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Are my braids doing more harm than good?

Research suggests the synthetic hair used for braiding could be bad for you – but will that stop women using it?

Are my braids doing more harm than good?

Research suggests the synthetic hair used for braiding could be bad for you – but will that stop women using it?

‘I fear I’ll be dead before I get justice for my son’

Tony Summers’ son Paul was diagnosed with HIV and Hepatitis C and died in 2008 aged 44.

‘I had to use a goods lift to go for an abortion’

Dani Czernuszka-Watt was told the clinic she went to had never treated a person in a wheelchair before.

‘I fear I’ll be dead before I get justice for my son’

Tony Summers, whose son died from HIV and Hepatitis C, fears he will be dead before his compensation is paid.

Big drop in child surgery for swallowed objects

Cashless society may have helped, since coins were a common foreign object swallowed, surgeons say.

Doctor ‘betrayed’ over son’s death at her hospital

Deborah Burns says she is unable to return to work at the hospital after the death of her son, William Hewes.

Fake £4m Xanax drug gang boss jailed

The gang, managed from Thailand, produced 11 million pills in the West Midlands to be sold online.

Doctor ‘betrayed’ over son’s death at her hospital

Deborah Burns says she is unable to return to work at the hospital after the death of her son, William Hewes.

Fake £4m Xanax drug gang boss jailed

The gang, managed from Thailand, produced 11 million pills in the West Midlands to be sold online.