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- Sep 14, 2026
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'Precious' baby died eight days after Caesarean birth, inquest hears (opens the original)
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A baby boy who died shortly after he was born was the "most precious and perfect" child, an inquest has heard. Richard George was delivered by Caesarean section at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in December 2024 when his mother, who had maternal diabetes, was 36 weeks pregnant. He died eight days later. In a statement read out at Blackpool Coroner's Court, his mother Jossymol George, 37, and father, Sajan Thomas, 41, said they had been "over the moon" to be completing their family before the birth
'We can't keep up with demand for eclipse glasses' (opens the original)
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The owner of a post office said she "cannot keep up with the demand" for specialist glasses to view Wednesday's highly-anticipated solar eclipse. Karen Smith, who runs Booker Avenue Post Office in south Liverpool, said she has completely sold out of the specialist glasses after being "inundated" by eclipse enthusiasts. The most dramatic partial solar eclipse so far this century will be visible across the UK on Wednesday evening - peaking in northwest England at 19:10 BST. Experts have warned tho
Heading footballs caused Nobby Stiles' brain disease, coroner finds (opens the original)
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England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner has ruled at his inquest. The former Manchester United and 1966 World Cup-winning midfielder died with severe dementia in 2020 aged 78 and had headed a football about 140,000 times in his career, Stockport Coroners' Court heard. Neuropathology expert Dr Daniel Du Plessis told the court: "I'm quite convinced his heading the football that many times has caused his CTE [chronic traum
Heading footballs caused Nobby Stiles' brain disease, coroner finds (opens the original)
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England World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner has ruled at his inquest. The former Manchester United and 1966 World Cup-winning midfielder died with severe dementia in 2020 aged 78 and had headed a football about 140,000 times in his career, Stockport Coroners' Court heard. Neuropathology expert Dr Daniel Du Plessis told the court: "I'm quite convinced his heading the football that many times has caused his CTE [chronic traum
Father and his daughter both saved by the same heart surgeon (opens the original)
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When Colin learned he needed open heart surgery for the second time, some of his worries were eased when he discovered a familiar face would be in the operating theatre. Just two years earlier, Dr Ram Dhannapuneni had carried out a life-saving heart operation on his newborn daughter Edith at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool. "We've jokingly called him the family surgeon," said Colin, from St Helens. "I feel very privileged that I can shake hands with a surgeon who has quite literally t
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