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bbc.com | Paul Burnell
Paul BurnellBBC News LiverpoolAn "inadequate" care home where people in pain did not have call bells answered and discarded incontinence pads littered its garden areas is to remain in special measures. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has again rated Stonedale Lodge in Croxteth, Liverpool, inadequate and taken "further action to protect people" after an unannounced inspection in November.
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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Paul Burnell
Paul BurnellBBC News, St HelensA woman paralysed by multiple sclerosis who has been chosen to receive Maundy money from King Charles III joins her husband in becoming a recipient in an "unusual and great honour". Jean Almond, 73, from Eccleston, St Helens, will be among the 152 recipients at the ceremony in Durham Cathedral later. Her husband Geoff, 70, received his when the King deputised for his mother Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Paul Burnell
An "inadequate" care home where people in pain did not have call bells answered and discarded incontinence pads littered its garden areas is to remain in special measures. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has again rated Stonedale Lodge in Croxteth, Liverpool, inadequate and taken "further action to protect people" after an unannounced inspection in November.
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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Paul Burnell
Paul BurnellBBC News, LiverpoolA man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed in a tower block. Merseyside Police said the woman, aged in her 30s, was found badly injured at Knowsley Heights in Huyton at about 22:30 BST on Tuesday following a 999 call. She was given treatment by officers and paramedics but later died in hospital. A 34-year-old man from Litherland was held and remains in police custody.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Paul Burnell
A ban has been lifted on waste being sent to a landfill site where people have complained about the stench. The Environment Agency said Transwaste Ltd the operator of the Jameson Road site in Fleetwood, Lancashire, has met the conditions aimed at sorting the problem, and it expects the smell to reduce over the coming days. The agency has also revealed it received more than 4,000 complaints about the site in February and March.
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Paul Burnell
Man with one lung aims for marathon personal bestPaul BurnellLucy FewRichard Few says running with one lung is like wearing a permanent face maskA man who had his lung removed 17 years ago is preparing to run in his second London marathon. Richard Few, 41, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, is hoping to beat his five hour 45 minute time from last year. "I would like to do sub five hours in honour of the one in five people who have a heart and lung condition in the UK," he said.
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2 weeks ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Paul Burnell
A man who had his lung removed 17 years ago is preparing to run in his second London marathon. Richard Few, 41, from Clitheroe, Lancashire, is hoping to beat his five hour 45 minute time from last year. Advertisement"I would like to do sub five hours in honour of the one in five people who have a heart and lung condition in the UK," he said. The father-of-one said one of the reasons he got into running was so his 12-year-old son "won't be lazy in years to come".
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Paul Burnell
The whispering woman behind 10CC's I'm Not In LoveBBCCathy Warren says the song has followed her throughout her life"Be quiet - big boys don't cry... big boys don't cry ... big boys don't cry!"Those whispered words are, of course, an essential part of 10CC's best-known hit single, 1970s pop masterpiece I'm Not In Love. Now, 50 years since the record's release, the woman who delivered those words can still scarcely believe her 15 seconds of fame.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Paul Burnell
Jasleen Royal Finally Responds To Backlash For Her Coldplay Concert Opening Act: 'I Swear I'll Die…'Singer Jasleen Royal recently responded to backlash over her opening performance at Coldplay’s Mumbai concert on the first day of their Music of the Spheres world tour. The event marked Coldplay’s inaugural concert in India, with Jasleen etching her name in history as the first Indian artist to …
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2 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Paul Burnell
Council fined after Christmas tree worker's fallHSEThe council admitted breaching health and safety legislationA council workman tasked with erecting a Christmas tree in a town's market was badly hurt when the platform he was using toppled over with him inside, a court has heard. James Lyth, 32, was using a scissor lift to straighten the 20ft (6m) high tree in Bury, Greater Manchester, on 21 November 2022.
