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Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover review – the billionaire is laughably grandiose at times
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This refreshing, exhaustive documentary offers a fascinating character study – and an unnerving insight into the more disturbing side of social mediaIt is hard to take anyone very seriously when they use the phrase “the woke mind virus” with a straight face. But, increasingly, when it comes to Elon Musk, there is no other option. Is he a visionary? A hypocrite? The last defender of the first amendment? Or simply a bullied kid who got his own back by buying the global playground -
First cracks in unity over Labour's position on Israel-Hamas war should worry Starmer - Sky News
via news.google.comFirst cracks in unity over Labour's position on Israel-Hamas war should worry Starmer Sky NewsLabour will not punish calls for Israel-Hamas ceasefire, shadow minister suggests The GuardianBurnham warns Starmer: Don't brand us disloyal for disagreeing with you over Israel The IndependentKeir Starmer can't avoid changing position on Gaza, but the path is fraught with difficulty Financial TimesWill Keir Starmer pay the price for stance on Israel-Hamas war -
Verstappen wins Mexican F1 GP with Lewis Hamilton second after red flag
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Kevin Magnussen crash caused mid-race delayRed Bull’s Sergio Pérez crashed out on first cornerIf the flag fell with the altogether too familiar air of Max Verstappen sweeping to another victory and indeed another Formula One record, at least behind the dominant Dutchman the British contingent had flair to spare at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.Lewis Hamilton delivered a superlative drive to claim second with verve and control and in so doing set up a mighty showdown -
Time series two review – Jodie Whittaker shines a light on the idiocy of our legal system
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The ex-Doctor puts in a brilliant performance alongside Bella Ramsey, as a jailed mum who isn’t allowed enough phone calls to get her kids looked after. It’s a powerful messageJimmy McGovern’s 2021 prison drama Time won plaudits by the bucketful. It starred Sean Bean as an inmate navigating the penal system and his conscience, and Stephen Graham as a decent warder being blackmailed by prisoners who knew his son was serving a sentence elsewhere. The series bagged Baftas for best -
Disaster averted, but England’s Rugby World Cup medal papers over cracks
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While third place was a victory for bloody-mindedness, Steve Borthwick now needs to plan for the long-term futureIn the coming weeks, under the cloak of anonymity upon which they apparently insist, the Rugby Football Union’s panel of experts will convene to review the World Cup campaign. Players will be invited to give their feedback, presentations will be made to board members, and boxes will be ticked.To save them some time, file this campaign under “disaster averted”. An age -
Fewer trains to run from London to Manchester
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Avanti is to run a reduced service between London to Manchester on Saturdays until the end of the year. -
Anguish of Gaza residents as phones return to life with news of those lost
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As 36-hour blackout imposed by Israel ended, phones were flooded with news of people killed in intensified bombardmentIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesOn Sunday morning, phones belonging to the 2.3 million people trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip slowly came to life again, inundated with updates, messages and missed calls after the lifting of a 36-hour near-total communications blackout imposed by Israel.Nights in Gaza now are completely dark. At the same time as communications were -
Multiple shootings in US leave at least eight dead over Halloween weekend
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Country continues to grapple with high levels of deadly gun violence, driven by easy firearm access and poor gun controlAt least eight people are dead and more than 50 others injured after multiple shootings across the country over the Halloween weekend.In Texas, three people were killed and three others injured at a Saturday night party in the small city of Texarkana, after rifles were pulled out during a fist fight. The suspected shooter, a 20-year-old male, remains at large, according to the -
Ten Hag claims United are ‘on the way up’ despite chastening defeat by City
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Manager urges patience but says ‘spirit is very good’Haaland reveals he used ‘Keano’ chants as motivationErik ten Hag has insisted Manchester United are “on the way up”, despite being outclassed by Manchester City at Old Trafford. On a chastening day for United, the manager claimed his team had performed “very well” and defended his unusual team selection.Ten Hag chose Jonny Evans at centre‑back over Raphaël Varane and Victor Lindelö -
‘Ironic, self-deprecating, metrosexual’: how Matthew Perry captured the spirit of the age
