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A man injured in the grounds of a National Trust estate died from “severe chest injuries” after being trampled by cattle, an inquest has heard.John Orton, 78, a retired telecommunications engineer, died at Felbrigg Hall, near Cromer in Norfolk on 13 July.Assistant coroner for Norfolk, Maeve Sykes, opened an inquest into his death at Norfolk Coroner’s Court on Friday and said a post-mortem examination gave a provisional cause of death as “severe chest injuries”.A National Trust spokesperson said: “We have been left shocked and deeply saddened by the death of a visitor who was seriously injured while walking at Felbrigg…

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Welcome to our Who am I? game.The rules are simple. Each day there’s a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible.After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. The fewer clues you need to get the right answer, the more points you score.Three is a good score, four or five points is exceptional.So take part and return for more tomorrow.Today’s player and clues set by BBC Sport’s Flora Snelson.After more quizzes? Go to our dedicated Football Quizzes and Sports Quizzes pages and sign up for notifications to get the…

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Withdrawing emergency general surgery (EGS) from Causeway Hospital would create a domino effect leading to other services being withdrawn, campaigners have warned.More than 200 people gathered at Coleraine Town Hall to call on the health minister to stop EGS being moved to Antrim Area Hospital.Gemma Brolly from the SoS Causeway Hospital group said campaigners would keep fighting for EGS to stay.The Northern Health Trust said the decision for the move was to ensure a safe, stable and sustainable service and added that Causeway would continue to be an acute hospital with a 24/7 emergency department.Brolly, who is also deputy leader…

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Buckingham Palace announcement causes surge in interest for one university`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

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Fire crews are continuing to tackle blazes in the West Midlands after multiple fires tore through the region on Thursday.A number of house were destroyed by a fire in Stourbridge, with officials saying it is thought the fire started in nearby grassland before spreading to a residential area.The ‘s Alison Freeman reports from the scene.

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O’Connor finished fourth in heat two of the 100m hurdles with a PB of 13:30 to come in 11th overall, the race won by Lithuania’s Beatrice Juskeviciute with a season best 13:09, ahead of Italy’s Sveva Gerevini and Weissenberg.In the high jump, O’Connor equalled her personal best of 1.86m which was matched by Sulek-Schubert.Returning on Friday evening, the Dundalk St Gerard’s AC athlete fouled on her second shot put attempt before throwing 13.96m, but responded well in the 200m with a 23.79 PB to finish third in heat two, edging out Sulek-Schubert on the line.”After Glasgow, I think I lost…

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Disabled and terminally ill campaigners have written to Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to reform social and palliative care before assisted dying legislation is introduced in England and Wales.The Assist Us To Live group says people are currently being “failed by society” and “introducing assisted dying in these circumstances will put sick and disabled people’s lives at risk”.Burnham believes the funding of palliative and social care should be “fixed” before assisted dying is considered. The government is likely to remain officially neutral, but the PM’s remarks suggest he personally will not back the bill proposed by Labour MP Lauren…

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