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3 weeks ago | 
mylondon.news | Eleanor Fleming |Lucy Williamson
The UK’s longest-serving prison officer has reflected on a total transformation to the service as he prepares to retire after 50 years. Steve Ley joined HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) in 1975, aged 21, and has dedicated his career to keeping prisons safe and supporting rehabilitation, witnessing how the justice system has evolved over five decades.
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3 weeks ago | 
mylondon.news | Eleanor Fleming |Lucy Williamson
Thelma Ainsworth, 50, a lawyer, author and former RAF legal officer from London, said her husband Jonathan was a “fit and healthy” doctor and runner who was “always slim and always training”. He started complaining of stomach pain in 2019 but, despite his medical career, he did not seek advice straightaway – and in October that year, he was diagnosed with bile duct cancer and died just three weeks later, aged 59.
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4 weeks ago | 
mylondon.news | Eleanor Fleming |Lucy Williamson
The parents of a three-year-old girl whose skin “fell off” her body after she accidentally poured boiling water over herself have issued a warning to other parents. Donna and Steve’s daughter Nancy, now five, went to grab a cup after brushing her teeth in the bathroom of a London hotel – but unbeknown to her, it had been filled with boiling water by the couple to clean it.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | Eleanor Fleming |Rob Andrews
A mother-of-three has received an £8,500 settlement from her former dental practice after a tooth extraction caused her to lose “buckets of blood”, fractured her jaw and left her in intensive care. Saira Malik, 54, a civil servant, was a long-standing patient of a dental practice, which cannot be named for legal reasons. But after experiencing toothache she was referred to a different practice and underwent the extraction of an upper right molar in March 2019.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
cornwalllive.com | Eleanor Fleming |Kirstie McCrum
A Cornwall woman became ‘best friends’ with a total stranger after giving her a stem cell donation. Ann Colwill and Samantha Johnson are celebrating 25 years since the successful transplant. Ann, 56, a customer adviser who lives in Cornwall, had been donating blood since the age of 17. In 1998, aged 30, she came across a leaflet from the charity Anthony Nolan about joining the stem cell register and she decided to sign up.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Eleanor Fleming |Ashlie Blakey
An adorable three-year-old boy who loves 'making people smile' has gone viral on TikTok with his cooking tutorials. Carter's heartwarming videos have been watched by millions of people on the social media video platform. In his most popular clip, which has been viewed five million times, the youngster teaches people how to make a fruit salad. He shows viewers how to cut bananas, grapes and strawberries, before finishing with the words: "Look at my massive bowl of fruit.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | Eleanor Fleming |Rob Andrews
A father already “terrified of needles” has received a £17,000 settlement after a dentist’s local anaesthetic needle snapped off at the back of his mouth and left him with permanent nerve damage. Joe Woollen, 41, a HGV driver and father-of-six, said he had not visited the dentist since the age of 13 as he is “terrified of needles”. But after experiencing “unbearable toothache”, he booked an appointment at The Vale Dental Clinic in 2021.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
dublinlive.ie | Experience Eleanor Fleming |Eleanor Fleming
A man who had an “extremely rare” quintuple heart bypass surgery at 34 due to a condition which turns him into a “cholesterol-making machine” has said he has “cheated death” multiple times. Simarjot Singh Judge, 36, from London, was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolaemia – a genetic condition which causes high levels of cholesterol in the blood – in June 2022, just months after losing his father Jaspal to sepsis.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Eleanor Fleming |Stephen Topping
A dad from the North West who was diagnosed with a rare cancer had four inches of his penis 'chopped off' as part of his treatment. Patrick Howard underwent a procedure to remove his prostate after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. Eighteen months later, he noticed itching and redness on his penis. At first Patrick, 65, was told the issue could be thrush.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
mylondon.news | Tom Campbell |Eleanor Fleming |Kieran Isgin
A couple tragically had to put down their greyhound after she was frightened by fireworks and broke her legs. Sharon Fane, 57, a dental nurse from Thanet, Kent, and her husband Roger, 59, were forced to euthanise their beloved dog Raven after she was startled by fireworks. The terrified pooch bolted out of a restaurant door in Warwick where the couple were holidaying on Bonfire Night in 2018., breaking both her front legs in the process.
