralysed
The family of a man who was left tetraplegic after a delay in diagnosing a spinal abscess has secured a six-figure settlement following a claim against Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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