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As many as thirty four people have been taken to hospital in America and many more suffered from sickness after suffering an adverse reaction to a particularly strong perfume. According to the BBC website, after the perfume was sprayed by a woman in a bank in Texas, two of the employees at the bank initially complained of sickness, saying they were feeling chest pains and headaches.

The bank, displaying regard for the health of its customers, announced over the PA system that anyone feeling these symptoms should leave the building, prompting 150 people to vacate the premises.
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A teenager has been sent to prison for 6 months following an attack on firefighters. Greig Deans was one of a gang of teenagers who were involved in launching fireworks at the emergency services as they responded to an emergency call out on bonfire night last year. Allegedly, Deans, now 16, threw a firework at an emergency crew who were called to deal with an illegal bonfire in Aberdeen. He was sentenced to six months in rehabilitation in a young offender’s institute with the Aberdeen Sheriff Court indicating that his detention was necessary as a deterrent to others.
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A man is in hospital with life threatening injuries after a crane collapsed on to a ship at a container port. According to the coastguard, the crane toppled on to the ship Nyke Themis and the injured man, thought to be in his 30s, suffered crushed legs as a result of the accident and was being treated at Southampton hospital.
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Tomorrow signals the start of the Ashes series. England take on Australia at Cardiff in the first test in what promises to be an excellent and exciting sporting event played out over the next month or so. Unfortunately one sour note has been the death of cricketing umpire Alcwyn Jenkins this week. Mr Jenkins was hit on the head by a cricket ball and collapsed while umpiring a league match between Swansea and Llangennech in Swansea.

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If a cow starts charging at you, then you had better Moo-ve out of the way (sorry)! Ms Shirlie McKaskie didn’t though, and it might just lead to a very large compensation claim. Ms McKaskie suffered serious injury in 2003 as she was attacked by cows while walking across a field and is looking to claim up to £1 million after a judge ruled that farmer John Cameron was liable because he had not properly considered the risk of someone getting injured.

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The government is to push for strict new controls governing the use of sunbeds. Radiation and medical experts have concluded that unmanned tanning salons should be banned across the UK and that other tanning salons should only be available to those over the age of 18. The Health and Safety Executive estimates more than 100 deaths per year from cancer as linked to use of sunbeds.
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A secondary school teacher who was hit by a falling branch is suing the Environmental Agency for up to £300,000. Ms Doreen Prior, sustained a blow to the head from the branch, which came from a diseased ash tree in April 2007. The incident occurred on a public footpath at Barcombe Mills in East Sussex and among the symptoms suffered by Ms Prior she lists tiredness, a cut to the head, an impaired memory and states that she now has trouble multi-tasking and has been unable to resume her job as a teacher.
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An elderly man who pushed over a 90 year old lady broke the woman’s pelvis. Mr Alfred Young, aged 73, attacked Francesca Poka after she brushed against him with her walking stick and has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence as a result and now has to wear an electronic tag.
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The heads of an NHS Trust have been made to apologise in person to the parents of a cancer patient who bled to death after having a breathing tube inserted in his neck incorrectly. Investigations are ongoing as to whether any members of staff should face prosecution. The replacement tube was inserted in the wrong place in victim, Mr Myron Hall’s, neck. It was supposed to be placed directly in to Mr Hall’s windpipe, helping him breathe easier but instead he began bleeding from the tube after it seemingly pierced the wall of an artery. It was stitched following the wound but Mr Hall suffered a catastrophic bleed four days later.
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A woman has been cleared by the court after she was accused of trying to smother her mother with a pillow as she slept. Donna Sheppard- Saunders denied trying to murder Pamela Sheppard in the bedroom they shared in Sussex. The trial was heard in Lewes Crown Court, where the court was told that Ms Sheppard-Saunders put a pillow over her mother’s head while she was sleepwalking.
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