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In any other era, the actor’s magnificently maladroit creation would have been the sidekick. Yet Perry made Chandler Bing the standout Friends character, writing him 10 extra jokes per show‘An alcoholic from the age of 14’: Matthew Perry’s troubled life and foreshadowed death‘Chandler Bing,” wrote Matthew Perry in his puckish, self-mocking memoir, “changed the way that America spoke”. The actor’s bold words were true – but only up to a -
Ron DeSantis defends call to ban pro-Palestinian groups from Florida colleges
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Governor claims groups said ‘they are part of this Hamas movement’ and violated state laws prohibiting antisemitismThe Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has amplified and defended his call to ban pro-Palestinian groups from colleges in the state, rejecting claims by 2024 rival Vivek Ramaswamy that such restrictions were a “shameful political ploy” and “utter hypocrisy” that amounted to a violation of free speech rights.“ -
Lyon match at Marseille called off after bus attack leaves Fabio Grosso bleeding
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Lyon head coach Grosso said to have shards of glass in faceLyon president John Textor says he is ‘very angry’The Ligue 1 match between Marseille and Lyon was called off on Sunday after an attack on the latter’s bus as the team made their way to the Stade Vélodrome left the head coach, Fabio Grosso, and his assistant Raffaele Longo “seriously injured in the face”.Sky Italia footage showed damage to the bus windows and Grosso being led into the stadium by two a -
BBC presenter warns against science being 'just done by European white guys' - The Telegraph
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BBC presenter warns against science being 'just done by European white guys' The Telegraph‘Call me chief priestess for the moon goddess’: space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News -
South Africa deserve World Cup but teams’ approach needs to change | Robert Kitson
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Fiji and Portugal should be proud, Ireland and France will have regrets but there has to be incentive for teams to vary tacticsIt was Andy Farrell who best summed up the 2023 Rugby World Cup. “Sport can be cruel sometimes – I guess that’s why we love it,” Ireland’s head coach said after his team’s heartbreaking defeat by New Zealand in the quarter-finals. Which is precisely how every All Black squad member felt on Saturday evening as dazzling laser beams, colo -
Acapulco death toll rises to 43 after Hurricane Otis batters resort city
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Guerrero state governor says officials assessing damage after unprecedented 165mph storm hit Mexico’s Pacific coastThe death toll from a devastating hurricane that hit the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco last week has risen to 43, the governor of Guerrero state has said.Evelyn Salgado added that electricity had been restored to 58% of Acapulco and that officials had visited 10,000 families there and the nearby city of Coyuca de Benitez for a census to evaluate damages. Continue reading... -
‘They were abandoned’: grief and anger at funeral for Hamas kibbutz victims
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Mourners struggle to come to terms with scale of loss and vast ground operation to comeIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesIsrael’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke of “a long and difficult” conflict as he announced the second stage of the war against Hamas on Saturday evening.For the mourners attending the funeral of Lili and Ram Itamari in a kibbutz close to the Gaza Strip, however, the war has already dragged painfully on for three long weeks. Continue readi -
Coastguard search for man in water at Burnham-On-Sea
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Matthew Mott rejects Eoin Morgan’s claim of division in England squad
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Coach denies ‘unsettled’ call from former captainEngland thrashed by India in fifth World Cup lossMatthew Mott has denied there is disharmony in the England squad after his former captain, Eoin Morgan, said their performances at the World Cup had “called into question the morale within the changing room” and showed “there’s something within the team that is definitely unsettled”.England remain rooted to the bottom of the 10-team table after losing agains -
Tributes pour in for ‘comedic genius’ Matthew Perry, dead at 54
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Cause of death unknown as Justin Trudeau and Adele and others speak fondly of actor best known as Chandler Bing in FriendsHollywood stars have hailed the “comedic genius” of Friends star Matthew Perry after the actor’s death at 54.The American-Canadian star, best known for playing Chandler Bing in the sitcom Friends, was found dead in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home on Saturday. Continue reading... -
Leasehold law will be in King's Speech, says housing minister
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Israel under growing pressure to trade Palestinian prisoners for Gaza hostages
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National security expert and newspaper join families’ calls for trade of about 5,000 prisoners for hostages taken by HamasIsrael-Hamas war: latest news updatesIsrael’s government is facing a growing clamour to trade the estimated 229 hostages in Gaza for thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.Families of the hostages gained prominent support on Sunday in their effort to persuade Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration to negotiate a swap with Hamas. Continue reading... -
