Articles On: Personal Injury
Judges dismiss injury in the womb claims
Posted: 31 December 2014
UK judges have dismissed claims concerning people injured in the womb under a program for the innocent victims of crime, arguing that the victims are not considered “persons” under the…
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Police force pays out £135,000 in personal injury compensation
Posted: 28 October 2014
A total of £135,000 has been paid out to 27 Staffordshire Police officers between 2009 and 2013. These figures were released under the Freedom of Information Act, which showed the…
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Chronic pain suffers thrown a lifeline
Posted: 10 June 2014
With chronic pain affecting almost eight million people across the UK, suffers in the North East and Cumbria are being offered a new form of treatment. 600 patients in the…
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Husband and wife fall in Lake District
Posted: 30 December 2013
Both husband and wife were airlifted to hospital after both falling from the same spot while out walking in the Lake District on Sunday afternoon. A passerby witnessed the incident,…
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Lifeboat callouts have risen by 22% in Blackpool
Posted: 24 September 2013
The seaside town of Blackpool has the busiest RNLI crew in the north of the country with around 13 million tourists holidaying there every year. The RNLI believe that the…
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Recent deaths in the River Thames cause concern
Posted: 11 August 2013
Berkshire fire and rescue service have described the recent number of people dying in UK rivers as “worryingly high”. One largely contributing factor has been the high temperatures experienced in…
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Sandbank trio rushed to hospital
Posted: 24 July 2013
Three men had to be taken to hospital after they became trapped on a sandbank in Sussex on Monday. The trio had walked out to the nearby sandbank, but as…
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Air Ambulances buy training dummies
Posted: 2 July 2013
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Service have purchased three life-like dummies to improve training for its paramedics. Two of the dummies are mannequins of adult males, while the other is…
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Needed transformation in fire service
Posted: 30 May 2013
A government-commissioned review states that fire and rescue services in England require urgent transformation. The Fire Brigades Union argues that further cuts are not the answer. Former chief fire and…
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