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London maternity unit to shut in response to steep fall in birth rate

Royal Free hospital makes move as number of women having babies in borough declines by almost 30%

The Guardian - UK

Teen died from asthma attack after she was wrongly discharged from hospital

Billie Wicks died age 16 after an asthma attack – the first she had ever had

The Independent UK

Mum given three years to live just weeks after she was declared cancer-free

Michelle Black was told she had beaten bile duct cancer but doctors found another tumour just a few weeks later

The Independent UK

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Protesters target Royal Free hospital over possible closure of maternity unit

Local MP warns that changes to maternity services would be damaging for mothers and babies

Evening Standard

How can any of us move on from the pandemic in the face of Boris Johnson’s contempt?

As a doctor, I will never forget those who died during Covid. Seeing Johnson lying to and dodging their families is sickening, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

Met police investigate more organ trafficking cases in UK

Modern slavery team reveals further allegations of people being trafficked to London for body parts

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian politician jailed for nine years in UK over organ trafficking plot

Judge says Ike Ekweremadu was ‘driving force’ in scheme to take kidney for his sick daughter from man brought to London

The Guardian - UK

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Nigerian politician and wife facing jail over organ-harvesting plot involving UK hospital

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and medical 'middleman' Dr Obinna Obeta were found guilty following a landmark trial at the Old Bailey.

Daily Record

Nigerian politician and wife facing jail after ‘landmark’ organ-harvesting case

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 51, were found guilty at the Old Bailey.

The Independent UK

Senior Nigerian politician and wife guilty of organ harvesting plot

The Old Bailey heard that a street trader from Lagos had been brought to the UK with the intention of transplanting one of his kidneys for cash.

The Independent UK

Google makes bid to throw out High Court claim over NHS medical record transfer

Lawyers for Google and DeepMind have said the claim is ‘bound to fail’.

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