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Nursery Childcare Choking Personal injury Children Settlement

Parents of Oliver Steeper who died after choking on food receive six-figure settlement from Kent nursery

The parents nine-month-old Oliver Steeper, who died after choking on food given to him by nursery staff have received a six-figure settlement payment from Jelly Beans Nursery, Kent, which they say will allow them “to draw a line under a painful legal chapter”.

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Mesothelioma Settlement Asbestos Asbestos and mesothelioma

Widow receives six-figure settlement following death of former decorator from mesothelioma

A six-figure settlement has been reached on behalf of a woman whose husband died aged 80 from mesothelioma following his exposure to asbestos during the early 1970s while working as a painter and decorator in Newcastle.

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Environment Wildlife Planning

Environment campaigners call for scrutiny of Planning and Infrastructure Bill by MPs

Environment campaigners have called on MPs to scrutinise the proposed Planning and Infrastructure Bill for any reduction of environmental protections.

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