A shop in Wolverhampton has lost its licence after Trading Standards bosses seized almost 10,000 illegal cigarettes and unregulated Viagra-like pharmaceutical drugs.
A shop manager has been warned he could be jailed after admitting stealing drugs from his own workplace twice in four days.
A Telford shop manager has been warned he could be jailed after admitting stealing drugs from his own workplace twice in four days.
A Shropshire family doctor deliberately hastened the death of a terminally ill patient by giving him a fatal overdose of medication, it has been claimed at a medical tribunal.
An end-of-life care specialist has said she believed a Shropshire doctor was relieving the distress of a terminally-ill patient rather than hastening his death when he gave a large dose of diamorphine, a hearing heard. An end-of-life care specialist has said she believed a Shropshire doctor was relieving the distress of a terminally-ill patient rather than hastening his death when he gave a large dose of diamorphine, a hearing heard. Telford GP Dr Wendy Walton said yesterday she did not see a "hint of malpractice" in the treatment given by Dr William Bassett to the 65-year-old man who was dying from lung cancer. The General Medical Council say a "tired and distressed" Dr Bassett injected about 10 times the accepted amount of the drug so the patient could "die in peace". The GP, based at Brown Clee Medical Practice in Ditton Priors, near Bridgnorth, denies he administered the 100mg dose to quicken the death.[24link]
A 22-year-old Shropshire drink-driver who crashed his car into a house, killing one of his best friends, has been jailed for four years.A 22-year-old Shropshire drink-driver who crashed his car into a house, killing one of his best friends, has been jailed for four years. Denys Crowther-Smith had admitted causing the death of Matthew Latham-Jones when he crashed his car on Shrewsbury Road in Wem last October. Passing sentence, Judge Robin Onions said the four-year term was not a "reflection of the value of Matthew's life". Crowther-Smith, of Primrose Lane, Prees, near Whitchurch, was sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court yesterday. The judge also disqualified him from driving for four years, saying driving was a privilege, not a right. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star.
A Black Country GP was today awaiting the inquest verdict on his father who died after being given a massive drug overdose by an overseas out-of-hours doctor.
