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On The Beach, In The Style and Bolton Wanderers: The 17 latest top North West hires and promotions

BusinessLive rounds up the latest hires and promotions across the North West

Birmingham Post

Medication may have prevented Tas death

The death of a Tasmanian teacher's aide may have been avoided if she had been prescribed certain medication after suffering an immobilising ankle injury.

AAP

Woman who suffered Achilles injury in Launceston car park fall died two weeks later in hospital

A woman who fell and injured her ankle in a Launceston car park last year was initially treated with a moon boot and crutches before developing deep vein thrombosis and dying in hospital, a coroner finds.

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Package holiday demand dips as UK cost of living crisis hits budgets

Premium holidays and low-cost locations such as Turkey more resilient than three-star resorts, says travel firm On the Beach

The Guardian - UK

New On The Beach chief executive named to succeed founder

The company has also revealed its full-year results

Birmingham Post

On The Beach sees strong demand for five-star and long-haul holidays - but cost of living crisis hits cheaper trips

Average booking value rises by nearly a third

Birmingham Post

Coroner finds 2018 death of pilot Nikita Walker in Tasmania 'an accident', ATSB report slammed

A coroner examining the 2018 death of a young pilot says he cannot find anyone at fault following her fatal crash at a mountain range in remote southern Tasmania — but slammed Australia's air safety investigator for its "worthless" investigation of the tragedy.

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Young pilot's Tas death ruled an accident

A 30-year-old pilot would have died instantly when she crashed in 2018, a coroner has found, as he dismissed a safety investigator's report as "worthless".

AAP

Garbage truck driver not at fault over four-year-old Launceston boy's death, coroner finds

There was no way a garbage truck driver could have seen a four-year-old Launceston boy on his bike before a fatal accident last year, a coroner finds.

ABC News

Tas boy's death an 'unspeakable tragedy'

A coroner has ruled the driver of a garbage truck that struck and killed a boy in Tasmania could not have seen the four-year-old before the collision.

AAP

Inattention behind fatal Tas holiday crash

A coroner has ruled inattention was the likely cause of a two-car crash that killed a Victorian couple who were on holiday with their children in Tasmania.

AAP

Inattention likely to blame for deadly Tasmanian holiday crash caught on police bodycam, coroner finds

A coroner finds speed, weather and road conditions did not contribute a deadly crash that left three teenage children in the car orphaned last year.

ABC News

On the Beach flying high with surge in summer holiday bookings

Business encountered a lift in bookings across Turkey, Croatia, Greece and Cyprus

Evening Standard

Driver's cannabis use 'principal reason' for Midland crash that killed three people

A driver found to have high levels of THC in his system "overreacted" to solar panels flying through the air, crashing and killing himself, his 15-year-old daughter and his aunt, a coroner finds.

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Tasmanian coroner finds birth of breech baby mismanaged by Launceston General Hospital before death

Tasmania's coroner blames mismanagement of a baby's birth at the Launceston General Hospital for his death from brain damage two weeks later.

AAP

Tas baby boy died after 'mismanaged' birth

The death of a two-week-old baby boy in Tasmania was the result of a severe brain injury that occurred during a "mismanaged" birth, a coroner has ruled.

ABC News

No warning of rock fall that killed ex-Royal Marine Nathaniel Beesley in Tasmanian mine, coroner finds

There was no warning of a rock fall that killed a man working in an open-cut mine in Tasmania's north-west, a coroner finds.

AAP

'Obsolete' safety in yachtie's fatal trip

A coroner has ruled an 86-year-old solo yachtsman who went missing in Bass Strait likely fell overboard while operating a vessel that was too much to handle.

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Coroner finds 77yo received 'unacceptable care' at Launceston General Hospital

A coroner finds hospital staff "missed an opportunity" to correctly diagnose a Tasmanian woman's illness, resulting in her being discharged and later dying — but makes no recommendations in his coronial report.

AAP

Tas hospital 'missed' fatal artery tear

A coroner says the standard of hospital care provided to a 77-year-old woman who died from an artery tear in Tasmania was not of an acceptable standard.

The Independent UK

Holiday firms anticipate ‘bumper weekend’ for summer bookings

Sales are expected to soar this weekend as it follows the first pay day after Christmas for millions of workers.

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