Mike Johnson says he ‘isn’t afraid’ to change House speaker removal rule
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Speaker can currently be ejected by any Democrat or Republican who introduces ‘motion to vacate’ followed by majority-wins voteRepublican House speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he “isn’t afraid” of changing the rules governing how the speaker can be removed from the post by any one member, Democrat or Republican, who introduces a “motion to vacate” followed by a majority-wins floor vote.The rule was adopted earlier this year among a number of concessions -
The Guardian view on Labour’s rethink on the right to roam: a step in the wrong direction | Editorial
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Introduced with the right safeguards and a well-publicised countryside code, freeing up access to green space can reset our relationship with natureDuring a recent House of Commons debate on public access to nature, MPs on both sides of the aisle seized the opportunity to indulge in a spot of bucolic lyricism. William Wordsworth, John Keats, Laurie Lee, John Constable and Beatrix Potter were among those mentioned in dispatches. But the most significant intervention was made by the then shadow mi -
The Guardian view on the British Library’s digital archive: a new life for Chaucer | Editorial
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The latest collection to go online reveals the six centuries of influence of a medieval giant who predated the printed pressAt a time of growing anxiety about the relationship between the analogue and digital worlds, there is cheering news from the British Library. The work of Geoffrey Chaucer has just been added to a digital archive that is free to view anywhere in the world. Cynics may wonder who will be cheered, apart from a scattering of medievalist scholars. But they would be missing the po -
Man dies and three injured in London after car overturns on M4
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Met police say passenger believed to be in his 20s died at scene of incident near Cranford Park interchangeA man has died and three other people were hurt when a car overturned on the M4 motorway.The motorway was closed in both directions on Sunday as police dealt with the incident that happened on the eastbound carriageway near the Cranford Park interchange, west London, at 11.39am. Continue reading... -
Du Toit overcomes major medical scare to join South Africa’s greats | Jonathan Liew
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Springbok forward could have lost a leg in 2020 due to a rare condition but has battled back to win another World CupAt first, there was no great cause for alarm. Pieter‑Steph du Toit felt a blow to his left thigh, hobbled from the field and watched the rest of the game from the bench. Even as the injury began to swell towards full time, he thought little of it. He had experienced a similar injury as a high school player a decade earlier, and that had turned out fine. It was only about 15 -
Haaland doubles up as Manchester City humiliate neighbours United
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“Mind the gap”; “Old Trafford is falling down”; and “we’ve got Guardiola”: what a day for Manchester City fans, who delighted in these choruses as their team swatted aside a Manchester United side that was devoid of ideas.Erik ten Hag’s side failed miserably to give Sir Bobby Charlton what the great man would have craved: a victory. Or, even, a performance because they lacked any consistent creative plan and faced an opponent who possesses one. Con -
US halts export of most civilian firearms and ammunition for 90 days
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Commerce department cites foreign policy interests and says it will review ‘risk of firearms’ diverted’ to ‘violate human rights’The US has stopped issuing export licenses for most civilian firearms and ammunition for 90 days for all non-governmental users, the commerce department said on Friday, citing national security and foreign policy interests.The commerce department did not provide further details for the pause, which also includes shotguns and optical sights -
Whistleblowing ‘cost Hampshire doctor dearly’ after he loses tribunal
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Dr Martyn Pitman claimed retaliatory victimisation after raising morale concerns but tribunal says it was his manner that cost him his jobA doctor has said raising whistleblowing concerns about maternity care at his hospital “cost me very dearly” after he lost his employment tribunal.Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Martyn Pitman was dismissed earlier this year from his job at the Royal Hampshire county hospital (RHCH) in Winchester, where he had worked for 20 years. Cont -
Sue Gray’s son to run for winnable Labour seat
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Liam Conlon, son of Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff, is standing for the party in Beckenham and Penge in south LondonThe son of Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff has announced his plans to try to become the Labour MP for a winnable seat.Liam Conlon, Sue Gray’s son, is running in one of south London’s newest constituencies, Beckenham and Penge, created after the Boundary Commission review and thought to be a comfortable Labour win. Continue reading... -
