Manchester girl hopes to chase her Paralympic dream
14 year old Danielle Bradshaw has had her leg amputated to allow her to pursue her dream of becoming a Paralympic athlete.
Inspectors probe hospital's death rate
Government inspectors are at Tameside Hospital today to establish why the death rate there is among the highest in the country.
One person has died and two others are injured
The crash happened when the aircraft, believed to be a Piper Cherokee normally based at Blackpool, flipped over on the runway.
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Inspectors probe Tameside hospital deaths
Government inspectors have gone into Tameside Hospital today to find out why its death rate is one of the highest in the country.
The hospital is one of four in the north west under the spotlight.
A team of medical experts went in to decide whether the standards of care and treatment are up to scratch.
They'll hear from patients and their familes tonight, as Amy Welch reports
Inspectors at Tameside Hospital
Government inspectors are going into Tameside Hospital to find out why its death rate's among the highest in the country. The hospital's under the spotlight after a damning report into patient neglect elsewhere in the NHS.
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Manchester girl hopes to chase her Paralympic dream
14 year old Danielle Bradshaw has had her leg amputated to allow her to pursue her dream of becoming a Paralympic athlete.
Read the full storyInspectors probe hospital's death rate
by Rob Jaskowski
Government inspectors are at Tameside Hospital today to establish why the death rate there is among the highest in the country.
Read the full storyParents of identical twins baffled by officials
Arthur and Alfie have Downs syndrome.
Their mum and dad applied for disability benefits to help with the round the clock care the boys need.
But to their amazement, the Department of Work and Pensions has decided the boys who're identical twins must be treated differently.
Our political reporter Daniel Hewitt has been to Lancashire to meet the family....
Tributes paid to crash victim
Tributes have been paid to a man who died when a light aircraft crashed at Caernarfon Airport. Iain Nuttall from Blackburn died and a boy and another man were injured in the crash. Mr Nuttall's family say he was a wonderful and devoted father.
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Parents from Cheshire make agonising decision on rare condition
A family from Northwich have made the decision to go ahead with brain surgery which could improve their daughter's epilepsy, but with serious side effects. Yasmin Murray has Sturge Weber Syndrome, a rare condition causing repeated seizures.
For more details go to https://www.facebook.com/SturgeWeberSyndromeAwarenessDay.
Man from Blackburn dies in plane crash
A man has died in a plane crash that has left his 5-year-old son and father seriously injured in hospital.
The family from Blackburn were flying from Blackpool to North Wales in clear skies yesterday.
Witnesses said their aircraft clipped trees as it approached the runway.
The plane's owner said they were a 'lovely family'.
Amy Welch reports.
Police name air crash victim
Police have named a man from Lancashire who died when a light aircraft crashed in North Wales. Iain Nuttall was 37 and from the Blackburn area. A young boy and a second man are seriously ill in hospital after the accident.
Tributes paid to victims of air crash
Air accident investigators are trying to find out why a light aircraft from Blackpool crashed on the runway at an airport in North Wales. One person was killed and two others seriously injured.
