Flintshire councillors are to consider recommendations on reviewing how they manage coastal sites, following the death of a nine-year-old boy.

According to the BBC, Jordan Baker drowned while playing in the River Dee with his father, brother and a friend in May 2009.

An inquest in January 2010 recorded an accidental death verdict with coroner John Hughes warning the river can be “treacherous”.

A report to the council says it should identify risks at its coastal sites.
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Health officials in Newport are investigating eight cases of salmonella at the city’s Royal Gwent Hospital.

According to the BBC, a hospital spokesman said that it was not yet clear whether those suffering from the bacterial infection had caught it in the community or in the hospital.

GPs in the area have been contacted to alert them to the possibility the bug may be present in the community.
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Three fire service bosses were arrested yesterday in connection with a warehouse blaze that killed four fire-fighters.

According to The Times, the fire occurred at a vegetable packing plant in Warwickshire and resulted in the deaths of Ian Reid,44, Darren Yates-Badley, 24, Ashley Stephens, 20, and John Averis, 27, who were attempting to tackle the blaze at Atherstone on Stour in 2007.

It is understood that the three men being questioned are managers that played a commanding and organisational role in tackling the fire. All three were questioned under suspicion of gross negligence, manslaughter and offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
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A one year old child who suffered critical injuries when a lamppost fell on him in a West London Street has died.

According to the BBC, police said that they found the baby boy and a woman, 62, outside Chiswick Town Hall at 1030am. The incident occurred near the junction of Sutton Court Road and Heathfield Terrace.

The baby was taken to a central London hospital by air ambulance, unfortunately died from his injuries. The woman remains in a local hospital.
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A taxi firm owner and a petrol station have been fined after an explosion in Immingham in which two people died.

According to the BBC, Sue Barker, 43, and Ann Mawer, 52, died in the blast in 2007 when petrol on the premises ignited. Mrs Barker’s husband John Barker, 46, was fined £2,400 after he admitted two counts of breaching health and safety laws.

Immingham Service Station Ltd was fined £7,500 at Grimsby Crown Court for breaching its petroleum licence.

After an investigation by North East Lincolnshire Council, Mr Barker was charged with failing to protect his employees in relation to the storage of petrol and failing to protect the public.
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The President of Toyota will face some tough questions this week from US politicians over the well documented safety problems at the firm.

According to the BBC, Akio Toyoda is to be quizzed on events that led to the recall of 8.5 million vehicles worldwide and how his firm responded to the public’s concerns.

Mr Toyoda has already stated that he believes that the firm’s expansion “may have been too quick”.
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A woman who is undergoing treatment to save her eyesight is having to have each eye treated in seperate hospitals.

According to the BBC, Mavis Eldridge is undergoing scans on her right eye in Coventry, and having treatment in Birmingham for the same condition in her left eye.

Mrs Eldridge said that she was getting excellent treatment but that it was “silly” to be going to two hospitals.
Coventry’s University Hospital said that she was sent to Birmingham for “prompt treatment”. Mrs Eldridge is being treated for age-related macular degeneration but says that it is well known that if you have a macular problem in one eye, the other will be affected sooner or later. She said: “To me it is silly that I can’t be treated in Coventry for the same complaint, but in the other eye.”
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Further details are expected to emerge later about one of the worst scandals in the history of the NHS.

According to the BBC, the Stafford Hospital independent inquiry is also due to report on what can be learned from the case.
Regulators said that last year at least 400 more people had died at the hospital between 2005 and 2008 than would be expected, due to “appalling care”.

The government commissioned enquiry has already been dubbed a whitewash by campaigners who want a public enquiry. Campaigners have consistently called for a full enquiry in to how the scandal could have happened, including the role of the wider NHS in the case. During this time period the hospital had been climbing the NHS ratings ladder.
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Tesco has been ordered to pay £74,000 in fines and costs after mice were seen between the aisles of a Suffolk store.

According to the BBC, Suffolk Coastal District Council said its food safety team found a “catalogue of problems” at Tesco Extra in Martlesham, near Ipswich.

Tesco was convicted of eight hygiene-related offences from April to August 2007 following a trial on Monday. Magistrates in Ipswich fined the store £17,000 and ordered it to pay £57,000 towards the council’s costs.
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A labourer and bricklayer who was paralysed in a car crash in which his friend died in Cornwall has been awarded more than £2m in compensation.

According to the BBC, Anthony Bennett, 26, from Dobwalls, was in the backseat of a car driven by Jonathan Stephens when it crashed on the A390 near Liskeard in October 2003.

Mr Stephens died in the crash and Mr Bennett was left paraplegic. Mr Bennett’s claim was settled by Mr Stephens’ insurers and the sum was approved at a High Court hearing.

Lawyers for Mr Bennett were due to argue that Mr Stephens was at fault for the accident because he drove too fast and did not take appropriate action to avoid an obstruction.
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