US ‘deeply saddened’ by death of Iranian teenager after alleged hijab encounter
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Armita Geravand had been in a coma after alleged incident with Iran’s ‘morality police’ on Tehran metroThe United States has spoken of its deep sadness over the death of a young Iranian girl, Armita Geravand, who had been in a coma after a controversial incident on Tehran’s metro.“I am deeply saddened to learn that Armita Geravand has died after being beaten by Iran’s morality police for not wearing a hijab in public,” US National Security advisor, Jake -
Second investigation to open into role of British spies in torture of Guantánamo detainee
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Lawyers for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri claim UK intelligence was ‘complicit in his ill-treatment’ by the USThe UK’s intelligence agencies are facing a fresh judicial investigation into allegations that British spies were complicit in the CIA’s post-9/11 secret torture and rendition programme.The investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) has said it will open a second investigation into allegations that the intelligence services were involved in the mistreatment of a prisoner detai -
Soaring private healthcare use piling pressure on NHS GPs, survey finds
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Exclusive: Doctors increasingly having to interpret ‘questionable’ private tests and conduct follow-upsSoaring use of private healthcare for tests and treatments is piling pressure on overstretched GP surgeries, with family doctors warning that standard NHS care is being squeezed as a result.Record numbers of people are paying for private healthcare, with some having procedures such as cataract surgery and hip replacements, amid mounting frustration at NHS hospital waiting lists. Oth -
South Thanet MP recovering after induced coma due to sepsis - The Isle of Thanet News
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South Thanet MP recovering after induced coma due to sepsis The Isle of Thanet NewsMP placed into induced coma after sepsis diagnosis Kent OnlineTory MP Craig Mackinlay says he is 'on the slow road to recovery' after being put into a COMA suffering from s Daily MailView Full coverage on Google News -
Day of the dead and acts of devotion: photos of the weekend
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Kazakhstan mourns after ArcelorMittal mine disaster kills 45
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Fire at Kostenko mine is latest in series of deadly incidents, and has prompted nationalisation of global company’s local affiliateKazakhstan was in national mourning on Sunday after 45 people died in a fire at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst accident in the central Asian country’s post-Soviet history.The tragedy, which struck at the Kostenko coalmine in the Karaganda region on Saturday, came after a series of deadly incidents at ArcelorMittal mines and has prompted the nationalisat -
Abortion rights will be in French constitution next year, Macron vows
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President promises by next year the constitutional right to choose ‘will become irreversible’Emmanuel Macron has promised to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French constitution by next year, after restrictions in other countries propelled France on a path towards unconditionally guaranteeing abortion rights.The French president said on Sunday that his government would submit a draft text to France’s highest administrative court over the coming week, with th -
Athletes ‘break’ 20km walk world record after course measured incorrectly
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Mistake comes at troubled Pan American GamesOfficials have not said whether medals will standPeru’s Kimberly García thought she set the world record in the women’s 20 kilometres walk race at the Pan American Games. She later found out she didn’t.Organizers of the largest multi-sports in the continent said in a statement that the times of the race were annulled due to “a measuring problem” in Santiago’s O’Higgins Park. They blamed the Association o -
Government policy is trapping refugees into becoming homeless | Letters
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Anne Johns calls out a particularly nasty calculated cause of homelessnessConservative MPs – of whom 68 are landlords, as your editorial points out – have voted to delay not only section 21 eviction reform but also legislation to make rental property fit for human habitation (The Guardian view on rising homelessness: a crisis made in government, 23 October). However, there is another particularly nasty calculated cause of homelessness.Asylum seekers who are granted leave to remain (r -
Bring soul cakes back to life this Halloween | Letters
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Susan Sinagola sheds light on the practice of souling, while Martin Bates has found a useful addition to his teatime repertoireI was delighted to read your article on soul cakes (English Heritage sites to give out ‘soul cakes’ to Halloween visitors, 26 October). Here in north-east Cheshire, the practice of souling continues in a number of villages.Each year, the Antrobus Soul Cakers from our village perform their play for two weeks in local pubs, often two or three times a night. The -
