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NHS AI transcription tools risk drug and diagnosis errors
Healthwatch England has warned that AI “scribe” tools used by GPs and hospital doctors to transcribe and summarise patient consultations are producing errors in drug names and diagnoses, with mistakes sometimes only spotted by patients rather than clinicians. In one case a woman was wrongly told she had demyelination, a form of serious nerve damage…
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Parkgoer airlifted after Batman roller coaster incident leaves man with fractures to both legs
A 49-year-old visitor to Parque Warner Madrid was airlifted to hospital on Saturday after sustaining fractures to both legs while riding the Batman Gotham City Escape roller coaster. The incident caused panic among other parkgoers, with witnesses describing people crying and suffering anxiety attacks, and it has prompted the closure of the ride pending a…
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Nicolás Maduro flashes peace signs in first prison photos since US capture in Caracas
Photos posted to Nicolás Maduro’s social media accounts have offered the first glimpse of the ousted Venezuelan leader inside a New York prison since his capture by US forces in a military operation in Caracas. Maduro, who has spent eight months in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on drug trafficking charges, is…
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Drug driver who falsely claimed his girlfriend was hit-and-run victim jailed for nine years
Matthew DuPlessis, 35, has been jailed for nine years and three months for causing the death of his girlfriend, Charlotte Dodd, also 35, after initially claiming she had been killed by a hit-and-run driver. The case matters because DuPlessis’s fabricated account misled police and paramedics at the scene and delayed the true circumstances of Ms…
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Number of Brits missing after Nepal flood disaster rises to 48 – as mass burials begin ‘before bodies have been identified’
Nepal has begun mass burials of flood victims before their identities have been confirmed, as officials struggle to cope with the scale of the disaster following last week’s flash floods. Of the 794 people confirmed dead, only 20 have so far been identified, while more than 2,400 people remain missing, including 48 British nationals; hospital…
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Labour mayor denies Middlesbrough is ‘lawless’, police are ‘doing a sterling job’ and youth clubs are the answer – but is that enough in town where drugs gangs are more violent than the IRA?
Middlesbrough’s Labour mayor, Chris Cooke, has rejected claims that the town is “lawless” following a week of gang-related violence, insisting police are “doing a sterling job” and that youth clubs offer the long-term answer. His comments come after a fatal head-on crash on the A66 killed two police officers and five young people, alongside a…
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Woman, 40, died after taking monkey dust days after Christmas, inquest hears
A 40-year-old woman, Natalie Doorbar, died after taking the synthetic drug monkey dust two days after Christmas, an inquest has heard. Ms Doorbar, from Biddulph, Staffordshire, had reportedly been drug-free for six months before relapsing, and was last seen by her family in good spirits on Christmas Day. The case highlights the continuing dangers of…
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Scott Wolf’s wife says ‘my brain turned on me’ as she apologizes to family for ‘profound harm’ after psychosis
Kelley Wolf, the estranged wife of actor Scott Wolf, has publicly apologised to her husband and their three children more than a year after she was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold in Utah. In an Instagram post, she revealed she had since been diagnosed with “breakthrough drug-induced mania with psychosis,” which she attributed to…
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10 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Multi-Talented Fiddler Who Played With Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, and Earl Scruggs
Ten years ago today, on 30 August 2016, veteran Nashville fiddler Hoot Hester died of cancer at the age of 65. Over a four-decade career, Hester became a fixture of the country and bluegrass music scene, backing artists ranging from Earl Scruggs to Ray Charles, co-founding the Western swing group the Time Jumpers, and serving…
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Martha’s Vineyard confirms first rabies case since 2019
Martha’s Vineyard has recorded its first confirmed rabies case since 2019 after a cat brought a dead, infected bat into a home in Tisbury in July, prompting a 45-day quarantine for two cats and precautionary vaccinations for their owners. The case comes amid a wider rise in US rabies concern, with the Centers for Disease…