George King

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Mum's benign cancer death inspires Louise's LawGeorge KingReporting from10 Downing StreetGeorge King/BBCChloe Hickman, from Ipswich, wants it to be mandatory for all tumours diagnosed as benign to be checked againA woman calling for extra checks on benign tumours has delivered a 60,000-name petition to Number 10 on the anniversary of her mother's death.

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Rare wartime tractor fetches £75k at auctionGeorge KingCheffinsThe 1917 Holt 75 tractor was one of the auction's highlightsA fleet of "some of the rarest" wartime and vintage tractors fetched hundreds of thousands of pounds after going under the hammer. The vast collection, amassed by the late machinery enthusiast, Roger Desborough, was sold during an auction held at Church Farm in Wenhaston, Suffolk.

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Music studio powerless after energy firm disputeGeorge KingReporting fromBury St EdmundsSuppliedNeil Attridge has owned the Rehearsal Rooms, in Bury St Edmunds, for two decadesA music studio has been without power for three weeks following a long-running dispute with its energy provider. The owner of the Rehearsal Rooms in Bury St Edmunds said he was disconnected from the network by Yorkshire Gas and Power on 3 June.

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Pensioner put at risk before fatal fall coroner saysGeorge KingGeorge King/BBCSuffolk coroner Nigel Parsley ruled David Bendell's death could have been preventedThe death of a vulnerable pensioner who suffered a fatal bleed on the brain after falling at home might have been prevented, a coroner ruled. David Thomas Bendell died on 13 July 2024 at the age of 79, five days after being discharged from The West Suffolk Hospital, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

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'I was given months to live, but I'm still here'George KingBBC News, East of EnglandGeorge King/BBCTim Strugnell is continuing to defy the odds after being told he had only months to live back in 2021In early 2021, while sitting in a parked car and on the phone to an oncologist he had never met, Tim Strugnell was told he had "months not years" left to live.