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Damning report into NHS hospital revealed - Tory Minister's Brother 'Behaved Dishonestly' - Journal lifts lid on drunken voyage Down Under.



Damning report into NHS hospital revealed

Patients were "routinely neglected" by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, an independent inquiry has found.

Tory Minister's Brother 'Behaved Dishonestly'

The brother of shadow chancellor George Osborne has been suspended from practising medicine for secretly prescribing drugs to a cocaine-addicted prostitute.

Journal lifts lid on drunken voyage Down Under

A hair-raising tale of drunken debauchery among officers and passengers on a ship taking them to settle in Australia in the 1830s has been revealed in a journal to be auctioned this month.

Doherty's manager jailed over crash

The manager of rock star Pete Doherty has been given a 12-month jail term after a court heard he ran into a pedestrian delivering local newsletters then drove off at speed.

Hospital condemned for 'neglect'

An NHS hospital "routinely neglected" patients and displayed "systemic failings" in its approach to care, an independent report said.

Osborne's brother suspended

The doctor brother of shadow chancellor George Osborne has been suspended from practising medicine for six months for misconduct relating to prescriptions he wrote for a girlfriend, a family member and an escort girl.

Toyota CEO apologizing for recall, accidents

Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda came to Washington to publicly apologize to Congress Wednesday for safety lapses that led to widespread recalls for accelerator and braking failures and for a corporate culture that may have made things worse. A House committee chairman said blame must be shared by both Toyota and U.S. safety regulators.

Teacher tackles gunman supected in school shooting

The math teacher who has become a national hero after breaking up a potentially deadly school shooting near the site of the Columbine massacre said Wednesday that he was simply doing his job to protect his students from danger during his now-famous scuffle with the gunman.

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