UK weather: Storm Ciarán to bring 80mph winds and heavy rain
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Storm named after a civil servant as Met Office warns of severe weather later this weekStorm Ciarán is likely to bring strong winds, heavy rain and the risk of flooding across southern England and Wales later in the week, the Met Office has said.Forecasters announced the new storm name on Sunday morningfollowing the havoc wreaked in recent weeks by Storm Agnes and Storm Babet. Continue reading... -
Claims about genuine age of Bobi, world’s oldest dog, to be investigated
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Guiness World Records to look into claims after scepticism over whether the Portuguese mastiff really lived to be 31The death of Bobi the Portuguese mastiff at 31 was history-making – no dog before had ever reached such a grand old age.But awe soon turned into scepticism, as vets wondered whether it was biologically possible for a dog to live for the equivalent of 200 human years. Continue reading... -
Minister seen campaigning with suspended former Tory MP Peter Bone
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Tom Pursglove, minister in DWP, photographed with Bone two days after suspension over bullying and sexual misconductA minister has been photographed campaigning with the former Conservative MP Peter Bone, who was suspended from parliament last week after an investigation found that he had engaged in bullying and sexual misconduct.Tom Pursglove, a minister in the Department for Work and Pensions, was photographed by the Sunday Mirror canvassing in Northamptonshire with Bone two days after his san -
Huge ethnicity pension gap revealed in UK figures
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Shortfalls fuelled by misconceptions and distrust of employers, as well as lack of spare income, figures showA UK individual from a minority ethnic background typically has a pension pot less than half the size of that belonging to the average white British saver, data reveal.The research from Legal & General’s investment arm claimed there was a sizeable “ethnicity pensions gap” in the UK that was being fuelled by “misconceptions” around pensions and a “si -
Should I worry about getting less exercise in winter?
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As the light levels fall and the temperature drops, is it OK to just hunker down and take it easy till spring? Or will that bring on the blues?Ah, winter. Season of hot toddies, roast dinners, heated blankets and mulled … everything. Much less of an idyllic time for getting up early to hit the gym, going for a run in the evening darkness or even going for a bracing walk at lunchtime. And the evidence confirms what you probably suspect: in the winter, we tend to make our training sessions -
Re-vamped: British horror film-makers Hammer and Amicus are back from the dead
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The British studios, which filled screens with bloody fangs, gothic monsters and heaving bosoms, have been resurrected for the 21st centuryThink of a classic horror film with an archetypal character such as Frankenstein or Dracula, or a movie with a name that does what it says on the tin, like Tales from the Crypt or Beyond the Grave, and the chances are you are thinking of a product by one of the “twins of evil”.Hammer and Amicus were the studios that defined British horror cinema a -
LPO/Canellakis review – poetic Beethoven and a clear, if careful, take on Shostakovich’s wartorn masterpiece
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Karina Canellakis gave the Soviet-era symphony an eerie resonance, while soloist Jonathan Biss was at his poetic best in Beethoven’s second piano concertoEarly Beethoven may have nothing in common with middle-period Shostakovich, yet there was plenty to commend this London Philharmonic Orchestra concert uniting the two under principal guest conductor Karina Canellakis.The first half, comprising the traditional overture and concerto, got off to a spirited start w -
Humza Yousaf says parents-in-law are alive in Gaza but have run out of water
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Scottish first minister expresses relief after communications were cut off during Israeli bombardmentIsrael-Hamas war: live updatesScotland’s first minister has expressed relief after discovering his parents-in-law in Gaza are alive, although they have run out of clean drinking water.Humza Yousaf said the welcome news had come through on Sunday morning, hours after describing his worries about whether they were alive or dead following the imposition by Israel of a communication blackout in -
Death of baby after UK hospital missed vitamin jab ‘beyond cruel’, parents say
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Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge failed to give William Moris-Patto a routine vitamin K injectionThe parents of a baby boy who died at seven weeks old after a hospital did not give him a routine injection have described the failure as “beyond cruel”.William Moris-Patto was born in July 2020 at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge, where it was recorded in error that he had received a vitamin K injection – which is needed for blood clotting. The shot is routinely g -
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