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Explosive New Theories Emerge After Missing Scientist Assistant Is Found As Ex‑FBI Chief Sounds Alarm

A former FBI official says the presence of a firearm beside Melissa Casias’s body has complicated the investigation.

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Brickbat: Too Little, Too Late

John Codd, an 88-year-old former British Army colonel, fell getting out of a taxi in St. Austell, England, fracturing his right femur and suffering a rectus sheath hematoma. It took an ambulance more than two hours to arrive and take him to Royal Cornwall Hospital, where he then had to…

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Murder investigation after woman dies in Cornwall hospital

A murder investigation is underway after a woman in her 60s died

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Death at Royal Cornwall Hospital sparks murder investigation

A patient in her 60s died on Wednesday afternoon and a man in his 30s has been arrested.

The Independent UK

Revellers told to 'bring first aid kits' on their New Year trips amid NHS pressure

n a now-deleted tweet, Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust on Wednesday urged holidaymakers to "be wise" and bring pain relief, flu and cold remedy and rehydration powders with them

Daily Mirror

Woman gives birth in rescue helicopter over ‘UK’s island paradise’

A mother has celebrated a special mid-air delivery after giving birth on board a rescue helicopter.

The Independent UK

Shocked mum gives birth on board coastguard helicopter

Jennie Trevithick was being airlifted to hospital but things progressed much quicker than anyone expected

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Hospitals ‘desperate’ to discharge patients admit ambulance delays are a ‘threat to life’

Exclusive: ‘Overstretching nursing care on a ward can result in elderly patients lying in their own urine’ warns Dr Louella Vaughan

The Independent UK

Pensioner with broken hip left lying in cold street for 9 hours waiting for an ambulance

Mary Kinsella, 72, fell and injured herself while walking the dog, but wasn't able to get to hospital for hours - leaving her lying in the road while family members and neighbours desperately tried to keep her warm

Wales Online

Woman, 90, waited 40 hours for ambulance and was left in vehicle overnight

Daphne Syms fell at her home in Cornwall on Sunday but paramedics did not arrive until Tuesday and she then spent a night in the vehicle due to queues at accident and emergency

Daily Mirror

Woman, 29, unable to wash or dress herself left housebound due to shortage of carers

Rebekah Ninnis is unable to wash or dress herself and says there just aren't enough community carers in Cornwall with the capacity to take on new cases

Daily Mirror

Groundsman, 60, died after lawnmower blade flew off and stabbed him in the heart

Nic Osbourne, a 60-year-old groundsman and local rugby "legend", tragically died after a suspected lawnmower blade flew off the machine and struck him in the heart

Daily Mirror

Couple who lost newborn daughter evicted from home while they were in hospital

Rebekah Gidman and her partner, from St Austell, Cornwall, were left searching for a new place to live as daughter Ehvadnai fought for her life in hospital

Daily Mirror

Couple whose newborn baby died evicted from home while they were in Bristol Children's Hospital

“Imagine trying to sort a funeral with nothing coming in, finding a place, not getting wages as you’re off work, losing everything you’ve saved, still coming up with a deposit and rent in advance - and then being evicted again"

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NHS hospital bans visitors amid Covid surge as cases leave staff overwhelmed

The Royal Cornwall Hospital has temporarily suspended visits with immediate effect after a spike in Covid cases, mirroring a national increase in coronavirus infections and hospitalisations

Evening Standard

Royal Cornwall Hospital suspends all visits after rise in Covid cases

The rise in infections has resulted in Cornwall’s public health officials to urge the public to continue with regular tests

Daily Mirror

Girl, 6, dies after doctors said condition 'not serious' despite parents begging for help

Coroner rules there were "basic failings" in the care of a six-year-old, who died of a rare kidney condition

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