Doctors told my mum poison symptoms were anxiety – Essex woman

Doctors told my mum poison symptoms were anxiety – Essex woman

Neve Gordon-Farleigh BBC News, Essex Jamie Niblock/BBC Ellena Baxter says witnessing her mother suffer was “devastating” The daughter of a couple who were fatally poisoned with fentanyl by a family friend said doctors told her mother she had anxiety as her health deteriorated from the effects of the drug. Luke D’Wit was jailed in 2024 … Read more

Batten disease: Mum fears daughter’s rapid decline without drug

Batten disease: Mum fears daughter’s rapid decline without drug

Chloe Aslett BBC News, Yorkshire Anna Cieslik Beatrice, 5, was diagnosed with Batten disease at the age of 3 The mum of a five-year-old girl with a terminal genetic disorder has said her daughter’s health is likely to deteriorate quickly if the NHS removes provision of the vital drug which is “keeping her doing”. Two … Read more

Anna Hazare kept mum on ‘irregularities’ under BJP rule: Sanjay Raut

Anna Hazare kept mum on ‘irregularities’ under BJP rule: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut. File | Photo Credit: ANI Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut has accused veteran social activist Anna Hazare of not raising his voice against “irregularities” under the BJP-headed governments after 2014. Mr. Raut’s comments on Tuesday (February 11, 2025) came days after Mr. Hazare claimed the Aam Aadmi Party … Read more

Health: Mum told by 999 to give seriously ill son painkillers over ambulance delay

Health: Mum told by 999 to give seriously ill son painkillers over ambulance delay

Roisin Wilshaw Brian Rooney with his mother Isobel Benson – he collapsed at the doors of the Royal Victoria Hospital after being rushed there by his parents The mother of a Belfast man, who collapsed outside a hospital, said she was shocked when a 999 call handler told her he should take painkillers as they … Read more

Kent mum spends £24k a year on daughter’s cannabis oil

Kent mum spends £24k a year on daughter’s cannabis oil

A mother from Aylesham, Kent, who says she pays £2,000 a month for her daughter’s medicinal cannabis supply has called for greater access to the drug on the NHS. Emma Appleby said her daughter Teagan, 15, uses the drug to manage the daily seizures she suffers due to severe epilepsy. Medicinal cannabis became legal in … Read more

Gaynor Lord: Drowned mum watched cold water swimming programme

Gaynor Lord: Drowned mum watched cold water swimming programme

Norfolk Constabulary Gaynor Lord’s body was recovered from the River Wensum a week after she was reported missing in December 2023 A mother-of-three whose body was recovered from a city’s river after a week-long police search had recently watched a TV show about cold water swimming, an inquest heard. Gaynor Lord, 55, was found in … Read more

Fake Ozempic: Mum nearly dies after taking bogus weight loss jab

Fake Ozempic: Mum nearly dies after taking bogus weight loss jab

Michelle Sword told the BBC she was “heartbroken” that she had “done something so stupid” A mother of two who nearly died after taking a fraudulent weight loss injection is urging others to be careful about what they buy online. Michelle Sword, 46, from Carterton, Oxfordshire, ordered the slimming drug from an online beauty company … Read more

Mum ‘broken’ as girl, 2, dies from same rare disorder as brother

Mum ‘broken’ as girl, 2, dies from same rare disorder as brother

Family photo Isabelle Cooper died on Thursday leaving her family “absolutely broken”, her mum says A mother has lost her two-year-old daughter to a rare genetic condition that claimed the life of her son three years ago. Dr Emily Cooper’s daughter Isabelle, who carried the same gene mutation as older brother Alexander, died on Thursday. … Read more