According to the BBC, the Moy Park’s employee Michael May, of Reepham, had his arm broken in several places after he leaned in to a moving conveyor.

The firm admitted the charges of failing to ensure employees’ health and safety at Grantham Magistrates’ Court. It also pleaded guilty to failing to prevent access to dangerous machinery.

The Health and Safety Executive, which brought the prosecution, said the incident was “easily avoidable”.
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According to the BBC, over 2,000 people had gathered at the four-storey property in Park Lane, some climbing on the roof, and there were fears that the building may collapse due to the high volume of people.

As police, ambulance and fire crews acted to try and get people to leave the building they were pelted with bricks, bottles and slates.

Police are trying to establish who organised the event, however they believe that it was organised via Facebook.
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According to the BBC, Malcolm Griffiths admitted 16 charges relating to 11 patients at a rehabilitation clinic in Edinburgh.

One of the charges which was levelled at Mr Griffiths was that he fitted a left foot to patient Patrick Morrison, who had had his right foot removed after an amputated toe became infected with MRSA following hospital treatment.

Not only that, but Mr Griffiths failed to spot his mistake at two further checkups.
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Air traffic controllers have been forced to change instructions to pilots after confusion led to two planes colliding while taxiing on to a runway in 2008.

According to the BBC, the pilot of the Boeing 737 involved in the accident, who drove this plane in to the tail of a passing plane, stated that he found the words “give way” confused him.

Following a report by the Air Accident Investigations Branch, Manchester Airport opted to withdraw the term from use to avoid any further confusion occurring.
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A damning report by the Air Accidents Investigations Branch (or AAIB) has found that safety work was not properly completed on a plane whose landing gear collapsed.

According to the BBC, the British Airways Avro 146 flight, which was carrying 67 passengers, filled with smoke as it landed in February 2009. The incident occurred at London City Airport and was the result of a fatigue crack in the landing gear.

Although records showed that improvement work had been undertaken on the plane by its manufacturer, it clearly had not been completed.
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National Express has introduced a system to measure the alcohol levels in its coach drivers.

According to the BBC, the breathalyser style device operates to disable the vehicle if the driver is over the limit and the company’s Birmingham control room is then alerted.

The system was put in to place following a National Express employee being found guilty of driving dangerously and with excess alcohol in 2008, after his coach crashed and overturned on the M1.
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It’s a familiar story in the South again today, as heavy overnight snow in parts of east and south Kent has led to hazardous driving conditions and the closure of schools.

According to the BBC, as much as 15cm (6in) of snow has fallen in some areas.

The weather has caused considerable problems for those using the M20, A2 and A258 and rail passengers have also been warned to expect cancellations.

Eurotunnel has suspended services at Folkestone after safety concerns were raised about getting lorries on to trains in the snow.
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The family of a woman who died after she was prescribed an overdose of morphine say they are “disgusted” that the pharmacist involved has been cleared to continue in his position.

According to the BBC, Catherine Rodger, 75, died of a heart attack within hours of taking her first pill.  She was usually prescribed 10 mg of morphine to help with her back pain but was given a prescription of 100 mg on this occasion, 10 times her normal dosage.

Damages were paid by the practitioner, a Dr Salahuddin Malik and the pharmacist, Mr Andrew Nixon. It was Mr Nixon who distributed the prescription and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society found that, although he should have realised the doctor’s error and they acknowledged that he had made a serious mistake, his fitness to continue to practice was not impaired.
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The Times has completed an article today on the brain being tricked in to feeling pain and the methods being undertaken to try and reverse the process.

This assumption is based on the findings of Mr Craig Murray, a neuroscientist based at Lancaster University. He discusses ‘phantom limb’ syndrome. This, as the name suggests, is where amputees are still able to experience sensations such as clenching a fist or swinging a leg, despite no longer possessing that body part.

This weird phenomenon has traditionally been explained by the suggestion that nerve endings, traumatised due to injury or the amputation, must be misfiring and sending the wrong signals to the brain. However, Mr Murray has found in his studies that the pain or sensations felt by victims of accidents are often related to accidents prior to the trauma which caused their amputation and may be psychological in origin.
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According to the BBC, Jayden Bloomer and his mother Jackie Bloomer were hit by a Rover when it crashed in Water Street, Accrington, on Tuesday afternoon.

The driver of the car, an 89-year-old man, also died. Ms Bloomer, 30, suffered multiple injuries and is critically ill in hospital.

Lancashire Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
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