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Sudden oak death reaches Wales
A deadly tree and plant disease first found in the UK in 2002 has spread to Wales, the Forestry Commission says. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Man’s methadone death ‘avoidable’
A sheriff says the death of a young man given methadone at a private hospital in the Borders was “entirely preventable”. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Death house victim seen screaming
A woman stabbed to death was seen screaming in her house where another adult and a toddler were found fatally injured. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Locum doctor ‘unaware’ of death
An out-of-hours doctor who killed a pensioner by a fatal overdose was “blissfully unaware” of his actions, a hearing is told. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
US hails al-Qaeda chief’s ‘death’
The White House says it “welcomes the demise” of al-Qaeda number three Mustafa Abu al-Yazid as a “severe blow” to the group. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Jamaica death toll climbs past 70
The government says it is possible that Mr Coke has fled the country Jamaican police say at least 73 people have been killed in four days of fighting between police and gunmen, as authorities continue their search for an alleged drug lord. Of these, 70 are civilians, including a number of suspected gunmen or gunwomen, and... »
Jamaica death toll ‘rises to 44′
Kingston has seen days of running battles between police and fighters At least 44 people have died during fighting between police and gunmen in the current anti-drug offensive in Kingston, Jamaica's ombudsman says. The city has seen days of running battles between security forces and fighters loyal to a suspected drug trafficker sought by the US.... »
Mother barred from death review
A mother is demanding the right know exactly how her teenage son died, after she was barred from a "lessons learned" review by professionals. Lynn Cox, 42, from Bridgwater in Somerset, says she feels she was "being judged" by not being allowed to attend the Child Death Review. Joshua Cox, 13, suffered a fatal asthma... »
US rapper death suspect acquitted
A man accused of shooting up-and-coming US rapper Dolla last year is acquitted by a Los Angeles jury. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Lack of sleep ‘poses death risk’
Getting less than six hours sleep a night can lead to an early grave, UK and Italian researchers have warned. They said people regularly having this little sleep were 12% more likely to die over 25 years or less than those who got an "ideal" six to eight hours. They also found an association between... »
UK ‘has a high early death rate’
People in the UK have a higher risk of early death than those in many other wealthy countries, a study shows. While deaths before the age of 60 in the UK have nearly halved in the past 40 years, the rate for women is still similar to Slovenia and Albania. Experts said the large inequality... »
Chimps ‘feel death like humans’
Chimpanzees deal with death in much the same way as humans, studies suggest. Scientists in Scotland filmed a group of chimps grooming and caressing an elderly female who died, and remaining subdued for several days afterwards. Other researchers saw females carrying around the bodies of their dead children. Both studies are reported in the journal... »
Murder probe over stabbing death
Four people are arrested after a teenage boy is stabbed to death in Greater Manchester. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Notorious death case is dismissed
A legal case alleging wrongful death in the fatal shooting of rapper Notorious BIG in 1997 has been dismissed. The case, brought by the star’s estate against the city of Los Angeles, was dismissed after lawyers for both sides agreed it could be re-filed later. It was filed in 2003 but a mistrial was... »
Hospital death rates ‘poor test’
Death rates are a poor measure of hospital care and should not be used to trigger public inquiries, experts say. The British Medical Journal analysis argued the figures were a "poor test of quality" and urged inspectors to rely on other measures instead. It contrasts with the pressure mounting on the Care Quality Commission to... »
Brazil landslide death toll rises
Search crews have found more bodies buried in homes by a massive landslide that hit a shantytown near the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro state’s governor said as many as 150 bodies could be underneath the mud in Morro do Bumba, which would almost double the death toll of 192. A... »
Yemeni bride ‘bleeds to death’
A 13-year-old Yemeni girl has died of internal bleeding three days after being married, rights groups say. The report comes amid ongoing debate on setting a minimum age for brides in Yemen, where more than a quarter of girls are married before the age of 15. A 2009 law setting the minimum age at 17... »
Eugene Terreblanche ‘beaten to death’
South African white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche has been murdered, local media reports say. Mr Terreblanche was beaten to death on his farm in the north-west of the country, the reports said. Mr Terreblanche and his Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement – AWB) came to prominence in the early 1980s. He became the champion of... »
Canada police apologise for death
Canadian police have apologised to the mother of a Polish man who died after being repeatedly shot with a Taser stun gun at Vancouver airport in 2007. Robert Dziekanski, 40, had travelled to Canada to live with his mother but got lost at the airport and was Tasered when he became agitated. The Royal Canadian... »
UN report on Bhutto death delayed
A United Nations report into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has been delayed at Pakistan’s request. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon accepted a postponement until mid-April hours before its scheduled release. Pakistan’s former prime minister was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack as she left a party rally in Rawalpindi in December 2007.... »
Brazil child death parents jailed
The father and stepmother of a five-year-old girl have been found guilty by a Brazilian court of throwing her to her death from a sixth-floor window. The death of Isabella Nardoni in 2008 shocked Brazil, and the case has been the focus of intense media coverage. Her father, Alexandre Nardoni, was sentenced to 31 years... »
Teenager found stabbed to death
A teenager has been stabbed to death in north London. The emergency services were called to reports of three people being assaulted in Amhurst Park, near Stamford Hill, at 0200 GMT. One person, thought to be in his late teens, was found suffering stab wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. The two other... »
Girl’s boiling fat death ‘accidental’
An eight-year-old girl died after she tipped boiling fat over herself while helping make burgers for her brother’s birthday party, an inquest has heard. Tiffany Smith suffered 38% burns in the family’s kitchen in Bathurst Road, Gloucester while helping her mother. Paula Smith, 36, said she was taking chips from the freezer and had told... »
Warning on hospital death rates
Twenty-five NHS trusts in England should be investigated over higher than normal death rates, a leading health expert has warned the government. Prof Brian Jarman said a total of 4,600 more patients had died at those trusts in 2007-08 than would be expected. He told the BBC a higher than expected death rate did not... »
Pupils stabbed to death in China
Six pupils have been stabbed to death at a primary school in China’s southern province of Fujian, local media say. At least six other pupils are reported to have been injured in the knife attack at the Nanping primary school in the city of Fuzhou. A mentally ill man has been arrested in connection with... »
Hospital death boss in pay appeal
The former boss of a Kent hospital has begun an appeal to claim a £175,000 severance payment she says she is owed by the trust following her departure. Rose Gibb left her job days before a report into a clostridium difficile outbreak at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was released. It concluded the infection... »
Asthma death boy ‘was neglected’
An boy who died after an asthma attack at a Greater Manchester school died of natural causes contributed to by neglect, an inquest jury ruled. Valuable time was lost as Sam Linton, 11, was made to sit in a corridor at Offerton High, Stockport, as he struggled to breathe, the jury heard. His death was... »
US woman freed in Vilks ‘death plot’
Police in the Irish Republic have released a fourth person, an American woman, who was detained over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist. The woman, who has not been officially named, was among seven people arrested. Three were freed without charge on Friday. Three men are still being held. They were suspected of... »