Maidwell Hall: Historic Abuse Investigation launched at UK boarding school
Police have launched an investigation into a school attended historically by Princess Diana’s brother, after reports of alleged historic abuse dating back to the 1970s. Earl Spencer attended the independent Maidwell Hall School from the ages of 8 to thirteen and wrote in his memoir ‘A Very Private School’, published this year, about how…
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Tata Chemicals fined following young father’s death
Tata Chemicals Europe Limited has been fined following the tragic death of Michael Densmore, a young father, at their chemical plant in Northwich. Michael Densmore, 37, from Halewood in Merseyside, sustained fatal injuries on 30 November 2016 while erecting scaffolding at Tata’s Lostock Hall site. During his work, he stepped over a…
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Further sexual abuse convictions for those in positions of trust – News stories examined
Two recent cases have come to our attention which highlight adults abusing positions of trust in order to abuse young people. Firstly, 36 year-old Christopher Latimer has been jailed for two years for multiple child sex offences and been issued with a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Latimer was a caretaker at the victim’s…
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Tourette’s Awareness Day: Understanding and embracing neurodiversity
Every year, on June 7th, the world comes together to observe Tourette’s Awareness Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness, fostering understanding, and promoting acceptance of those living with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS). This day is a vital opportunity to educate the public, debunk myths, and support individuals and families affected by this often-misunderstood neurological…
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Openreach fined £1.34 million after engineer ‘swept away’ in river
One of the UK’s largest broadband networks has been fined £1.34 million after an engineer slipped and fell into a river whilst trying to repair a telephone line. Alun Owen, from Bethesda, Bangor was working for Openreach when he died on 6 October 2020. The 32-year-old, who has been described by his family as…
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Mesothelioma: Family sues Boots after gran’s asbestos-related death
The family of a former shop worker who died 60 years after being allegedly poisoned by asbestos is suing Boots for £135,000. Anne Lawton, 77 started working at Boots in Hanley, Staffordshire aged 15. However, in 2019 she was diagnosed with the incurable asbestos-linked cancer, mesothelioma, and died two years later in 2021. Before her death,…
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Tenet Group falls into administration as FSCS launches investigations
A Leeds-based financial advice firm has appointed administrators after Tenet Group Limited and its subsidiary firms Tenet Limited, Tenet Connect and Tenet Connect Services collapsed yesterday, June 5th. As a result of this, the FSCS have now opened an investigation into the firms. The FSCS have said that the FSCS is handling the failures…
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Historic Abuse: Seven men found guilty of sexually abusing Rotherham girls in care
Seven men have been found guilty of a string of sex offences against young girls in care in the early 2000s. This week, Sheffield Crown Court heard how two teenage girls, who were aged between 11 and 16 at the time, were often picked up from their children’s home in Rotherham, plied with cannabis…
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NHS Failure: Pregnant mum gives birth to daughter hours after partner’s death
A pregnant mother who was preparing for a planned Caesarean section discovered her partner had died when she tried to wake him, just hours before she was due to give birth. Thomas Gibson, 40, experienced a cardiac arrest while sleeping on the couch after a hospital doctor “misinterpreted” a scan 11 days earlier. An…
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