Hospital bosses have apologised after a coroner found that misdiagnosis and a missed opportunity for treatment directly contributed to the death of a respected academic and former government adviser. Rural
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A children’s services department has become the first in the country to make the leap from an inadequate rating to outstanding. The national first makes Sunderland one of only 18
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Health bosses in Sunderland have asked staff to postpone holidays as the trust came “under extreme pressure” due to a surge in coronavirus cases. Staff at South Tyneside and Sunderland
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A Canadian health worker who has cared for dying Covid-19 patients and their families has been told her visa to stay in the UK will not be extended, her MP
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A butcher has been found guilty of raping and murdering Hull University student Libby Squire. Pawel Relowicz, 26, raped the 21-year-old on a playing field in Hull before dumping her
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Millions more people in London and across England will face tougher coronavirus restrictions from Saturday. The capital, along with Essex, Elmbridge, Barrow-in-Furness, York, North East Derbyshire, Erewash and Chesterfield will
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Three temporary Nightingale hospitals in the north of England could be brought back into use to deal with the spike in coronavirus cases. The facilities in Manchester, Sunderland and Harrogate
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Liverpool, Warrington, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough have become the latest areas subjected to local coronavirus lockdowns but ministers said there was a “small hope” that progress was being made in slowing
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Tough new measures to control the spread of coronavirus have come into effect in the north-east of England, taking the total number of people across the UK in lockdown to
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People from different households in Greater Manchester, parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire will be banned from meeting each other indoors from midnight, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.
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