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Millions worry over NHS doctor appointments - and some can't afford phone call
The charity Age UK said older people in the UK are also worried about their ability to get hospital appointments and emergency care
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Nottingham attack families mark one-year anniversary in emotional visit to scene
Grace O'Malley Kumar and Barnaby Webber were both knifed to death on Ilkestone Road in Nottingham by Valdo Calocane a year ago today, before the knifeman went on to kill Ian Coates
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Barnaby Webber's mum believes Nottingham murdered teens were 'an item'
Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar were among three people killed by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham in June last year, when Calocane went on a heinous rampage
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Heartbreaking final text Nottingham attack victim's mum still reads a year on
Barnaby Webber's grieving mum Emma has shared how, a year on from her son's horrific murder on June 13 last year, she struggles to look at the last messages they shared
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Mum realised son was dead as she tracked his phone being taken to police station
Barnaby Webber and his friend Grace O'Malley-Kumar were killed by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane as they made their way home from a night out in Nottingham last June
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Stabbing victim's dog 'hasn't touched cuddly toy since the day he died'
Barnaby Webber, 19, was stabbed to death by Paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane alongside fellow student Grace O’Malley-Kumar and school caretaker Ian Coates one year ago
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Barnaby Webber's mum relives moment she sat in court - yards from knife killer
A year on, Emma Webber is still searching for answers about how schizophrenic Valdo Calocane was able to kill her son Barnaby, his fellow student Grace O’Malley Kumar and school caretaker Ian Coates
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Nottingham victims' families offered free legal help by subpostmasters' lawyers
Solicitor Neil Hudgell and barrister Tim Moloney KC, who reduced Paula Vennells to tears during the Horizon inquiry, are helping the families of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates
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Cops found Christian Brueckner 'murder' email account linked to Madeleine McCann
Investigators have refused to reveal what the explosive evidence against Brueckner is, but today a senior detective said they had discovered emails on his Hotmail account which link him to the case
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Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner brazenly gives lawyer ‘fist bump’
The convicted paedophile, who was in 2020 named the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, ‘fist bumped’ his lawyer as he appeared in court in Germany today
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Wallis Simpson 'never loved King Edward VIII' according to former butler
Alan Fisher worked for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor for six years after King Edward VIII abdicated to marry US socialite Wallis Simpson - he claims Simpson never loved Edward
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'Bleak' Lego festival slammed as empty event compared to Willy Wonka fiasco
A Lego-themed event that promised fans "mind-blowing fun" has been compared to Glasgow's viral Willy Wonka fiasco that gained viral internet fame earlier this year
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'Madeleine McCann would still be alive if I'd identified Brueckner sooner'
Hazel Behan, who was allegedly raped by convicted sex offender Christian Brueckner, said she believes Mad­­­eleine McCann would still be alive if she had been able to identify him sooner
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Six Brits in intensive care after horror turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight
Six Brits are in intensive care in hospital after severe turbulence struck a Singapore Airlines flight from London in which Geoff Kitchen, 73, tragically died from a suspected heart attack
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Singapore Airlines survivors' horror after jet 'started tilting and shaking'
People were catapulted into the air and smashed against the ceiling as food and drinks flew around the Singapore Airlines plane when it was hit by severe turbulence
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Brit on 'holiday of lifetime' dies after turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight
Geoffrey Ralph Kitchen, 73, was on a 'holiday of a lifetime' said a neighbour after he tragically died on a Singapore Airlines flight from London that encountered severe turbulence
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McCann family still hoping as Kate and Gerry mark Madeleine's 21st birthday
The parents of missing child Madeleine McCann will mark their daughter's 21st birthday as a solemn occasion, still praying that one day she might be found and returned to them
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Man City and England star Jack Grealish fined over speeding in £100k Range Rover
Manchester City star Jack Grealish was fined by magistrates after he admitted to driving 44mph in a 30mph zone behind the wheel of his £100,000 Range Rover last year
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Gaza aid must get through as food running out after Israel closes Rafah crossing
Aid agencies said the closure of the crossing, after Israeli tanks dramatically rolled into the main entry point for aid coming into Gaza from Egypt, risked a disaster for millions
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Israel rejects Gaza ceasefire deal after Hamas demands
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a proposed ceasefire deal was unacceptable as it would keep Hamas in control of Gaza, posing a threat to its nation
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Mystery voicemail on Scotland Yard phone blew Madeleine McCann case wide open
Det Con Mark Draycott, 49, has been called by the defence team to give evidence in the trial of convicted paedophile Christian Brueckner
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Lad wokring as model with famous brands like Primark after foot was amputated
Arlo Tate balances studying alongside modelling for major retailers across the globe - it comes as doctors advised his parents to allow them to amputate the foot so he could learn to walk with a prosthetic leg.
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Madeleine McCann cop to give evidence in prime suspect's trial over sex crimes
Detective Constable Mark Draycott, a detective working on the Maddie McCann case, is set to give evidence in the trial of prime suspect Christian Brueckner
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Fears murderer may have killed three more women, says ex-police detective
Painter and decorator Christopher Hampton was sentenced to 22-years in prison in 2016 for the 1984 murder of 17-year-old A Level student Melanie Road
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Nottingham rampage victim's bedroom 'is how he left it' as family make shrine
The family of 19-year-old Barnaby Webber, who was killed in the Nottingham knife rampage, have left his bedroom as a shrine with his brother saying: "Literally everything here is how he left it"