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Inquest into the death of Tom Parsons finds a lost opportunity by doctors treating him at East Surrey Hospital materially contributed to the development of blood clots which caused his death
An inquest has found there were significant omissions in the care given to 32-year-old Tom Parsons at East Surrey Hospital before his death, and that his overall care should have been better.
Advertising regulator backs Chris Packham in ruling that meat and dairy ads misled on climate claims
Environmental campaigner and broadcaster Chris Packham has succeeded in a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a major advertising campaign promoting British meat and dairy, with the regulator ruling that environmental claims were misleading.
Lawyers of data breach victims welcome almost £1 million fine for South Staffs Water over cyber attack affecting more than 600,000 people
Data breach lawyers at Leigh Day have welcomed a £963,900 fine imposed by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on South Staffordshire Plc and South Staffordshire Water Plc (together South Staffordshire) following a serious cyber-attack which resulted in the personal information of 633,887 customers and employees being published on the dark web.
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